Cybersecurity
Email privacy update stalls in Senate
A move to update a 1986 law covering law enforcement access to email is frozen in the Senate over a security amendment dubbed a "poison pill" by the bill's sponsor.
Digital Government
Watchdog warns on 18F's finances
Despite having plenty of satisfied customers, the government startup is losing millions of dollars each year.
Digital Government
Carter Proposes Letting Campus Recruiters Hire Cyber Students on the Spot
Today, recruiters must first send their preferred candidates through the red tape that is USAJobs.gov to, among other things, fill out a resume, upload documents, respond to questions and wait for application processing.
Digital Government
Scientists Build Public, Searchable Database for Cancer Data
The project supports the Cancer Moonshot initiative.
Digital Government
Agencies to Industry: Let’s Chat
“If you are not having the right dialogue with industry, you are not going to bring in any significant innovation whatsoever,” one official says.
Acquisition
FBI bullish on enterprise services
"It's a major change internally within the FBI [in] how we buy stuff," FBI Chief Acquisition Officer Paul Courtney said.
Digital Government
Report: Digital Service Teams Sidestep CIOs, Lack Clear Performance Metrics
A GAO report tells OMB to guide digital services teams on working with agency leadership.
Digital Government
Census says tech overhaul is on schedule
Watchdogs are worried the Census Bureau won't be able to successfully juggle 2020 plans and an ambitious tech overhaul.
Digital Government
France Launches New Terror App
With millions of sports fans expected to fill multiple venues during the Euro 2016 Soccer Championship, the French are beefing up security.
Cybersecurity
Ransomware epidemic prompting firms to rethink information sharing
The surge in ransomware attacks could have the unintended effect of getting reticent companies to share cyber threat indicators with government.
Digital Government
GAO: 18F Needs Better Plan to Recover Costs, Track Performance
Agencies that have hired 18F to provide products and services are generally satisfied with the team’s work, according to a new audit.
Digital Government
U.S. poised to offload control of critical internet function
The U.S. is ready to accept a proposal to transfer control of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority, but the plan faces opposition in Congress.
Digital Government
For feds, the real-life perils of social media
The State Department trains its workers to avoid social media fails that could potentially be fatal.
Emerging Tech
Spy Agency Wants Tech That Shows How Well Its PR Team Is Doing
The NGA wants Sentiment Analysis tech to gauge its external communications efforts.
Digital Government
Drone-Helicopter Teams Performing ‘Very Well’ Against ISIS
Future unmanned-human teaming looks a lot like the Predator’s little cousin.
Digital Government
White House threatens to veto Senate NDAA
The White House has threatened to veto the Senate version of the annual defense policy bill, citing opposition to key provisions on acquisition and cybersecurity policy, among a litany of other objections.
Digital Government
Survey: 'Oversight doesn't love innovation'
A recent survey by Grant Thornton and the Professional Services Council reveals reservations about the potential for innovation in the federal acquisition process
Cybersecurity
House Committee Votes to Create New Cybersecurity Division within DHS
The new entity would be called the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection Agency.
Cybersecurity
IRS Turns Hacked Application Back On -- This Time with Added Security Features
The announcement came just a day before the release of a new report that revealed the IRS did not identify all taxpayers whose sensitive tax information may have been improperly accessed by cybercriminals.
Digital Government