Emerging Tech

The Urban Drone Invasion is Nigh

Will unmanned aerial vehicles make city life easier, safer or just weirder?

Cybersecurity

Video: Parsing Cyber in the Trump White House

There are a few clues that will predict how the next administration will treat cybersecurity.

Digital Government

Tech Trade Group: 114th Congress Was Good For Tech—And the Next One Needs to Be Too

"The members of the 115th Congress have a historic opportunity to seize the momentum," according to the group.

Cybersecurity

Pentagon Wants More Cyber Threat Info from Contractors in 2017

DOD’s 2017 regulatory agenda also aims to make it easier for contractors to get cyber threat information from the government.

Cybersecurity

House Report: 'Serial Fabricator' Snowden Talks to Russian Spy Agencies

Edward Snowden called the report “unintentionally exonerating."

Cybersecurity

DNC Hackers Linked to Russian Activity Against Ukraine 2 Years Ago

The same malware a Russian group used to attacked the DNC was targeting Ukrainian soldiers, says cybersecurity group.

Ideas

Delivering Great Digital Government in the Trump Era

How can agencies transform how digital services are delivered and meet the rising and constantly changing expectations of citizens?

Digital Government

In 2017, Expect Fierce Competition for Defense IT Contracts

Over half of the top 100 contractors will be more "exposed"—at risk of losing revenue—than they were in 2016.

Cybersecurity

Don’t Undermine Encryption, Bipartisan Congressional Report Warns

Lawmakers suggest workarounds to undermining encryption such as legal hacking and relying on metadata.

Digital Government

Advocacy Group to Tech Companies: Delete Your Records Before Trump Gets To Them

The Electronic Frontier Foundation took out a full-page ad in Wired's January 2017 issue.

Cybersecurity

Police Use of Phony Cellphone Towers Needs to be Reined in, Lawmakers Warn

The federal government should refuse to OK sale of the fake towers to state and local cops who don’t pledge not to use them without probable cause, a bipartisan report urges.

Emerging Tech

Trump Doesn’t Need Silicon Valley to Eliminate Government Waste

He would do better to confer with the Government Accountability Office, the independent, nonpartisan federal agency that supports Congress to meet its constitutional responsibilities, and improves performance and ensures accountability on behalf of all Americans.

Cybersecurity

Pressure Mounts on McConnell for Special Committee on Russian Election Hacks

Sens. Chuck Schumer, John McCain and others urged a special investigation over the weekend. McConnell has vowed regular order.

Cybersecurity

Will Obama Order American Hackers to Dox Putin?

Cyberwar is so new, it's hard to know what a proportional response looks like.