Digital Government
FAA Successfully Tests New Drone-Detecting Tech At Airport
New system is geared toward protecting areas from rogue drones.
Modernization
Used Phones Are Full of Previous Owners’ Data
Researchers bought 20 used smartphones in four cities, and recovered thousands of photos, texts and emails.
Modernization
Top naval commanders asks Carter to include SCADA on cyber scorecard
The request from two Navy admirals comes as the Defense Department seeks to improve its metrics for holding leaders accountable for IT security failings.
Cybersecurity
Comey seeks $85M boost for FBI cyber
Most of that additional money will go toward buying better IT and providing cybersecurity training, Comey told the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies.
Cybersecurity
Is NBIB another 'house of cards'?
Lawmakers voiced their frustration over the creation and funding of the National Background Investigations Bureau.
People
OMB names category management leads
Ten newly-named managers will wrangle specific procurement categories.
Cybersecurity
DHS excoriated for mismanaged HR IT system
The Government Accountability Office warned that mismanagement has led to blown deadlines and wasted money in a Homeland Security effort to unify its human resources IT.
Cybersecurity
Jeh Johnson Makes ‘Hard Choices’ in Cyber Budget
In a series of budget hearings, Johnson defended the department’s $40.6 billion budget request for the upcoming fiscal year.
Digital Government
‘Reprehensible’ Homeland Security IT System 'Pissed Away' $180 Million, Says One Lawmaker
The system's failings could make it more difficult for DHS to remove poor performers, “if that ever happens at all," said Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa.
Cybersecurity
Can the FDA secure medical devices?
Regulators and industry face the daunting challenge of keeping medical devices online while protecting against cyberthreats.
People
Senator blocks vote on Cobert's OPM nomination
Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) is blocking Beth Cobert's nomination to lead the Office of Personnel Management because of unanswered questions about how Congress is covered by the Affordable Care Act.
Cybersecurity
Why is the Air Force’s Cyber R&D Budget Skyrocketing?
The branch wants to nearly quadruple the current $7.7 million purse for defending networked aircraft, launch systems, satellites and data.
Cybersecurity
Video: Watch This Computer Get 'Mousejacked'
A new kind of vulnerability makes it easy to hack a computer through a wireless mouse.
Ideas
Is Your Agency Trying to Improve Customer Service? Don’t Overlook These Key Factors.
While surveys can offer valuable insights into the customer experience, there is another, even more readily accessible source of intelligence about customer satisfaction: your employees.
Digital Government
DOD official: Focus on tech transition, not gross spend
The Pentagon should focus on fielding emerging technologies more quickly, Stephen Welby, a top defense acquisition official, told a House Armed Services subcommittee.
Digital Government
Military-Funded Study Predicts Twitter Uprisings
Who tweets at you, what you tweet back, and why can predict your next protest act on social media.
Digital Government
Facebook Is Making a Map of Everyone in the World
And it's using a brand new AI technique and a whole lot of computing power to do it.
Modernization
Apple Is Right: The FBI Wants to Break Into Lots of Phones
After Apple’s lawyers revealed the agency is trying to gain access to about a dozen devices, it’s becoming increasingly clear why the government chose to take the San Bernardino case public.
Cybersecurity