Digital Government
Why This Controversial UK Bill Is Leaving Silicon Valley Worried
If the law is passed, the companies say, it could have severe repercussions on their businesses globally—in some cases forcing them to hack their own users.
Emerging Tech
How to Build a House on Mars Using Only Materials on Mars
NASA recently rewarded a design for a 3-D-printed ice house as a promising use of Martian water deposits to make a safe, radiation-proof habitation.
Modernization
Video: The Gadgets from CES That Will Improve Your Life
The Internet of Things is here to help your morning routine.
Cybersecurity
House Committee Presses SBA to Close Cyber Vulnerabilities
More than 30 recommendations for shoring up SBA’s IT security remain unaddressed.
Cybersecurity
Want to Avoid Another OPM? Spend More, Industry Says
The Department of Homeland Security’s cybersecurity budget – projected at approximately $900 million in the coming fiscal year – is only 75 percent of what two of the nation’s leading banks will spend on cyber in 2016.
Digital Government
Up to 70 Percent of Global Internet Traffic Goes Through Northern Virginia
it’s a central region for the Internet backbone.
Ideas
The Key Missing Piece of Your Cyber Strategy? Visibility
To protect privacy, continuous monitoring and mitigation has become a popular method.
Cybersecurity
Funding still an issue when it comes to cybersecurity
Industry experts push for more funding for federal cybersecurity and urge agencies to follow the private sector's lead in this area.
Cybersecurity
Census Bureau misses self-imposed deadline as it implements security fixes
Years-old GAO actions remain unclosed, as the Census Bureau girds itself for 2020.
Cybersecurity
Lab reduces false radiation alarms at ports
Fine-tuning cargo radiation-detection gear to rule out red herrings saves money and time, according to the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.
Digital Government
Air Force wants resilient software
A broad agency announcement from the Air Force Research Laboratory's Information Directorate seeks R&D for software that can operate in contested information environments.
Cybersecurity
DHS has more to do after cyber sprint, says watchdog
Despite strong remediation efforts, security risks remain in DHS information systems, according to a new report from the agency's inspector general.
Digital Government
Getting back on the $3,500-or-less horse
18F is retrying the micro-purchase reverse auction format that netted a $1 code project last year, though the outfit plans to shake things up eventually.
Modernization
How Smartphones Can Go from Causing Car Accidents to Saving Lives
We can’t seem to stop looking at our phones, even behind the wheel.
Digital Government
Advice From the Man Who Sent the First Email: Step Away from the Inbox
"If you answer email within five minutes of receiving it, people start expecting that. It’s a self-fulfilling prophecy."
Modernization
GSA Wants to Make It Easier for Agencies to Get to the Cloud
The agency wants to create a cloud portfolio of products and services that can help agencies migrate to new tech.
Cybersecurity
OPM Hackers Netted Usernames, Social Security Numbers Years Ago
Federal officials always maintained the attackers -- who nabbed 21.5 million background check records last year -- never obtained personally identifiable information during a breach two years ago.
Emerging Tech
What Color Lightsaber Would Use the Most Energy?
Is R2-D2 battery operated? And other questions pondered by the Energy Department.
Digital Government