People
Oversight bills seek to restrict union activity
Two Republican lawmakers introduced bills that would limit the amount of time that federal employees spend on union activities during work hours.
Cybersecurity
Report: Combatant commands vulnerable to cyber attacks
Despite making progress against cyber red teams, military combatant command missions are coming up short in defending against nation-state adversaries in training exercises.
Digital Government
Social Media’s Silent Filter
Under-the-radar workers have scrubbed objectionable material from Facebook and other sites since well before the fake-news controversy.
Ideas
Some Alleged CIA Hacking Tools—Like Apps That Turn Smart TVs into Spies—Do Exist
A more unsettling issue may be why the CIA couldn’t protect its own data in the first place.
Ideas
When Can Your Tweet, Text or Calls Cost You Your Job?
Feds do not have a legally recognized expectation of privacy with respect to the government-owned equipment they use in and/or outside of the workplace.
Digital Government
A Woman’s Pioneering Exoskeleton Technology Could Allow Paralyzed People to Move Again
The exoskeleton is built with products anyone could purchase for a few hundred dollars.
Digital Government
A Visual Search Engine for the Entire Planet
Descartes Labs lets you point-and-hop between features in China and the United States.
Digital Government
CIA Silent as Wikileaks Claims to Publish Thousands of Agency Files
The group says the 8,000-plus files detail the existence and function of key hacking tools.
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