Cybersecurity
DHS' Touhill tapped as top federal cybersecurity officer
Greg Touhill, a retired Air Force general and a leading cybersecurity executive at DHS, has been named the first U.S. CISO. Grant Schneider will serve as acting deputy CISO.
Cybersecurity
Senator to Twitter: Help Us Fend Off Russian Spambots
A top Democrat on the homeland security committee today wrote a letter to Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey.
Cybersecurity
Old adversaries, new threats, say intel overseers
Congressional leaders say the U.S. continues to face threats from the same old adversaries, but those threats are changing and so must America's intelligence structures.
Emerging Tech
Mercedes Is Making Special Vans for 'Free-Floating Robot Fleets' of Delivery Bots
Delivery vans for delivery bots
Cybersecurity
Johnson: Cyber reorg should be priority for next Congress
The long-planned reorganization and upgrade of DHS' primary cybersecurity office should be a top priority for the next Congress, the DHS secretary said.
Digital Government
Commission on Care, lawmakers want commercial EHR for VA
The leaders of the Commission on Care are recommending that the Department of Veterans Affairs abandon its homegrown VistA software for a commercial product.
Ideas
Beyond Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt: A Glimpse Inside Today’s CISO Playbook
The time has come for chief information security officers to change their strategy.
Digital Government
What Programming's Past Reveals About Today's Gender-Pay Gap
When men enter a female-heavy field, perceptions of women don’t improve—perceptions of the job do.
Emerging Tech
360 Video: Watch NASA Astronauts Train for a Spacewalk Underwater
Inside the largest indoor swimming pool in the world.
Artificial Intelligence
A New AI Learns Through Observation Alone: What That Means for Drone Surveillance
The military spends hundreds of man hours on intelligence collection and image analysis. Drones that could learn about human behavior with less human guidance could cut that time considerably.
Modernization
Report: Government Mobility Spending Lags Behind Private Sector
Agencies are held back by security concerns, an IDC analyst said.
Digital Government
Watchdog: DOD Needs Better Insight Into National Guard’s Cyber Response Capabilities
The Pentagon doesn't have full visibility into what the national guard could do, a GAO report finds.
Modernization
Public Cloud Market to Exceed $236B by 2020
This dramatic uptick reflects the massive IT modernization effort amid private-sector companies and, to a lesser extent, government.
Digital Government
Chaffetz wants CyTech to get paid for OPM work
The cyber vendor on the ground when the OPM hack was first discovered has a powerful legislator backing his claims that the government owes him money.
Cybersecurity
Why a Hack on Education Department Would Be Worse than the OPM Breach
Despite housing tens of millions of people’s sensitive information and 180-plus databases, the agency doesn’t "even have the most basic of tools” to protect them against breaches, Chaffetz said.
People
Dawn Leaf retires as Labor CIO
Longtime cloud advocate and Fed 100 honoree Dawn Leaf is retiring from federal service.
Cybersecurity
How the IC can improve acquisitions
Although ODNI Director James Clapper said the intelligence community's acquisition practices are pretty sound, an advisory council lists some areas to work on.
Cybersecurity