Ideas
New Year’s Resolutions Federal Employees and Their Agencies Can Actually Keep
Don't worry: Losing weight isn't one of them.
Ideas
Robots, AI and Drones: When Did Toys Turn into Rocket Science?
Kids have a lot of options besides blocks.
Cybersecurity
Homeland Security Releases TIC 3.0 Use Cases with Additional Guidance
The government’s cybersecurity department released a draft set of use cases and other guidance to help agencies build secure networks in the age of cloud and mobile.
Cybersecurity
Like Voldemort, Ransomware Is Too Scary to Be Named
Wary of alarming investors, companies victimized by ransomware attacks often tell the SEC that “malware” or a “security incident” disrupted their operations.
CIO Briefing
Russia Plans to Cut Off Some Internet Access Next Week
The Dec. 23 test aims to evaluate a system meant to control traffic, veil hackers, and quash dissent.
Ideas
The State of Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation
Many agencies face the same challenges when trying to implement CDM capabilities.
CIO Briefing
Trump Announces Picks to Replace Outgoing Leaders at NSF, CISA
The administration plans to nominate a replacement for the National Science Foundation director and appoint a new assistant director for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
Cybersecurity
Watchdog: OPM is At Risk of Not Being Able to Restore IT Systems Post-Disaster
The massive 2015 data breaches that exposed personal information of current and former federal employees are the subject of an ongoing lawsuit.
IT Modernization
GSA’s $50B Telecom Contract Is Now Truly Open for Business
More than two years after awards were announced, agencies can now issue task orders to all nine vendors on the Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions contract.
IT Modernization
Microsoft Gets Temporary Authority to Host Secret Classified Defense Data
A Defense agency has granted Microsoft a temporary provisional authority to host data at Impact Level 6 for the next 90 days.
Cybersecurity
CISA Still Wants Your Thoughts on Its Vulnerability Disclosure Policy
The agency wants feedback on how the government should accept unsolicited bug reports.
Data
How California’s Consumer Privacy Act Will Become the Digital Law of the Land
Under the law, the onus is on consumers to request that companies disclose or delete their personal data. But more states and the federal government could still jump into the privacy debate.
Emerging Tech
China Has Increasing Sway in U.S. Science, Defense Report Says
Beijing is using better jobs at home, aggressive intelligence agencies, and a greater financial reach to influence American institutions.
CIO Briefing
The Governmentwide Tech Guide to the 2020 Spending Deals
The 2020 appropriations package includes billions for tech upgrades at some agencies, as well as funding for governmentwide modernization projects. In some cases, that money comes with strings attached.
Emerging Tech
Pentagon Is Searching for Domestic Drone Options
Acquisition chief Ellen Lord shared details about the Defense Department's efforts to spark a U.S. ecosystem for small unmanned aerial systems and counter technologies.
Cybersecurity
Facebook's Push for End-to-End Encryption Is Good News for User Privacy, as Well as Terrorists and Paedophiles
Every decision has tradeoffs.
Data
NSA Data Storage Poses Risk to Civil Liberties, Watchdog Says
An audit conducted by the National Security Agency inspector general raises questions about the intelligence agency’s data retention policies.
Ideas
How Agency CIOs Can Enable Business and Reduce Risk
Visibility is essential for CIOs to accomplish their mission and meet compliance.
Cybersecurity
Kansas Abandons Technology Trumpeted by Kris Kobach, Trump’s Onetime Voter Fraud Czar
The computer program, known as CrossCheck, matched various state voter rolls against each other to identify duplicate voters.
IT Modernization
Federal CIO: It’s Time for Those Digital Transformations to Scale Up
In 2020, agencies will likely expand some of their new pilots and projects into enterprisewide solutions.
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