Digital Government
LinkedIn May Just Be the Beginning of Mega-Acquisitions for Silicon Valley
The world’s technology giants are sitting on an unprecedented mountain of cash.
Acquisition
DOD officials say IT acquisition rules still woefully outdated
Acquisition reform has typically been iterative, via the annual defense policy bill. That approach has still left acquisition officials wanting for a means of speeding up the process.
Digital Government
A Win for 'Net Neutrality'
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the government's rules, which ensure consumers get equal access to internet.
Emerging Tech
Intelligence Agency Wants to Keep ‘Novel Organisms’ From Threatening Humans
IARPA is hosting a Proposers' Day for businesses in a couple weeks.
Cybersecurity
Russian Hackers Hack Democratic Party Computers
The hackers accessed staff emails, chat logs and volumes of opposition research on Donald Trump.
Cybersecurity
Farenthold: Cyber Will Be Next Administration's Greatest Challenge
Reports of self-radicalized terrorists could force lawmakers to draw boundaries for what citizens can consume on the internet.
Cybersecurity
Watchdog Knocks State Department for Thousands of Zombie Accounts
Most of the inactive accounts have been dormant for more than a year -- in violation of agency policy.
Modernization
Social Security looks to scrap 30 years of code
The SSA CIO is hoping a new funding vehicle will allow his to scrap his entire existing code base and re-write a better system – if overseers will only trust him.
Digital Government
Computer Crash Wipes Out Years of Air Force Investigation Records (UPDATED)
Fraud and abuse investigations dating back to 2004 vanished when a database became corrupted, service officials said.
Cybersecurity
DNC breach raises questions on IT resources at political HQs
The latest hack of a national political organization raises questions as to how much the RNC and DNC have invested in cybersecurity and what a reasonable amount would be.
Cybersecurity
DOD IT is killing CACs
Pentagon CIO Terry Halvorsen plans to eliminate Common Access Cards from IT systems within two years, while moving to a mix of better authentication methods.
Cybersecurity
Gardner, Warner launch Senate Cybersecurity Caucus
The founders of the Senate Cybersecurity Caucus seek to educate lawmakers on one of the most bedeviling policy challenges of the day.
Digital Government
Federal CIO: IT Upgrade Fund is ‘Single Biggest Opportunity’ to Make Dent in Legacy IT
Over the next three years, more than $3 billion worth of federal IT investments will reach end-of-life, Tony Scott says.
People
The IC details its struggles with diversity
In its first public report on workforce demographics, the intelligence community reveals it lags behind the federal government on diversity.
Ideas
The Essential ‘Soft Side’ of Running a Security Operations Center Investigation
Some of the best practices can be learned from other criminal, terrorism incidents and law enforcement organizations.
Cybersecurity
GSA to break out cyber services in Schedule 70
The administration wants to change how agencies buy cybersecurity services as part of a $19 billion plan to tighten federal information security.
Emerging Tech
Facebook Is Predicting the End of the Written Word
“The best way to tell stories in this world, where so much information is coming at us, actually is video."
Digital Government