Digital Government

Where Does Obama Really Stand on Encryption?

When weighing the current “encryption problem,” the U.S. sitting president must appear strong on law and order while defending our civil liberties.

Ideas

New OMB Data Center Effort Can Help Break Agency Silos

The federal government faces many of the same challenges experienced in the commercial sector when it comes to implementing "change."

Cybersecurity

Marine Corps rolls up its sleeves on cyber acquisition

The Marine Corps is looking to make "rapid acquisition" less of an oxymoron.

Digital Government

The FBI May Be Able to Unlock the iPhone Without Apple’s Help

The Justice Department is testing a new method to get into the San Bernardino shooter’s phone.

Cybersecurity

Lawmakers launch encryption working group

House members are forming a bipartisan working group to focus on legislative issues around encryption.

Modernization

Apple's New Twist: A Smaller iPhone

The tech giant did something it had never done before.

Digital Government

Tim Cook: 'We Need to Decide as a Nation How Much Power the Government Should Have'

Cook continued to frame the Apple-FBI hearing as an issue of national importance over the principle of privacy.

Digital Government

What's Next for 18F?

The General Services Administration’s tech hub celebrated its second birthday last week.

Digital Government

NIH Opens Small Business ‘On-Ramp' to $20B Contract

Bids from new small businesses are due by April 18, with awards expected in early 2017.

People

7 things no one tells a new CIO

What current and former CIOs wish they'd known before they jumped into an agency job.

Digital Government

New computer models promise better analysis of underground nuclear tests

New detection technique from LLNL can hone remote analysis of underground nuclear explosions and help find rogue regimes' secret test sites.

Modernization

Millennium Challenge Corporation needs a deputy CIO

The Millennium Challenge Corporation is seeking a deputy CIO with experience in agile, cloud computing and mobile technology.

Digital Government

Tech startups with Chinese characteristics

Steve Kelman travels to China, and finds a different twist on incubators and innovation.

Cybersecurity

FISMA report shows pain, few gains

While the federal government made tangible progress last year, OMB’s annual report card detailed plenty of weaknesses and room for improvement.

Digital Government

Self-Driving Cars and the Looming Privacy Apocalypse

Driverless vehicles will learn everything about you, and influence your behavior in ways you won’t even realize.

Ideas

How to Unleash the Full Potential of Government Digital Services

Now, more than ever, the performance of government applications and the networks that deliver them are vital to citizen experience, as well as government efficiencies.

Cybersecurity

White House Says Agencies Reported 77,200 Cyber Incidents in 2015

"The increasing number and impact of these incidents demonstrate that continuously confronting cyberthreats must remain a strategic priority," according to a March 18 report on compliance with agency information security laws.