Emerging Tech

Germany Wants to Put Black Boxes in its Self-Driving Cars

The government is wasting no time in drawing up legislation that will give the country’s automakers and drivers a legal framework.

Cybersecurity

The Fight Over Consumer Encryption Moves Into Strange New Phase

Law enforcement officials say it’s on the tech world and privacy advocates to prove a backdoor would undermine data security.

Digital Government

Ebook: State of Federal IT Contracting

Read about the contracts that will help shape the future of federal IT and some of the technologies they'll likely help procure.

Digital Government

Latest DHS Push in Silicon Valley: Drones for Border Patrol

Officers could use panels embedded in their uniforms to control the systems, DHS envisions.

Emerging Tech

Video: Inside the Energy Department's Cyclotron Road Project

The project aims to give chosen participants funding and other resources to conduct research on ideas that might not flourish in the private sector or the strict world of academia.

Digital Government

After Errant Melania Tweet, DOJ Rethinks Social Media Policy

The department is making "procedural changes" to the way the social media team operates.

Digital Government

How DOD’s Third Offset Strategy Benefits NASA

The space agency's largest budget account is dedicated heavily to developing technologies that translate well to the defense world.

Emerging Tech

One Way to Get Around Brexit: Become e-Resident of Estonia

Once you become an e-resident, you can set up an Estonian company online in a day, administer it remotely and sign all documents digitally.

Digital Government

Juno's New Images of Jupiter

NASA releases more than 1,300 unprocessed images from the mission.

Cybersecurity

NASA taps new IT security leader

NASA has selected Jeanette Hanna-Ruiz as its new chief information security officer.

Cybersecurity

Turkish hackers claim credit for Library of Congress attack

The attack on several congressional websites comes in the wake of a failed coup in Turkey -- an uprising some Turkish leaders have blamed in part on the U.S. government.

Digital Government

Congress worries that virtual monsters are eating up data

House Democrats want assurances that the wildly popular Pokemon Go app is consuming the data of unsuspecting mobile consumers.

Digital Government

Marines could see secure handhelds by 2019

A new program will provide rugged secure handheld smart devices to Marines.

Cybersecurity

Two years after Heartbleed, an improved OpenSSL aims for government approval

A much-improved version of the cryptographic building block lacks FIPS 140-2 validation, but SafeLogic is stepping in to change that.

Digital Government

GSA's Schedule 70 drills in on health IT

As federal health care agencies' spending on IT continues to rise, GSA gives health IT a dedicated Special Item Number on its largest, most-used contract.

Cybersecurity

House Committee Chair Opens Inquiry Into Foreigners’ Access to OPM Data

Some OPM contractors may have handed "foreign governments direct access to data long before the recent reported breaches," according to Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas.

Cybersecurity

VA Gets New CISO from NASA

Senior IT manager Roopangi Kadakia is scheduled to start July 24.

Digital Government

A New CISO for NASA

Jeanette Hanna-Ruiz will begin effective Aug. 8 after being selected by NASA CIO Renee Wynn.