Digital Government
Obamacare Enrollment Tops 3 Million
That’s still far shy of the White House goal of 7 million enrollees by March 31.
Cybersecurity
Why Companies Want Congress To Tell Them What To Do After Data Breaches
Reeling from high-profile hacks, retailers are asking lawmakers to require them to notify customers when shoppers' information has been put at risk.
Digital Government
Stop Loose Nukes With Big Data and Crowdsourcing, Experts Urge
Defense Science Board says new technologies and a new strategy are needed to counter nuclear proliferation.
Ideas
Deciphering Obama’s Necessary Message to the Intelligence Community
President Obama’s NSA speech was what the public, and intelligence workers, needed to hear. The president of one intelligence group explains why. By Joseph R. DeTrani
Modernization
BlackBerrys Will Make Up 98% of Mobile Devices on New Defensewide System
About 80,000 of them and 1,800 Apple and Android phones and tablets will be managed by the system launching Jan. 31.
Emerging Tech
It’s Official: Accenture Wins Contract to Manage HealthCare.gov
HHS will pay the contractor $91 million to manage the site for one year.
Tech
Innovation Fellows Detail Efforts to Improve Agency Operations
Projects range from user-centered Web design to a “Google” for procurement price data.
Digital Government
NSA on Text Messages: 'A Goldmine to Exploit'
NSA and British partners collect 194 million texts a day.
Digital Government
Congress Tries to Curtail NSA Spying, Sort Of
Issue of eavesdropping on specific U.S. individuals’ communications is personal for Senators and House members.
Digital Government
HealthCare.gov Is Secure, Says CMS Official Who Voiced Early Concerns
The Obamacare marketplace underwent end-to-end security testing in mid-December
Digital Government
Congress Cracks Down on Purchases of Chinese-Made IT
Spending bill bars NASA, Commerce, Justice, and NSF from buying systems from China until vetted by authorities and restricts supercomputer acquisitions.
Digital Government
House Democrats Charge Issa Is Playing Fast and Loose with HealthCare.gov Docs
A spokesman for the Republican lawmaker calls it a ‘false controversy.’
Cybersecurity
The NSA Can Get You Offline, Too -- With Radio Waves
According to a new report, the NSA has developed technology that can access computers through these waves.
Modernization
What You Need to Know About the New Internet Rules
Carriers can charge websites for faster service or even block some data from entering all together.
Digital Government
Government Data Saves Lives
Open data is helping people find their way out of disaster zones and beware of unsafe products.
Modernization
Court Strikes Down Net Neutrality
But the three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit sided with Verizon's lawsuit, saying the FCC acted outside its authority by enacting the rules.
Modernization
Why Facebook Just Agreed to Give Data to Russia’s Biggest Search Engine
Russians prefer VKontakte, a home-grown social network that, in addition to connecting friends and groups, also functions as a dating site.
Digital Government
Op-Ed: Labor’s Moneyball Approach to Boosting Performance
By setting concrete, measurable metrics and holding agencies accountable, the department has improved operations across the board.
Science & Tech
It's Becoming Too Expensive for the Military to Go Into Space
DARPA Director Arati Prabhakar says the national security community is facing a crisis caused by the spiraling cost of sending military assets into orbit. By Kedar Pavgi
Digital Government