Cybersecurity
Legacy systems, hygiene top Air Force 2017 cyber list
The Air Force will prioritize making legacy and mission systems cyber secure and instilling a culture of cyber security in the workforce in 2017, says CISO Pete Kim.
Modernization
Samsung Finally Explained What Caused Galaxy Note 7 Explosions
The company claims engineering—not mismanagement—was to blame.
Modernization
State of federal IT report charts needs in cyber, workforce
A weighty report from the CIO Council takes a sweeping view of the challenges facing the federal IT community.
Ideas
Avoiding Failure of Imagination in Cyber Conflicts
It's not enough to prepare for known cyber threats.
Digital Government
DHS watchdog warns agency on ELIS system
DHS Inspector General urged the Citizenship and Immigration Services to keep the struggling Electronic Immigration System unplugged.
People
Trump signs federal hiring freeze
As promised during the campaign, President Trump has signed an executive order implementing a hiring freeze across most of the civilian federal workforce.
Digital Government
Hi-Tech Pods That Allow Human Beings to Hibernate for Long-Distance Space Travel Are About to Become a Reality
“Our goal is to get from days and weeks to months,” says Bradford, who says the medical equipment used for therapeutic hypothermia can easily be automated and made space-ready.
Ideas
Delivering Efficient Citizen-Centered Government
Consider the following five strategies to create a citizen-centric government and to drive governmentwide efficiencies.
Emerging Tech
President of Silicon Valley’s Y Combinator Is Funding Trump Promise-Tracker
“One of the lesson from startups is more measurement almost always leads to better decision making,” Altman says.
Cybersecurity
Hackers Downloaded US Government Climate Data and Stored it on European Servers as Trump Was Being Inaugurated
Many of the programmers who showed up at UCLA for the event had day jobs as IT consultants or data managers at startups.
Digital Government
Video: Analyzing GAO's Decision To Deny Protests of Alliant 2
The contract will be in use for the next 10 years and $65 billion are at stake.
Digital Government
Congress Tackles Cabinet Confirmations, Expands Watchdog Powers
Lawmakers wrapped inaugural week by confirming the nominees for the Defense and Homeland Security secretaries.
Digital Government
How Will We Know Trump’s Inaugural Crowd Size?
It involves satellites and weather balloons.
Digital Government
Obama White House's Message to Trump on Financial Tech: Let FinTech Flourish
In a whitepaper released earlier this week, the Obama administration outlined some policy goals.
Digital Government
5 predictions for federal IT in 2017
As the Trump team takes control, here's what the tech community can expect.
Digital Government
Obama codifies PIF program on last morning in office
President Obama signed a bill making the Presidential Innovation Fellows program a permanent fixture of government, during his last hours in office.
Cybersecurity
Trump Administration Highlights Offensive Cyber in First Moments
The new commander-in-chief noted offensive military cyber capabilities and using offensive cyber to disrupt ISIL
Digital Government
One of Obama's Final Acts Made Presidential Innovation Fellows Program Permanent
Obama signed the law shortly before handing the White House over to President Donald Trump.
Cybersecurity
DHS tackles backlog of unauthorized IT systems
A report by the agency's inspector general says DHS has made progress in cybersecurity training, dual-factor authentication and certifying systems, but more 50 of its unclassified systems still lack authorities to operate.
Digital Government