Digital Government

Could Virtual Interviews Solve Government's Recruiting Problem?

A new survey finds about 43 percent of millennials think agencies should use social media in recruiting.

Emerging Tech

In the Future, Body Cameras Won't Need Humans to Interpret Footage

The intelligence community wants technology that can interpret video feeds.

Cybersecurity

Here's Donald Trump's Plan to Dominate Cyber

The Republican nominee shared what his cyber priorities would be if he wins in November.

Modernization

Text-Based Emergency Alerts Could Soon Include More Characters, URLs

FCC adopted rules that would increase the amount of information emergency managers could send out.

Cybersecurity

Rep. Will Hurd: ‘Encryption is Good for Our National Security’

Where does the debate over encryption go from here?

Digital Government

Body Cameras Are Betraying Their Promise

They’re not transparent. They’re not independent. They’re not even turned on when they should be.

Ideas

What Does it Take to Roll Out a New Citizen Service?

Here are five ways to grow an agency's user base and increase adoption.

Cybersecurity

Why Won’t Trump Blame the DNC Hack on Russia?

His refusal to point fingers is a departure from the Obama administration’s willingness to attribute cyberattacks to foreign countries.

Cybersecurity

Election Systems Are Vulnerable But Not How You Think

Undermining citizens’ confidence in the election outcome has been a side effect of conspiracy theorists, campaigns and recent headlines, Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp told lawmakers.

Digital Government

New Background Check Bureau Advances with Director, IT Plan

The National Background Investigations Bureau begins operations Oct. 1.

Ideas

How To Ensure Trustworthy, Open Source Elections

From the perspective of voters, a trustworthy election is one in which they can be confident their votes have been counted as cast and their anonymity has been maintained.

Modernization

First FedRAMP Accelerated Authorization Takes 15 Weeks

Microsoft Customer Relationship Manager Online received the first provisional authority to operate the Accelerated process in 15 weeks.

Digital Government

How the 'Data Cabinet' Could Break Down Project Barriers

Chief Data Scientist DJ Patil wants to connect government data professionals so they can help other agencies.

Cybersecurity

FBI Looks into Democratic Officials’ Mobile Phones Hack

Investigators have yet to determine whether this is linked to the Democratic National Committee breach.

Cybersecurity

Comey: Pushing ISIS Off Twitter Forces Them Where We Can’t Follow

Fifteen years after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, a Senate committee probed senior counterterrorism officials about their efforts.

Cybersecurity

Senator Wants SEC to Investigate Yahoo Hack Disclosure

Sen. Mark Warner wants to know what and when Yahoo executives knew about the security breach.

Emerging Tech

Uber Wants to Fly Customers Around in Massive Autonomous Drones

It seems self-driving cars just aren’t enough.