Cybersecurity

State Says it Needs to Rebuild Classified Computer Networks after Hack

State has asked Congress for $10 million to support "the necessary re-architecting of the classified and unclassified networks” at the department

Modernization

CIA Is Trying to Hack Your iPhone

New Snowden documents reveal a decade-long CIA push to break Apple’s encryption protections.

Ideas

Collaborate or Perish: What the Internet of Everything Teaches Us About Public-Private Partnerships

The pace of global technology change is accelerating, and the future of the U.S. and of the world will require collaborations across sectors.

Emerging Tech

Halvorsen Now Defense Department’s Permanent CIO

Terry Halvorsen gets the bump from acting CIO and will exercise authority over the Pentagon’s $36 billion IT budget.

Emerging Tech

FTC Pits Humans Against Robocalls in New Contest

FTC is looking for anyone who can block, forward and predict which phone calls are made by automated systems.

Cybersecurity

Brit Allegedly Extracted Data from Pentagon Satellite System

The data compromised includes employee contact information and mobile device ID numbers.

Cybersecurity

Attention, Cyber Pros: The Pentagon Wants You -- 3,000 of You

The military has been given the go-ahead to fast-track the hiring of 3,000 computer whiz civilians.

Digital Government

GAO: CMS Isn't Doing Enough to Address HealthCare.gov Failures

After the botched Healthcare.gov rollout, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services haven't adequately improved itsIT processes, a recent report found.

Cybersecurity

Fallout from Clinton’s Private Emails: How Secure are Agency Email Systems?

Official government email accounts are no locked fortresses, and some shirk key federal security regulations.

Cybersecurity

FISMA by the Numbers: The Biggest Cyber Threats at These 5 Agencies

Cybersecurity incidents targeting federal agencies are on the rise.

Cybersecurity

More Security Fears Surround Clinton’s 'Homebrew' Email Server

“Clinton's decision to forgo the State Department's servers is inexplicable and inexcusable,” says one security expert.

Digital Government

Rollout of New CIO Powers Could be 'Uneven,' DOJ CIO Says

At a recent conference, Justice Department Chief Information Officer Joe Klimavicz said some agencies will be quicker to enact the federal IT reform.

Cybersecurity

Were Clinton's Personal Emails an Open Door to Hackers?

Beyond the transparency concerns, security experts wonder whether the former secretary of state’s emails were protected from foreign hackers.

Cybersecurity

6 Biggest Blunders in Government's Annual Cyber Report Card

The White House has released its yearly assessment of agency compliance with the governmentwide cyber laws.

Emerging Tech

When Congress and Cloud Collided

A lawmaker came up with a new meaning for the term “cloud.” But DOD’s chief information officer isn’t smiling.

Cybersecurity

Suits vs. Hoodies: The Two Cybersecurity Cultures

How a tense exchange between the NSA director and a Yahoo executive reveals the rift between D.C. and Silicon Valley

Emerging Tech

Industry’s Take on FITARA? ‘A Good Step Forward’

Yet, fixing a procurement system designed to build warships to buy modern technology is an ask that CIOs will find more complex than any single piece of legislation can tackle.

Cybersecurity

Anthem Health Care Hack Snared Federal Employees Who Weren’t Anthem Customers

But who knows how many?

Digital Government

Will Fixing Va.gov be Digital Team's First Priority?

Although overall e-government satisfaction improved, va.gov is still struggling, according to new research.