Digital Government
Which Country Has the Most Hack-Proof Health Records?
Guardtime is helping Estonia move its citizens’ health records to a database, based on blockchain technology, that nobody can mess with.
Modernization
Spectrum bill passes Senate panel
A bill backed by Commerce Committee Chairman John Thune (R-S.D.) looks to free up more government spectrum for mobile broadband.
People
Free online initiative trains feds in agile
An online course offered by the Agile Government Leadership network and developed by one of the co-founders of 18F provides feds with hands-on experience running an agile project.
Cybersecurity
McCaul floats encryption commission to Silicon Valley
Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas), chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, took a humble tack at RSA, saying that, "most members [of Congress] don’t understand what encryption is."
Digital Government
Frequent NSA Collaborator AT&T is Backing Apple in its Fight Against the FBI
Apple has refused to comply with a Feb. 16 order from a federal judge to help the FBI break into an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters.
Digital Government
Verisign gets extension on .gov duties
GSA extended Verisign as the .gov top-level domain registrar for a year while it mulls how to bid out the work.
Modernization
Video: How to Prevent Your iPhone’s Security Feature From Destroying Your Data
Don't risk your data to chance.
Modernization
VA leaders cite progress on health record interoperability
Top Veterans Affairs officials testified this week that electronic health record sharing with the military is operational, while putting the brakes on modernizing their own health records system.
Modernization
Congressman on OMB’s New Data Center Policy: ‘Thank God’
The government operates at least 11,000 old-school data centers.
Modernization
The 'Fix FedRAMP' crowd agitates for change
An industry advocacy group released a six-point plan asking for improvements to help promote speed and transparency in the government process for vetting cloud service providers.
Cybersecurity
Most CISOs Lack Direct Line to the Boss
Just 21 percent of CISOs surveyed said they report to their company CEO.
Digital Government
How Your Office Chair Improves Creativity
Can holding a brainstorm sitting on office swings around a conference table spur better ideas?
Digital Government
The Self-Flying Plane Has Arrived
Automated controls already do a lot of the work of flying a plane. Could they someday take off without anyone in the cockpit?
Digital Government
Pentagon Taps Google’s Eric Schmidt for New Innovation Brain Trust
The new advisory board aims to help DOD be more like Silicon Valley
Modernization
GAO cites progress and challenges on FDCCI
GAO said agencies have made progress on data center consolidation but lamented that some of them lack savings goals.
Cybersecurity
The Pentagon wants to be hacked -- and learn from it
DOD has its own "red teams" that probe sensitive defense networks for vulnerabilities, but the Hack the Pentagon initiative goes a significant step further by inviting private-sector hackers to get out their digital scalpels.
Cybersecurity
DOJ official, former counterterror czar spar over Apple
The court order is a dangerous effort to compel speech in the form of writing software code, said Richard Clarke, a former White House counterterrorism adviser.
Cybersecurity
DHS to launch new system for insider threat data
The Department of Homeland Security is releasing a new data system for tracking suspected insider threats -- both inside the agency and among those with access to DHS facilities and IT.
Emerging Tech
What One Year of Space Travel Does to the Human Body
After months aboard the International Space Station, Scott Kelly and Mikhail Kornienko are coming home.
Digital Government