Cybersecurity
Cyber Officials Ask: How Do You Prove Cyber Protections Are Worth The Investment?
When your whole job is preventing attacks from happening, it can be hard to prove how effective you are.
Digital Government
Senate Narrowly Passes Repeal of Obama Fair Pay, Safe Workplace Rule
Repeal of what critics call contractor "blacklisting" heads to a receptive President Trump.
Cybersecurity
WikiLeaks posts spy trove purporting to contain CIA hacking tools
Wikileaks launches what it claims is its largest-ever release of CIA data, which includes nearly 9,000 documents and files alleged to contain hacking tools and covert program details.
Cybersecurity
House Bill Aims for ‘Race to the Top’ in Election Security
The grant money would be provided on a competitive basis for innovative ideas.
Cybersecurity
Ransomware Attack Continues on Pennsylvania State Democrats
Government (U.S.) // Pennsylvania, United States
Digital Government
Government Matters: Budget Cuts and Hiring Cyber Talent
A new administration continues to present challenges to government agencies.
Digital Government
Lawmakers target disappearing records
Two bills before the House Oversight committee deal with the problem of electronic records being altered or lost.
Digital Government
Facebook Is Making Life Absurdly Difficult in German Court
The German government is threatening the social media giant with hefty fines if it doesn’t deal with fake news and hate speech.
Digital Government
‘Worst to First’: How the U.S. Postal Service Cleaned Up Employee Discrimination Complaints
USPS tackled its backlog of complaints and now provides that service to more than two dozen other agencies.
Emerging Tech
Meet the Satellite in Space that Maps and Predicts Lightning
The agency's next-gen satellite is taking some awesome pictures as it tests its instruments.
Digital Government
5 technology priorities for President Trump
The Obama administration improved government technology, but the Trump team must push it further forward.
Digital Government
Iraq Agreed to Share More Information With US to Avoid Travel Ban
Other countries will have a harder time pulling the same trick.
Modernization
Shared service gets some blame for HUD's financial woes
The department's struggles with shared services contributed to restatement of financial data, according to HUD's inspector general.
Acquisition
Senate votes to repeal 'blacklisting' rule
In a close vote, the Senate passed a resolution to eliminate the so-called blacklisting rule for federal contractors.
Digital Government
Russia’s Spear Phishing Tactics in the 2016 Election Are Boring Compared to Its 2008 Hack of the US Military
Long before the world knew the contents of Hillary Clinton staffers’ inboxes thanks to Russian hackers, the country went after an even bigger US target.
Digital Government
The Cyberwar Information Gap
Unlike a conventional military strike, state-on-state cyberattacks can go unreported for years.
Digital Government
Trump’s Braintrust Just Won an Immigration Battle with Silicon Valley They Have Been Fighting for Years
The H-1B visa is favored by US tech companies, as it allows them to source specially-skilled STEM workers from abroad.
Artificial Intelligence
‘Artificial Intelligence’ Has Become Meaningless
It’s often just a fancy name for a computer program.
Modernization
Video: Choosing the Right Keyboard App
Texting is too important to stick with the default keyboard.
Artificial Intelligence