People
Which agencies have the happiest IT workers?
A deep dive into federal job satisfaction data found some bright spots for IT, but there is room for improvement in training and making employees feel like they're part of the mission.
Modernization
Here’s How to Stop Pokemon Go From Destroying Your Phone’s Battery
You can't catch 'em all if your phone is dead.
Digital Government
America’s Network of Secret Bomb Detectors
Can a mysterious device help the government protect Northern Virginia from nukes?
Modernization
Agencies see a long and expensive path to the cloud
Officials at the Federal Communications Commission and U.S. Marine Corps stressed the importance of modernizing legacy systems, but warned that the cloud does not come easy or cheap.
Ideas
It's Time to Update the 30-Year-Old Electronic Communications Privacy Act
The Law Enforcement Access to Data Stored Abroad Act would improve international data sharing among law enforcement while protecting the privacy of individuals.
Cybersecurity
VA picks NASA executive for CISO slot
Senior NASA IT manager Roopangi Kadakia will take over the top IT security job at the Department of Veterans Affairs, FCW has learned.
Digital Government
Is Congress ready for its own internal Data Act?
An open data bill in the House would require all congressional documents to be published in machine-readable format.
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