Emerging Tech
When CGI Made It Work
The much-maligned HealthCare.gov contractor helped make a Medicare Plan Finder tool an unvarnished success.
Cybersecurity
Health Care Sector to Test Reflexes for Cyber Attack
HHS and industry will simulate assaults on networks underpinning the medical sector and test their ability to fight back.
Emerging Tech
Lessons for HealthCare.gov’s Future in Medicare Part D
The eight-year-old Plan Finder tool is operating well, auditors say.
Digital Government
House Passes New Security Requirements for HealthCare.gov
The bill, which is unlikely to become law, would notify consumers within two days if their information is hacked.
Digital Government
White House Opposes HealthCare.gov Security Bill; House Vote Expected Friday
Republicans want to notify consumers within 48 hours if their data is stolen from the site.
Digital Government
The Navy Fast Tracked Its Record Scanning System Over the Holidays
System slated to digitize 13 million pages of health records this year.
Cybersecurity
NIST Paid $16,500 for Space at Now-Boycotted RSA Conference
Speakers are backing out in protest of the encryption company’s alleged deal with NSA to weaken its security products.
Digital Government
Costs Could Climb for $1.5 Billion Terrorist Tracking System
A planned upgrade of a DHS database at the heart of the nation's effort to thwart foreign threats keeps going back to the drawing board.
Emerging Tech
A Broken Immigration System and Patent Trolls are Stifling Tech Innovation
An industry leader says Congress must address urgent policy issues.
Emerging Tech
Want to Make Digital Government Work? Hire Your Own Coders
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s software engineers take an agile approach to government software development.
Cybersecurity
NSA Leak Spawns Fake Spyware Site
Parody of leaked agency hacking tool catalog generates bizarro codenames for each instrument.
Emerging Tech
The White House Owes Responses to 30 Citizen Petitions; Some Have Been Waiting for Years
The administration faces a backlog of qualifying petitions under a program it created.
Digital Government
Pentagon Kicks Off Procurement to Maintain Current Health Record Until 2018
Contract will cover sustainment and incremental improvements.
Digital Government
Obamacare Enrollment Tops 2 Million, Still Below Expectations
The White House hopes to enroll 7 million people through HealthCare.gov and state marketplaces by April.
Modernization
Why the U.S. Isn’t the World Leader in Speedy Internet Access
United States Ranks 35th in bandwidth available per user.
Emerging Tech
Coming in 2014: Facebook Across Government
When the NRC joins the social media site in the spring, all major agencies will be on Facebook, YouTube and Twitter.
Emerging Tech
Agencies, Take Note: Social Media Doesn't Just Mean Facebook Anymore
Nearly half of online Americans use multiple social networking sites.
Emerging Tech
Justice Department to Spend up to $550,000 on LinkedIn Recruiting
The professional networking ads will draw more qualified attorneys, department officials say.
Cybersecurity
NSA Intercepts Laptops Purchased Online to Install Malware
When remote access hacking strategies don't work, the agency goes old school.
Cybersecurity