Cybersecurity
Army kicks off cyber and EW prototyping experiment
An annual prototyping experiment will give the Army a chance to size up emerging cyber and electronic warfare technologies.
Cybersecurity
Government Accidentally Leaves Alabama State Retirees at Risk of ID Theft
Government (U.S.) // Alabama, United States
Digital Government
Let's put the 'funded' back in FFRDC
Federally funded research and development centers are vital test beds for new IT, but they can't operate without adequate resources.
Digital Government
The Many Ways to Map the Brain
It takes both science and art to make sense of the organ’s complexities.
Digital Government
Facebook, Apple, Twitter Execs: ‘Trump Would Be a Disaster for Innovation’
A group of executives co-signed a letter to the presumptive Republican nominee.
Digital Government
Lawmakers Introduce Alternative to White House’s $3.1 Billion IT Modernization Fund
The Modernizing Outdated and Vulnerable Equipment and Information Technology Act of 2016, or MOVE IT, directs individual agencies to establish IT working capital funds.
Digital Government
Tech Companies Slowly Making Progress Adding Women to Their Boards
A Bay Area firm is slowly chipping away at technology’s most exclusive boys’ club.
Cybersecurity
National Weather Service System #Fail, Bogus Flash Flood Warning Issued
National Weather Service forecasters in Sterling, Virginia, had to clarify -- via Twitter -- no actual warning had been issued.
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