Digital Government
Someone Was Warned, Denial of Service and Other HealthCare.gov News
Follow key reporting on the Obama administration’s signature policy initiative.
Digital Government
Lawmakers Shift Attention From Obamacare Website to Law
Even Republicans assume HealthCare.gov will be fixed; both sides turn to more-lasting impacts of reform.
Cybersecurity
Big Data Is a Good Place for Hackers to Hide
In five to 10 years, expect attackers to game threat-detection analytics by creating bogus malicious activity.
Digital Government
Document Shows Contractor Warned That HealthCare.gov Couldn’t Handle High Traffic
The troubled site could only manage 1,100 simultaneous users a day before launch.
Modernization
CIA-backed Cloud Security Firm Buys Encryption Company to Help Spy-Wary Industry
To address corporate concerns about storing information at data centers accessible by intelligence agencies, HyTrust acquires HighCloud.
Science & Tech
Drone Invades the New York Public Library
A quadcopter drone was sent into the famed landmark and returned with these haunting slow motion flyby images. By Kedar Pavgi
Digital Government
CIO Working on Obamacare Website Steps Down
Other CMS management staffers are moving around too.
Ideas
Five Ways Obama Can Fix Drones Right Now
Civilian casualties can be prevented with better use of drones. By Sarah Holewinski and Larry Lewis
Digital Government
Media Blitz Aims to Address Crisis of Confidence in Obamacare
TV, radio and print campaign will start when site is fixed, Medicare chief says.
Digital Government
VA Awards ASM Research a Health IT Contract Triple the Price of Competitors’ Bids
Company hired a senior department technology official as chief strategist a month after the award, with VA ethics office approval.
Cybersecurity
IG: Government Has No Digital Cyber Warning System
Agencies are unable to quickly alert and instruct potential victims, report finds.
Digital Government
Obama Calls for IT Procurement Reform
Purchasing changes must come after health care website is fixed, he says.
Digital Government
Obama Was Warned, Take It Offline and Other HealthCare.gov News
Follow key reporting on the Obama administration’s signature policy initiative.
Modernization
FCC Eyes New Spectrum for Wi-Fi-Type Service
Sat phone company has tested the service with Amazon lab.
Emerging Tech
FBI Seeks Video Recognition Technology to Automatically ID Suspects
Demonstrations of motion picture pattern-matching are set to start in December.
Digital Government
How States Launched Successful Health Exchanges
Minnesota and D.C. marketplaces suggest HealthCare.gov’s disastrous first month wasn’t inevitable.
Emerging Tech
White House Plans a Single FOIA Portal Across Government
The new Freedom of Information Act system could improve response times and reduce work for agencies and requesters.
Digital Government
GOP Oversight Chief Orders Sebelius to Turn Over HealthCare.gov Docs
HHS plans to honor Issa's document request but wasn't given enough time, a spokeswoman says.
Cybersecurity
Edward Snowden Reportedly Now Has a Job Doing Tech Support
The NSA leaker will start his mysterious new job Friday, his lawyer says.
Cybersecurity