Acquisition
GSA offers feds a hand with contract writing
Federal agencies will be able to sign up with the General Services Administration's contract writing as-a-service in the coming year.
Emerging Tech
Join Us Nov. 30 for the Digital Citizen Summit
Learn from Uber and other agencies' efforts.
Cybersecurity
Internet giants want Trump to back strong encryption
Forty of the most recognizable internet companies want to make sure their policy priorities -- which include data security, strong encryption and immigration reform -- are considered by the Trump administration from Day One.
Cybersecurity
NIST's new take on IoT security
NIST's new guidance on security for the internet of things is not prescriptive like FIPS but instead offers a foundation for engineering security into connected devices.
Cybersecurity
Cyber Threats as Severe as Terrorism Threats, NIST Official Says
NIST Systems Security Engineering guidance urges putting security in upfront and not relying on cyber hygiene.
Modernization
GSA to Offer Cloud-Based Contract Writing System Next Year
The pay-as-you-go system will offer guidance as well as reduce costs, according to GSA.
Cybersecurity
Warner: No red or blue cybersecurity teams
One of the Senate's most tech-savvy members sees some common ground on cybersecurity in the post-election environment.
Digital Government
Congress appears headed toward short-term funding
The Trump election victory changes the calculation on duration of the next government funding package.
Digital Government
CIOs, Time to Be ‘Enabler in Chief’ Instead of ‘Constrainer in Chief’
What’s required of today’s government CIOs?
Digital Government
A USB Stick Can Show HIV Test Results in Under 30 Minutes
Traditional HIV testing can take days to show results.
Cybersecurity
Google, Amazon Urge Trump to Support Strong Encryption
The president-elect has generally opposed encryption that keeps out law enforcement.
Modernization
Video: Frequent Flyers, Take Note of These Travel Gadgets
Some gadgets make flying the friendly skies a bit friendlier.
Cybersecurity
Thousands of Government, Military Addresses in Adult Friend Finder Hookup Site Breach
It’s not clear how many of the addresses are genuine, the site that reported the breach says.
Emerging Tech
Modified Drones Keep an Eye on the World’s Wildlife
The availability of reliable, off-the-shelf UAVs has made standard aerial surveillance far easier than it used to be, but drones don’t come out of the box ready for the kinds of projects conservationists throw at them.
Emerging Tech
FBI Awards Dataminr Contract for Twitter 'Firehose'
Twitter has said the service would not be available to members of the intelligence community.
Cybersecurity
Next Big Hacking Threat is Already Happening—You Just Can’t See It
Malicious hackers are breaking into industrial computer networks all the time.
Artificial Intelligence
Tech That Will Change the Customer Experience Game
Forrester Research expects augmented and virtual reality will be customer experience game-changers.
Cybersecurity