Cybersecurity
Video: Password Manager LastPass Fixes Security Flaw
Another reason to stay vigilant about password security.
Digital Government
GSA: ‘A Better Schedule 70’ Ahead
Much of GSA’s improvements to the largest, most widely used acquisition vehicle in government are a result of customer feedback.
Modernization
GSA digs into shared payroll system issues
The Unified Shared Services Management office is asking industry how it can improve the way agencies pay federal employees.
Emerging Tech
How Donald Trump Beat Reddit
His first Q&A on the site seemed free-wheeling and open to all, but it was actually obsessively controlled.
Cybersecurity
How synced can (and should) NSA and CIA be on cyber?
NSA and the CIA have revamped themselves in the past year. FCW asked officials how well Fort Meade and Langley are collaborating in cyberspace in pursuit of their separate missions.
Modernization
How end users can make or break an agency migration
IT modernization is a risky endeavor, and agencies too often overlook the human factor.
Cybersecurity
Should election systems be considered critical infrastructure?
Voting machines and the databases behind them don't clearly fall into any of DHS' categories of critical infrastructure, but some experts say that should change.
People
Feds being polled about equity issues
The Merit Systems Protection Board wants to know how agency employees view management and the challenges of their jobs.
Digital Government
Commerce Data Guru Announces Departure
In a post on Medium on Thursday evening, Tyrone Grandison, Commerce’s deputy chief data officer, announced his planned exit nearly exactly a year after he joined the agency.
Cybersecurity
Former USPS Worker Allegedly Ripped Credit Cards from Envelopes to Buy Designer Handbags, Cars
Financial Services // Government (U.S.) // California, United States
Cybersecurity
Paramedics Snapped Selfies with Unconscious Patients inside Ambulances
Government (U.S.) // Florida, United States
Cybersecurity
U.S. Citibank Employee Erases the Company's Servers, Crippling 110 Branches
Financial Services // United States
Emerging Tech
Video: Inside NASA's Mission to Neighboring Asteroid
Scientists hope to see organic materials on the surface.
Emerging Tech
Even Sheepdogs Aren’t Safe: A New Robot Can Herd Animals on its Own
It can even run over rough terrain and streams.
Digital Government
Nextgov Event: Post-OPM Breach, Where Are We in Federal Cybersecurity?
Join Nextgov Aug. 11 to discuss the government's cybersecurity standing.
Digital Government
Why I Won’t Talk About Being a Woman in Tech—and Neither Should You
Don't be pigeonholed.
Digital Government
DNC Email Leaks Could Be Payback From Russia for US Meddling in Foreign Elections
For a quarter century, the U.S. has sought to strengthen democracy in former Soviet countries such as Georgia, Ukraine and Kyrgyzstan.
Digital Government
EPA Tests Future of Public Comments
18F helped the agency build a system that lets citizens comment on specific paragraphs of proposed rules.
Cybersecurity