People
Making a market for shared services
OMB and GSA have spent the last year bringing structure to agencies' back-office system needs. Now they have to keep it moving for the next administration.
Cybersecurity
85M User Accounts Compromised from Video-sharing Site Dailymotion
Entertainment // Web Services
Artificial Intelligence
Truckers Think Automation Won’t Take Their Jobs for 40 Years. Silicon Valley Strongly Disagrees.
The disconnect about the timing for the arrival of such technology, and the political forces it may unleash, reveals a massive split in how the groups believe the transport industry will evolve.
Cybersecurity
Dems push for Russia hacking investigation
The ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee and others in Congress including one top Republican want to air allegations of Russian cyber interference in the U.S. elections. President-elect Trump has dismissed the assertions by U.S. spies as politically motivated.
Cybersecurity
Why the federal CISO can't sleep
Federal cybersecurity officials are incorporating advice from the industry advisory group NSTAC into incident response policy.
Digital Government
The Government Finally May Have Found All Its Data Centers
Agencies have closed 4,300 of nearly 11,000 data centers.
Digital Government
CIO Authority 'Still a Major Issue' Across Government
Neither of the CIOs called to testify before the House committee—Luke McCormack at the Homeland Security Department and Frontis Wiggins of the State Department—report to the top two positions within their agencies.
Modernization
Government Spies Can See Everything You’re Doing With Your Phone on a Plane
If you like your privacy, don’t fly the friendly skies with your phone connected to in-flight networks.
Cybersecurity
Gen. John Kelly picked to head DHS under Trump
The president-elect has selected another retired Marine general for his cabinet -- John F. Kelly to head the Department of Homeland Security.
Digital Government
Data Scientist Cathy O’Neil on the Cold Destructiveness of Big Data
What happens when algorithms make troublingly unfair decisions?
Ideas
Modernizing IT Infrastructure is Critical to Combating Today’s Threats
Legacy systems carry innate vulnerabilities because of their age.
Cybersecurity
How will Trump tackle legacy IT?
In order to advance policy priorities, the next administration will have to navigate a government that is both reliant on and slowed by legacy IT. Exactly how remains an open question.
Emerging Tech
GSA Has New E-Signature Software
Adobe is selling the technology as a way to help agencies comply with security standards for online services.
Emerging Tech
US Lead in Quantum Computing 'Under Siege,' Says White House Cyber Adviser
The nation needs a workforce that can pursue quantum computing.
Cybersecurity
Top Dems Seek Full Congress Briefing on Russian Election Hacks
A whole-of-Congress classified briefing is necessitated by the threat the hacks pose to Democratic institutions, the top national security Democrats write.
Cybersecurity
Commerce Secretary to Industry: Don’t Let Cyber Report Collect Dust
Penny Pritzker endorses report’s anti-regulation stance, says regulation inhibits cyber info sharing.
Digital Government
Video: Social Media Giants Take on Terrorist Propaganda
These tech companies are taking a collaborative approach.
Cybersecurity
How the Government Makes It Easier to Share Cybersecurity Data
To make the cybersecurity game competitive again, cyber defenders need to let everyone know what they are being hit with, what techniques the attackers are using and what they are doing to mitigate those attacks.
Digital Government
Why DOD needs a mobile upgrade
A new report from the Center for a New American Security argues the Pentagon needs to ditch its risk-averse culture and procurement procedures and embrace next-generation mobile technology.
Cybersecurity