Emerging Tech
Obama's Budget Would Grow Federal R&D By 4 Percent
The president's 2017 fiscal year budget boosts total research and development funding to $152 billion.
Cybersecurity
Obama’s 2017 Budget Boosts Cyber Spending by 35 Percent, Adds Federal CISO
The funding and personnel adjustments come after a year of constant disclosures about agency hacks.
Digital Government
4 Steps to Deal with Digital Overload
We need to think harder about what all this information consumption is for—and how to address its impact on our work, relationships and health.
Emerging Tech
You’re Not Alone: Even the Obamas Can’t Get Good Wi-Fi
The President says he hopes to fix the “whole tech thing” for “the next group of folks” who will move in.
Ideas
4 Best Practices to Refresh Government Operations
The concept of modernization isn’t a cut and paste option. Every organization must align IT goals with their particular business needs to be effective.
Emerging Tech
Speed Dialer Aims to Profit off IRS' Terrible Customer Service
Software helps route paying customer to a breathing person within 1 to 6 minutes at an IRS call center notorious for its lengthy hold times.
Digital Government
New Microchip Could Increase Military Intelligence Powers
A military-funded breakthrough in microchips opens the door to portable deep learning.
Digital Government
The Intelligence Community’s Big Budget Challenge
The report suggests IT spending will essentially stagnate through 2020, with estimated IT spending at $9.5 billion by then.
Cybersecurity
OPM Head Pledges to Help Resolve Mystery Over Who Spotted the Big Breach
OPM has maintained that agency employees uncovered the intrusion last spring while fortifying the agency's IT environment.
Cybersecurity
The Former Federal Employee Who Tried to Launch a Cyberattack on Nuclear Scientists
He sent emails he thought were infected with viruses to Energy Department employees involved in developing nuclear weapons.
Cybersecurity
Oversight Committee Chair Subpoenas OPM Director for Hack Documents
At a Jan. 7 Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing, Chairman Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, grilled OPM officials about binders' worth of redacted papers.
Ideas
What’s Missing in the Encryption, Privacy and Security Debate
There are four key considerations surrounding the secure design of mobile devices we should keep in mind in both a government and private sector context.
Cybersecurity
Could a More Secure Online Browser Protect Background Check Hack Victims?
Richard “Hollis” Helms, a 45-year-veteran of the intelligence community, has a tool he says might stem the potential bleeding of national secrets.
Cybersecurity
Amid Cybersecurity Concerns, House Republicans Blast Education CIO Misconduct
Rep. Jason Chaffetz., R.-Utah., challenged CIO Danny Harris and Acting Secretary John King on recent investigation into Harris’ behavior, arguing the department may not be equipped to protect 139 million Social Security numbers from cyberattack.
Cybersecurity
DHS-Supported Scans of Private Networks Prompt Suspicions of Domestic Surveillance
Under the "Enhanced Cybersecurity Services" program, DHS feeds government intelligence about network threats to approved Internet Service Providers so they can immunize corporate subscribers.
Digital Government
Can this Stanford Professor Turn the Pentagon into a Lean Startup?
Steve Blank is part of a team teaching a class called "Hacking for Defense" at Stanford University’s engineering school.
Emerging Tech
Snowed in at NASA, Keeping Watch Over a Space Colossus
Time is running out on the agency’s most ambitious science mission in generations, and that means no stopping for anything—not even a historic blizzard.
Cybersecurity
DHS Chief Defends $6 Billion Federal Firewall after Stinging Audit
"The EINSTEIN system is not a silver bullet," said Jeh Johnson. "It does not stop all attacks, nor is it intended to do so. It is part of a broader array of defenses."
Emerging Tech
Why You Still Can't Vote Online
Elections are one of the few facets of U.S. life done almost entirely offline.
Modernization