Modernization

Defense and the intelligence community pursue conflicting cloud plans

Roadmaps for shifting computer work to collaborative online environments follow different construction designs.

Cybersecurity

Could a White House Order on Cybersecurity Drop This Week?

After high-profile attacks, reports say directive could come as early as this week.

Emerging Tech

Are Spy Drones Being Used to Find Fugitive Christopher Dorner?

If it's true, Dorner wouldn't be the first human target on American soil.

Digital Government

'Shooting Therapy' Did Not Kill Navy SEAL Chris Kyle

Reintroducing patients with PTSD to whatever triggers their symptoms -- gradually, in a clinical setting -- can be effective. Veterans Chris Kyle and Eddie Ray Routh were not at a shooting range as part of exposure therapy on the day Routh killed Kyle.

Modernization

GSA Seeks Governmentwide Mobile Device Management Contracts

The government hopes to save on MDM and other mobile services by buying in bulk.

Emerging Tech

The Land of the Free: How Virtual Fences Will Transform Rural America

A USDA scientist has created a startling innovation with GPS-equipped free-range cows.

Cybersecurity

How Can a President's E-Mail Get Hacked?

A hacker known as Guccifer got into "at least six separate e-mail accounts" of Bush family members.

Emerging Tech

Congress' Plan to Stop Exporting Technology to Repressive Regimes

The Global Online Freedom Act of 2013 would make it illegal for firms to export equipment that could facilitate digital monitoring.

Cybersecurity

Prospects for Comprehensive Cyber Reform Are Questionable

Nonetheless, there is bipartisan agreement on the need for better information sharing about threats to critical networks.

Modernization

BlackBerry Z10 has not sold well in home-market Canada

Despite lackluster sales, analysts remain cautiously optimistic.

Oversight

Play of the Day: USA... Very Droney

The Daily Show examines the recently leaked drone memos.

Digital Government

The brain injury data project: One soldier's story

Data from more than 10,000 brain injury patients -- including hundreds of variables and outcomes -- is being tracked in an ongoing government project that began 26 years ago.

Cybersecurity

Somebody hacked the Fed during the Super Bowl

During the hack, information was obtained by exploiting a temporary vulnerability in a website vendor product.

Digital Government

To cut costs, Defense and VA scrap plans for new electronic health record

Instead of building a system from scratch, the departments will integrate existing systems.

Cybersecurity

Obama is now America’s hacker in chief

As the possibility of destructive cyberwarfare inches towards reality, the government is scrambling to figure out who holds the keys to America's malware arsenal.