Cybersecurity
DHS asks industry about cyberthreats to mobility
The Science and Technology Directorate at DHS is tapping industry for clues to the mobile cyberthreat landscape.
Emerging Tech
Augmented Humans: Next Great Frontier, or Battleground?
Before you dismiss it as pure science fiction, consider how close augmented human technologies are to radically leaping forward, and into the mainstream – and the issues they could realistically cause.
Digital Government
Despite Improvements, Government Still Bottom of the Barrel in Customer Experience
Overall, Forrester rates the federal government’s average index as “poor," with agencies generally rating from “very poor” to “OK.”
Digital Government
Twitter Can Now Quickly Shut Down Trolls Who Rejoice at Tragedy
In the past, the company’s efforts have fallen short or backfired.
Artificial Intelligence
Video: This Teeny Tiny Robot is Powered By an Emotion Engine
If you're happy and you know it, move your gears!
Digital Government
Defense Intelligence Agency Is Scoping Out Social Media Background Checkers
The effort is part of a shift away from screening intelligence and military staff every five years, as is current practice.
Digital Government
Can 18F's Cloud.gov pass FedRAMP review?
The Cloud.gov team details its ongoing efforts to secure a provisional authority to operate.
Cybersecurity
Library of Congress wracked by DNS attack
Sites hosted by the Library of Congress, including Congress.gov, have been down intermittently since a July 17 attack.
Digital Government
Social Media Goes Dark During Chaos in Turkey
For a brief period, confusion in the country was compounded by a Facebook and Twitter blackout.
Cybersecurity
Tighe takes over naval intel, info warfare
A highly sensitive Navy post is going to a senior officer who -- unlike her predecessor -- brings an active security clearance.
Digital Government
Navy’s Future Submarines May Go to Sea with Robot Remoras
The sucker-headed fish are drawing attention as the fleet imagines ways to bring drones to the undersea domain.
Emerging Tech
SpaceX Breaks 2 Records in Latest Mission to International Space Station
This was the company's ninth mission to the ISS.
Digital Government
Watchdog: DOD's infrastructure push needs scope
The Pentagon's push toward a common IT infrastructure lacks workforce planning and other management details, including a more precise scope, according to a new GAO report.
Modernization
White House backs $400M push for 5G research
The Advanced Wireless Research Initiative, led by NSF, will sow the seeds for next-generation wireless services in the U.S. by setting up research networks to experiment with applications.
Cybersecurity
How military strategy can improve cyber response
Cyberattacks will occur. Preparation is the key -- and civilian agencies could take a cue from the military’s sustained readiness model.
People
How to negotiate with a liar
Deception and half-truths are almost a given in many negotiations, Steve Kelman notes, but there are strategies that can maximize the other party's candor.
Cybersecurity
Hackers Target Sports Training Clinic, N.C. State; Alabama and Oklahoma Accidentally Leak Security-Sensitive Data
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
Cybersecurity
'Mr. Robot' Played to Our Worst Technology Fears With a Mini Horror Movie About a Hacked Smart Home
This is a different kind of home invasion.
Digital Government
In the Future, We’ll Stop Truck Attacks With the Push of a Button
Sound guns, car zappers and pain rays are some of the ways we will (and won’t) stop vehicle-based terrorism in the next decade.
Digital Government