Modernization
Biggest Problem With Email? It’s Way Too Convenient
The average business user sent and received 122 business emails per day in 2015.
Digital Government
BYOD is evolving for a cyber-conscious age
Bring-your-own device policies were envisioned as a way to save money during a time of budget cuts, but policies are pivoting as government gets increasingly security conscious.
Digital Government
Chinese businessman sentenced in military contractor hack
A federal judge has sentenced a Chinese national who admitted to being part of a years-long conspiracy to hack into the computer networks of major U.S. defense contractors.
Digital Government
Federal CIO Wants to Change How Government Accepts Unsolicited Ideas
The traditional processes that have dictated how the government buys technology have likely kept it from implementing a smorgasbord of ideas, Tony Scott says.
Modernization
New bill calls for agency-specific IT modernization funds
A new bill, which would empower agencies to reprogram funds and bank their own savings, could be an easier sell to appropriators than the White House's plan for a $3.1 billion governmentwide fund.
Cybersecurity
Financial regulator details growing risks for banking systems
A new Treasury Department report warns of an alarming rise in lucrative digital crimes against the financial sector.
Digital Government
Tech hasn't fixed FOIA yet
Transparency advocates are pushing Congress to go after agencies for shoddy responses to the sunshine law.
Cybersecurity
GSA Administrator Woos California Cyber Companies
Denise Turner Roth says she wants to clarify to new businesses what federal contracts entail.
Cybersecurity
It’ll Be Brains vs. Bots in Vegas Cyberwar Sponsored by the Pentagon
The $2 million Cyber Grand Challenge, sponsored by DARPA, will pit machines against insecure software to pierce the holes -- and fix 'em.
Modernization
What If Cameras Stopped Telling the Truth?
New technology to block photography at concerts hints at an alarming future for smartphones.
Digital Government
Deltek: Federal IT Spending to Remain Flat Over Next 5 Years
Total federal IT spending is predicted to decline from $99.8 billion in fiscal 2016 to $98.3 billion by 2021.
Emerging Tech
Video: This Robot Glove Uses NASA Tech to Turn You Into a Cyborg
... and gives you the firmest handshake.
Modernization
DHS Looks for Ways to Protect Mobile Devices
The agency is thinking harder about securing its own smartphones and tablets, including from apps that might activate the microphone or camera to eavesdrop, or pull users' call logs and messages without their consent.
Emerging Tech
Make Less Than $20 an Hour? A Robot Could Take Your Job
They promised us jetpacks. But if they arrive in the future, many of us may not be able to afford them.
Digital Government
On Capitol Hill, concerns remain about DOD-VA interoperability
Senate appropriators grilled top VA officials about whether the military and Veterans Affairs electronic health records systems are cooperating.
Cybersecurity
CIA chief says digital directorate will help with agency’s myriad IT needs
CIA Director John Brennan said his agency's Directorate for Digital Innovation would help operatives mask their digital tracks and would help defend against foreign cyberattacks.
People
Workforce management advice for the next administration
The National Academy of Public Administration wants to see more workforce accountability and bottom-up feedback from the next administration.
Digital Government
Army is Testing Genetically Engineered Spider Silk for Body Armor
Inserting spider DNA into silkworms yields a tough fabric far more flexible than Kevlar.
Digital Government
Meadows bill puts teeth in records enforcement
In a newly introduced bill, the chairman of a key government oversight subcommittee seeks to punish feds who destroy records and to enshrine existing records policy in law.
Cybersecurity