Cybersecurity
9 States Accept DHS' Election Security Support
Homeland Security Jeh Johnson urges more states to take up the department's offer.
Cybersecurity
Cyber Bill Would Let Agency Heads Be Fired If There’s a Data Breach
The bill would also allow OMB's director to ensure the agency head doesn't get "any cash or pay awards or bonuses for a period of one year after submission of the explanation" for the incident.
Emerging Tech
Video: White House, NASA Officials Discuss Asteroid Redirect Mission
The mission's robotic spacecraft will launch in 2021 and fly to an asteroid and capture a chunk of it using an enhanced gravity tractor to bring it back to orbit our moon.
Cybersecurity
Ransomware Attacks on Government Agencies Tripled in Past Year
About 4 percent of government agencies have been exposed to Nymaim, a ransomware strain, and 3 percent to Locky.
Digital Government
How FITARA Changed the CIO Game
Legislation gave CIOs new visibility into their own agencies.
Modernization
Scientists Have Invented a Fabric that Powers Mobile Devices With Your Movements
Your phone inevitably runs out of juice when you need it most, but soon your clothes could keep personal tech perpetually powered.
Artificial Intelligence
Have We Given Artificial Intelligence Too Much Power Too Soon?
AI systems are already making problematic judgments producing significant social, cultural and economic impacts in people’s everyday lives.
Modernization
Your Wearable Device Won’t Do the Thing You Desperately Want it to Do
If weight loss is your goal, a new study shows that you may be better without one.
Artificial Intelligence
How to Protect Workers From Job-Stealing Robots
President Obama’s chief economist argues that, with the right policies, artificial intelligence can be boon to the labor market, not a threat.
Cybersecurity
Air Force scrambles to harden weapons systems
The Air Force is one year into a new program designed to identify cyberthreats to weapons systems and come up with measures to harden systems and increase resiliency to cyberattacks.
Cybersecurity
Chinese researchers hack car from 12 miles away
Researchers uncovered vulnerabilities in the Tesla Model S as the U.S. issued new rules for driverless car development and safety.
Digital Government
VA ordering system looks like when we 'first started using computers'
Lawmakers are eager to see update to the Department of Veterans Affair's procurement processes, which GAO describes as "outdated and fragmented."
Digital Government
'Cyber Cold War' rhetoric raises alarms
Calls from Capitol Hill for "mutually assured destruction" over alleged Russian hacking are raising questions about whether cyber deterrence is even possible.
Cybersecurity
Missed deportee fingerprints spark legislation
A new bill would force DHS to digitize all fingerprint records in the wake of an embarrassing oversight report.
Digital Government
Federal CIO Survey: It’s Cyber, Then Everything Else
One CIO described cybersecurity as the government’s “never-ending bug hunt."
Modernization
IT modernization, improved cybersecurity and innovation are all intertwined
New survey shows agency CIOs, CTOs and CISOs agree on the needs, and lament the slow pace of progress.
Modernization
Video: Google Targets Travelers With New Organizational App
Travelers who book plans with Gmail accounts can take full advantage of the new app.
Digital Government
Pentagon Seeks Tech for New Background Investigation Bureau
DISA seeks commercial options to support the new background check system.
Modernization