Emerging Tech

Intelligence Community Wants to Identify Faces in the 'Wild'

IARPA unveiled a prize challenge to find the best facial matching algorithms.

Cybersecurity

Hackers Blackmail Plastic Surgery Patients After Stealing Pictures

Healthcare and Public Health // Lithuania

Cybersecurity

Here’s How Agencies Should Implement Trump’s Cyber Order

Agency heads can appoint an official to be accountable for cybersecurity rather than being accountable themselves.

Digital Government

Fortress Britain's Coming Crackdown

In the wake of the Manchester attack, the U.K. government is stationing troops in cities and fast-tracking new laws to access encrypted messages.

Ideas

Creating IT Start-Ups in Government

Digital service teams face key challenges in being effective change agents in a traditional government setting.

Modernization

Booz Allen, NGA probe intel leak

Defense and intelligence contractor Booz Allen Hamilton and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency are investigating how a trove of sensitive program data was apparently uploaded to a public Amazon cloud server.

Cybersecurity

Trump's pick to head whistleblower office comes from group suing EPA

President Donald Trump's nominee to lead a whistleblower protection office comes from a legal group that is currently suing the EPA to access employees' encrypted communications.

Cybersecurity

Lawmakers seek answers on alleged FCC DDoS attack

Five Democratic senators are seeking an FBI investigation into possible cyberattacks on the Federal Communication Commission's online comment system.

Cybersecurity

ShadowBrokers launch subscription service for stolen NSA tools

The enigmatic ShadowBrokers have launched a new subscription service in their latest attempt to monetize stolen NSA hacking tools.

Modernization

VA chief will seek IT funding supplemental

Once the Department of Veterans Affairs makes a decision on the future of its electronic health records system, it will seek money from Congress to put the plan into place.

Ideas

Cybersecurity is the Sputnik of Our Day

We need a cyber-race to spur innovation and ensure the digital world is a secure haven for western democratic society.

Acquisition

Help us find this year's Rising Stars

Make your nominations today for federal IT's next generation of change agents.

Modernization

In-Q-Tel Invests Fresh Funds to Ditch Desktops

The venture capital firm for the 17 agencies that comprise the IC joined Bain Capital Ventures and Microsoft Ventures in making a $16 million investment in San Mateo-based Frame.

Cybersecurity

DNC is Hiring a CTO

The CTO will be responsible for modernizing and security the party’s digital infrastructure.

People

OMB seeks IT specialists

The Executive Office of the President is looking to fill a quartet of IT jobs that call for secret and top secret clearances.

Digital Government

Why One Lawmaker Sees the Future of Silicon Valley in Appalachia

In his first term, Rep. Ro Khanna is focused on connecting tech giants to budding talent outside California.