Cybersecurity

The Strange Way People Perceive Privacy Online

Internet users make weaker passwords when government surveillance is on their minds.

Digital Government

Report: Want Innovation? Hire and Empower CTOs

Chief technology officers should be empowered to deliver new solutions and approaches.

People

5 steps to more effective CTOs

New report examines roles and reporting structures for federal chief technology officers.

Digital Government

OPM Touts Upgrades to Federal Jobs Site

USAJOBS has had several makeovers in its 20 years.

Emerging Tech

Video: FCC Wants to Make Cable Set-Top Boxes a Thing of the Past

Interesting news for television fans (which is just about everybody).

People

Managing the transition

A new report from the Partnership for Public Service wants the next administration to treat government as an integrated enterprise and tap the existing talent pool.

Cybersecurity

Will NSA and CYBERCOM Split?

Defense Secretary Ash Carter and Director of National Intelligence James Clapper both support a proposal to separate NSA from CYBERCOM.

Emerging Tech

An Early Internet Pioneer Says the Construction of the Web is Crippling Our Thinking

Ted Nelson is not a programmer, and his vision for what the internet could be is still in the early stages of practical realization.

Cybersecurity

Lawmaker grouses about cybersecurity delays at IRS

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, wants the tax agency to pick up the pace on Einstein implementation.

Digital Government

Special Operators Getting New Autonomous Tactical Drone

A prototype microdrone that maps a building’s rooms will change the urban battlefield.

Digital Government

How agencies plan to improve customer service

Federal agencies are increasingly looking to the private sector for tips on how to improve customer experience.

Digital Government

ISIL’s Human Traffickers Use Facebook, WhatsApp and Telegram to Sell Slaves

A U.N. report suggests authorities tap the same platforms exploited by traffickers to raise awareness and deter the spread of modern slavery.

Digital Government

GAO finds holes in ACA data verification

The Government Accountability Office managed to push bogus applications past Affordable Care Act data verification requirements to get approval for health insurance coverage.

Cybersecurity

GSA retools Schedule 70 for cyber

Government technology purchasers using GSA's Schedule 70 have new options for acquiring cybersecurity services.

Cybersecurity

IG tells TSA to tighten up transportation ID security

Dockworkers, truckers and others must have government-issued credentials to access secure facilities, but a watchdog says the program for granting those credentials needs to be improved.

Modernization

Cloud approval can cost over $2 million

Cost estimates for FedRAMP authorization aren't simple to calculate, but on average it runs about $2.25 million, according to GSA.

Emerging Tech

How Virtual Reality Could Help Stop the Next Ebola Outbreak

The Health and Human Services Department wants to train clinicians using simulations.

Cybersecurity

Unleashing Digital Talent in the Next Administration

To attract cybersecurity and IT specialists, the government should use existing flexibilities in its system of hiring, training and nurturing talent.

Cybersecurity

Hackers Steal Russian Instant Messenger Information, Target Pokemon Go Players and Crib Porn Site Account Details

Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.