Cybersecurity
Pentagon Contractors Rank Below Retailers and Banks When it Comes to Cybersecurity
Pentagon suppliers score below hacked retailers and banks on cyber defense, according to industry-developed metrics.
Emerging Tech
Q&A: Why Congress is Jumping on the Open Source Bandwagon
Ben Balter, chief executive for code repository site Github, talked with Nextgov about last week's announcement.
Cybersecurity
Why Americans Don’t Trust the Government to Safeguard Their Data
Many consumers do not have much faith in federal agencies keeping their personal information safe, according to a new report.
Cybersecurity
VA CIO: OPM Breach Is a Lesson for All Employees
VA defends against 55,000 new malware variants every day, according to the agency.
Cybersecurity
Is the White House Skirting Governmentwide Cybersecurity Rules?
The White House’s unclassified networks were breached by hackers last fall.
Digital Government
State Department Posts Back Online after Tech Glitch Snarls Visas
A hardware bug corrupted the agency’s database used for processing biometric information.
Cybersecurity
Why the Lawsuit Against OPM over the Massive Data Breach Faces an Uphill Battle
Demonstrating damages have been suffered will be the challenge, legal experts say.
Digital Government
Court Revives Defunct NSA Mass Surveillance Program
NSA’s phone dragnet is back—for now.
Cybersecurity
OPM May Announce Size of Second Data Breach Next Week
The embattled federal agency is planning to reveal details about a breach of security-clearance information as soon as early next week, according to Hill sources.
Digital Government
Australia Ramps Up Digital Services With Own 18F-Inspired Office
The Digital Transformation Office is expected to function in the manner of a startup and launch coordinated, user-centered digital services for the entire government.
Cybersecurity
Federal Employee Union Sues Over OPM Hack, Citing Financial and Emotional Distress
Agency Director Katherine Archuleta and CIO Donna Seymour are named in the class action lawsuit.
Emerging Tech
Why Open Data is the Future of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
“Don’t send a spy where you can send a schoolboy," says the intelligence official leading the agency's effort to work with unclassified data.
Cybersecurity
OPM Chief’s New Cyber Defense Operation Has Potential, Private Investigators Say
But GOP lawmakers have asked Obama to remove Archuleta.
Modernization
E-Government Successes: In Singapore, It Takes Just Minutes to File Your Taxes
The island nation has recently started launching a wave of innovative e-government programs.
Cybersecurity
McCain Lays Into OPM Director Over Data Breaches
The head of the Office of Personnel Management faced a third consecutive day of intense questioning over her handling of a series of data breaches last year.
Emerging Tech
NASA's Newest Robot is Part Ape, Part Machine
A disaster-response robot for here on Earth.
Digital Government
TSA Wants to Tweet with Travelers
The DHS agency is looking for sources for a social media management contract.
Cybersecurity
Why Cyber War Is Dangerous for Democracies
The most worrying form of government spying isn’t the kind Edward Snowden exposed.
Cybersecurity
Hacked OPM and Background Check Contractors Lacked Logs, DHS Says
Hackers first penetrated OPM, USIS and KeyPoint in the fall of 2013.
Modernization