Ideas
How Better Digital Services Can Result in Agency Savings
Research says budget slashing and modernizing technology are compatible ideas.
Cybersecurity
Who Are the Shadow Brokers?
What is—and isn’t—known about the mysterious hackers leaking National Security Agency secrets
Cybersecurity
Here’s How the Trump Budget Treats Cyber
The budget hikes some cyber spending at DHS and FBI but cuts R&D.
Cybersecurity
Senator Presses FTC on Hackable Toys
Internet-connected toys can expose children’s personal information or be used as surveillance tools.
Digital Government
32 Optometrists Without Indoor Plumbing And Other Facts You Can Find In Census Data
MapD created an interactive dashboard visualizing ACS data.
Ideas
4 Keys to Understanding What Matters to Citizens
Before agencies toss money at customer service, they need to figure out the customers' priorities.
Modernization
Pentagon Mapmakers Want To Tap Mobile Ad Technology. Here's Why.
NGA is scoping private-sector technology at incubators in Boston, Austin and New York.
Emerging Tech
Government Needs Strategic Vision for Emerging Tech, Advisory Group Says
The Trump administration should tackle networking speed advances like the Obama administration did cloud, NSTAC draft report says.
Modernization
GAO to Agencies: Get a Data Center Plan
A handful of agencies are doing the bulk of the government's consolidation and that's a problem, GAO said.
Cybersecurity
McAfee VP: Cyber Executive Order Could Signal Windfall for Contractors
The order, and other recent bills, could mean more investments in private-sector cyber services, according to Candace Worley, McAfee’s chief technical strategist.
Cybersecurity
White House Adviser Wants to Move Cyber Risk Decisions Up the Chain
Cybersecurity Coordinator Rob Joyce also urged members of an advisory board to help the government combat botnets.
Cybersecurity
Bill Aims to Clarify When and How the Government Discloses Software Vulnerabilities
The Protecting our Ability To Counter Hacking, or PATCH, Act, is an effort to balance “national security and general cybersecurity,” said a senator.
Cybersecurity
Report: Mar-a-Lago and Other Trump Properties Have Lax Cybersecurity
Some Trump properties' cyber practices don't measure up, according to a team of reporters.
Modernization
Senate Staffers Can Now Use Encryption App Signal
The Senate embraces encryption once again.
Digital Government
Hiring Cyber Talent Is Key In Pentagon's Potential 'Offensive Measures'
The federal government needs to be prepared to "engage in offensive measures, if required," a deputy general counsel said.
Emerging Tech
What Are Microservices and Why Should Government Care?
The General Services Administration is experimenting with some of the easy-to-tweak services that power online shopping.
Digital Government
The Secret to Better Weather Forecasts Could Be in Meteorologists' Eyes
NOAA is using eye-tracking technologies on weather forecasters to ascertain how they adjust to more, faster data on their video monitors.
Cybersecurity
Stop Blaming NSA for the Ransomware Attack
An inside look at how the intelligence community deals with the exploitable software bugs it finds.
Cybersecurity
Cyberwar Is Officially Crossing Over Into the Real World
Online warfare already wreaks havoc on the physical world, and it's only going to get worse.
Ideas