Cybersecurity
DOD bullish on bug bounties
"Hack the Pentagon" turned up almost 140 vulnerabilities in a demonstration of how DOD can capitalize on crowdsourcing.
People
'Policy' and 'operations': Don’t choose one over the other
Steve Kelman argues that government needs more leaders with experience in both areas.
Cybersecurity
IARPA Wants To Stop You From Spoofing Facial Scans and Fingerprints
The intelligence community's R&D group wants technology that can detect attempts to evade biometric collection.
Modernization
Will Amazon’s IC Marketplace Disrupt IT Acquisition?
The IC Marketplace is essentially a classified version of AWS’ public marketplace.
Cybersecurity
Senate Committee Wants to Know if OMB Ever Uses its Get-Tough Cyber Power
Since the OPM hack was revealed last summer, the White House has exhorted agencies to tighten their cybersecurity defenses.
Digital Government
A New Software Tool Could Help Stop the Next ISIS Recruiting Video
Social media companies hope this will help shut down distribution on their networks.
Acquisition
Supreme Court sharpens False Claims Act definitions
A recent Supreme Court ruling covering the False Claims Act is going to change the way contractors do business with the federal government.
Digital Government
Palantir to sue Army over DCGS
Palantir has escalated its long-standing opposition to the Army's handling of contracting for the Distributed Common Ground System by announcing its intent to sue.
Modernization
The three-month FedRAMP approach
The FedRAMP team is bullish on getting cloud service providers through the approval process in a single quarter, thanks to its new pre-assessment phase.
Digital Government
Pentagon Prepares to Launch Mega Database for Screening National Security Workers
The new system will consolidate two existing tools used for vetting employees and job applicants.
Digital Government
Technical reports agency launches data-focused rebrand
An agency chartered to warehouse technical information wants another chance as a data hub for the Information Age.
People
Google legend joins Defense Digital Service
Matt Cutts, Google's longtime search quality guru, is taking a leave of absence to join the Defense Department's digital SWAT team.
Cybersecurity
Hackers Shower Pro-ISIS Twitter Accounts With Rainbows, Steal US Jet Fighter Designs; Courthouse Mistakenly Leaks Defendants’ Data
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
Cybersecurity
GAO wants more privacy protections for facial recognition data
GAO said the FBI should take a careful look at the privacy issues involved with facial recognition technology and the hundreds of millions of images the bureau can access.
Digital Government
State Department eyes electronic health records
The State Department plans to deploy a new global electronic health record system to support U.S. diplomatic missions worldwide.
Emerging Tech
Self-Driving Buses Powered by IBM Watson Now Ferrying People Around in the US
And they’re also 3D-printed, of course.
Emerging Tech
Amazon Is Just Beginning to Use Robots in its Warehouses and They’re Already Making a Huge Difference
The retail giant has its own grand vision for the robots.
Cybersecurity
Hackers Shower ISIS Twitter Accounts with Rainbows after Orlando Massacre
Government (Foreign) // Social Media
Cybersecurity