Digital Government
Defense Secretary Pitches Austin Techies on Pentagon Work
Ash Carter continues his outreach tour to robotics labs and startup centers.
Emerging Tech
Video: Inside the Medieval City Where the Future of Computing Is Built
Move over, Silicon Valley: These 2,300 researchers are responsible for your favorite gadgets of tomorrow.
Modernization
NOAA is Hosting More Weather Data in the Cloud
By making a large data set available in the cloud, the agency was able to free up bandwidth and resources on constrained, legacy systems.
Cybersecurity
Military Commands Tussle Over Cyber Power
The Pentagon said it plans to sort out the org chart.
Digital Government
Soldiers to Help Crowdsource Spy Maps
Because satellite connectivity can be too spotty to obtain high-fidelity images for spies in remote locations, some intelligence officials say they welcome the expansion of social mapping.
Digital Government
Could New Technology Make Language Barriers Irrelevant in the Next 10 Years?
No more trying to remember your high school French when checking into a hotel in Paris.
Modernization
Apple’s Next Big Problem: Figuring Out How the FBI Hacked its iPhone
Apple is in the uncomfortable position of knowing a serious vulnerability exists in its operating system, but not knowing what it is.
Cybersecurity
Trump’s Plan for Cyberwar
The candidate outlined his half-baked “cyber thought process” in an interview with The New York Times.
Cybersecurity
The Internet of Things Means Hospitals Are More Hackable Than Ever. The VA is Prepared.
With construction manuals tailored to smart buildings, the Veterans Affairs Department seems prepared for the day when bugs infect its hospitals.
Cybersecurity
OPM Gives Health Insurance Companies New Rules for Reporting Cyberincidents
Last year, both OPM and one of the biggest insurers in the FEHBP program -- Anthem Inc. -- were breached, purportedly by the same band of Chinese state-backed hackers.
Cybersecurity
1 in 5 Employees Would Sell Their Work Passwords, Some for Less Than $100
This one worrying news for those concerned about organizational security
Digital Government
Pentagon CIO Wants Congress to Make it Easier to Bring in Tech Talent
One of the biggest tech challenges facing the department is retaining the IT workforce, says Terry Halvorsen.
Modernization
OMB Releases Draft Policy Slashing Mobile Contracts
The White House wants the federal government to buy less and buy smarter.
Emerging Tech
The First Cyborg Olympics Is Coming to Switzerland
Governing bodies of pretty much every sport in the world generally consider it an unfair advantage for athletes to ameliorate themselves in any way. But what if that was the whole fun of the sport?
Emerging Tech
Q&A: Can Pitch Competitions Really Help the Government Discover New Tech?
Local tech hub Eastern Foundry, focused on getting new businesses to work with the government, hosts an annual demo day focused on a particular federal need.
Modernization
A Revamped FedRAMP Revealed
The old approach has proven time consuming, and as time has gone by, more duplicative and less effective as more cloud service providers attempted to have their offerings meet FedRAMP’s requirements.
Cybersecurity
Trump: US is ‘Obsolete’ in Cybersecurity
Trump claimed the Defense Department was “going backwards” in cyber while “other countries are moving forward at a much more rapid pace.”
Cybersecurity
Homeland Security Building a Massive Database To Track Cyberattacks
The Homeland Security Department wants comments from the public about how useful a shared database could be.
Cybersecurity
Are Agencies Still Overusing Social Security Numbers? Lawmakers Want an Audit
Agencies were supposed to stop defaulting to SSN identification starting nearly a decade ago.
Cybersecurity