Digital Government
The Military Wants a Privacy Firewall for Disaster Response
A new tool to strip personal information from tweets and social media could help troops zero in on trouble spots
Digital Government
Feds might appreciate an easier budget process, but they're not going to get it
Budget uncertainty hurts agency planning and can lead to more waste. Congress wants to change -- but how?
Digital Government
House panel slams feds for slow patching in Juniper breach
Lawmakers took agencies to task for allegedly slow-walking critical updates to compromised Juniper hardware, while noting that Juniper itself had declined the opportunity to testify before Congress.
Cybersecurity
New Air Force cyber doctrine stresses resilience
The directive from Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James instructs cyber operatives to fight through digital onslaughts from adversaries.
Digital Government
Senate confirms VA watchdog
Attorney Michael Missal will join the Department of Veterans Affairs as inspector general. The agency had spent more than two years without a Senate-confirmed watchdog before Missal got the nod from the U.S. Senate on April 19.
Cybersecurity
A year after the OPM breach, one cyber vendor is still looking for answers
CyTech Services, the veteran-owned small business that may have played a significant role in discovering the OPM hack a year ago, says it's never been paid for that work.
Digital Government
Facebook for Trees: The Forest Service’s Quest to Make a Tree Database More User-Friendly
The agency maintains a database that includes various characteristics of some 19 million trees over some 350,000-plus plots of land
Emerging Tech
These Robots Act Differently When You're Around
The machines of the future will tailor their behavior to humans—and even individual personalities.
Modernization
Video: Which Smartphone Voice Assistant Sounds Most Human?
Are hard-to-understand robot voices a thing of smartphones past?
Cybersecurity
How Far Did the Juniper Hack Go? ‘Some of That Gear Was in Place for Years,’ DHS Official Says
The vulnerability concerns unauthorized code placed in the vendor's firewalls and virtual private networks that could have allowed hackers to read encrypted messages.
Digital Government
EPA’s Digital Chief Steps Down
The former 18F director and PIF is joining a Danish software company.
Emerging Tech
Flying Cars? The Evolution of the Automobile in 5 Steps
How driverless vehicles could change meetings, manufacturing, safety, and more
Digital Government
Can federal agencies hit their Data Act deadlines?
Agencies have a May 2017 deadline to get their financial data online in standardized form. According to officials charged with implementing the law, it's unclear if everyone is going to make it.
Digital Government
Government only as transparent as its technology, advocates say
A FOIA advisory committee is recommending that government update fee guidelines and permit agencies to release documents via email.
Cybersecurity
Marines take prominent role in DOD cyber operations
The Marine Corps' cyber operatives have been called on to expel spear phishers from the Joint Chiefs of Staff unclassified email network and to target Islamic State militants in the Middle East.
Digital Government
Defense bill raises questions about future of DIUx
A House Armed Services Subcommittee markup provides the Pentagon with more authority to recover from a cyberattack, replaces OPM's security clearance information systems and restricts funding for the DOD's Silicon Valley acquisition experiment.
Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity Still ‘At-Risk’ Career Field in the Federal Government
The Obama administration plans to publish the first-ever governmentwide cybersecurity HR strategy later this month.
Digital Government
Godbout exits for software startup
Federal digital services pioneer and Federal 100 winner Greg Godbout is leaving the Environmental Protection Agency for the private sector next month.
Ideas
Why the Nation Needs to Use Technology to Up the Ante on Immigration Screening
What's needed is to throw out decades-old reliance on government database and watch-list screening in favor of a more technologically evolved process.
Cybersecurity