Cybersecurity
Tech in the service of performance measurement
Steve Kelman reports on innovations at DHS that could help analysts across government.
Cybersecurity
When Should Hacking Be Legal?
A group of academics and journalists say a federal computer-fraud law criminalizes their work.
Cybersecurity
Hackers Leak Muslim Dating Site Messages, Command Zombie Security Cameras to Crash Sites Worldwide and Hit up Vegas Hard Rock
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
Cybersecurity
25,000 Zombie Security Cameras Pounce On Computers Worldwide
Other Critical Infrastructure
Digital Government
White House Thinks Data Could Keep Many With Mental Illness Out of Jail
Amazon, Esri and other tech companies are also on board.
People
Milholland exits IRS
Without a restoration of the hiring authority that brought him in, the long-serving CTO departed the IRS at the end of June.
Digital Government
As Term Winds Down, Obama Signs FOIA Reform Bill
The president plans to promote a "release to one is a release to all" policy.
Digital Government
Why the Modern-Day Government Should Focus More on Big Data Curation
The public sector's data management efforts needs to shift away from warehousing.
Emerging Tech
When Algorithms Take the Stand
A case soon to be decided by the Wisconsin Supreme Court considers the proper role of mathematical prediction in the courtroom—and beyond.
Digital Government
Can the Freedom of Information Act Be Fixed?
President Obama signs into law a much-needed update. But will it change anything?
Digital Government
GAO doesn't trust 2020 census financials
The federal watchdog warns in a new report that the Census Bureau's $12.5 billion price tag for 2020 was not calculated reliably.
Cybersecurity
IC wants sensors to evaluate personnel performance
Working in the intelligence community can be stressful. The IC's research arm wants to use sensors to evaluate how people respond to the demands of the job.
Emerging Tech
Everything You Need to Know About the Bitcoin ‘Halving’ Event
It could rattle the entire bitcoin system—its price, its stability, and its future.
Digital Government
A Tesla Fatality and the Future of Self-Driving Cars
The Model S’s Autopilot isn’t technically a driverless feature, but the federal investigation into why a driver using it was killed will still influence the future of driverless vehicles.
Digital Government
Why chief data officers don't do much tech
In many cases, federal CDOs find themselves focused less on technology and more on playing adviser to leaders within their agencies.
Cybersecurity
USCIS digital transformation needs work, says watchdog
An immigration agency watchdog says USCIS is making progress in digitizing forms, but still has a lot of work to do in its effort to make forms paperless.
Digital Government