Cybersecurity
OPM adds new cyber education program for feds and families
The federal government is looking to fill its own cybersecurity needs by offering discounted online degree programs.
Cybersecurity
Pentagon delays cyber contracting requirements
The two-year delay will give contractors time to adapt to a shifting landscape in cybersecurity requirements that has been characterized as a maze of piecemeal regulations.
Digital Government
ISIS Is Destroying Cultural Artifacts. Here’s How Programmers and 3-D Printers Fight Back
It took the militant group only a few months to destroy hundreds of years of history.
Cybersecurity
DHS Secretary Plans to Make ‘Tangible Recruitments’ in Cyber
Jeh Johnson also said DHS wants “to encourage the tech sector to partner with Muslim communities” to provide a “countermessage to the message of the Islamic State.”
Digital Government
Will the U.S. Digital Service Outlast Obama?
Since launching in August 2014 as a response to the failed launch of HealthCare.gov the previous fall, the digital team, or USDS, as it’s known, has garnered high-profile media attention for its efforts to attract Silicon Valley-caliber talent.
Digital Government
Infographic: Global Government Priorities for 2016
Overcoming a tight budget is a popular goal for many.
Digital Government
Frustrated by Congress, Privacy Advocates Shift Fight to the States
State lawmakers recently announced bills to limit police surveillance and protect the privacy of students and employees.
Cybersecurity
Broadcasting Board of Governors lacks cyber reporting system, IG says
The State Department's inspector general criticized the Broadcasting Board of Governors for failing to meet federal standards in cyber incident response.
Ideas
Can Government Outpace the Private Sector in Innovation?
At its heart, digital government leadership is based on the very real and powerful idea that data is an invaluable strategic asset and a critical new natural resource for government -- the “oil” of our time.
Digital Government
VA chief lays out 2016 priorities, including IT improvements
Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald touted IT achievements in 2015 and laid out 12 priorities for 2016 in an appearance before the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs.
Cybersecurity
Rogers: Cyber Command capabilities at 'tipping point'
The Pentagon's cyber mission force is developing more "tangible" capabilities "that you will see us start to apply in a broader and broader way," said Adm. Michael Rogers, head of NSA and Cyber Command.
Emerging Tech
Robots Could Make the Supreme Court More Transparent
Computer models can determine the authorship of unsigned legal decisions with startling accuracy.
Emerging Tech
Amazon's Delivery Drones: More Like Horses Than Cars
Amazon’s quest for 30-minute delivery by drone doesn’t just face an uphill battle with regulators. Consumers are skeptical, too.
Digital Government
Can New Tech Improve Gun Safety?
For the first time in a century, gun deaths are poised to surpass car deaths last year.
Ideas
US Government Is Making It Possible to Dump Identifiers Tracking Contracts
As of June 2015, the government relied on approximately 380,000 DUNS numbers to track its contracts, and implementing a new and cost-effective system will not happen overnight.
Cybersecurity
Health info is a giant target for hackers
A new report recommends that the health care sector carefully vet third-party service providers and limit their access to critical systems.
Cybersecurity
U.S. official: Russian cyberwarfare getting more sophisticated
Robert Giesler, chief of strategy and plans in the secretary of Defense's Strategic Capabilities Office, believes Russia's use of cyberwarfare has grown more sophisticated, from Estonia in 2007 to Ukraine in 2016.
Modernization
Officials Plan ‘Major Changes’ to Speed Up FedRAMP Cloud-Vetting
The changes also focus on increasing transparency and promoting FedRAMP reuse.
Cybersecurity
Here’s the Pentagon Policy for Going Undercover in Cyberspace
Most of the directions for this sly approach to cozying up with the enemy for information extraction are redacted, but the glossary offers some understanding of the tactics in play.
Digital Government