Acquisition
Rung: Federal category managers are getting right to work
The 10 recently named federal category managers are meeting with industry and each other to hone buying oversight strategies.
Cybersecurity
Spy Mapping Agency Isn't Going Dark Anytime Soon
The challenge for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is not one of “going dark” but of too much light.
Cybersecurity
Hackers Pay Family’s AT&T Bill, Phish for Celeb Nudies, and Infiltrate the UN World Tourism Organization
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
Digital Government
FBI Director Says Apple Case Will Be ‘Instructive’ to Other Courts, but Won’t Set Precedent
“Sure, a decision by a judge–there’s a judge weighing a decision in Brooklyn right now–all of those decisions will guide how other courts handle similar requests,” he said.
Cybersecurity
Oregon Man Cops to Phishing for Naked Pics of Celebs
Entertainment // Web Services // California, United States
Cybersecurity
The IRS Hack Was Twice as Bad as We Thought
The agency now says that a total of 724,000 people may have had their personal information stolen by hackers.
Digital Government
Commerce Official: People Won’t Contribute to Digital Economy if They Think Data is Unsafe
Alan Davidson, Commerce’s director of digital economy, said the government needs to retool to include digital assets when regulating trade.
Modernization
Video: How to Track Your PC or Mac if You Lose It
Be prepared for this worst-case scenario.
Cybersecurity
DHS Says: No Need for $675M Cyber Contract. We’ve Already Got It under Control.
Industry groups were miffed after DHS canceled the contract.
Cybersecurity
ID Thief Hacks into Family’s Netflix, AT&T Accounts to Pay off Their Bills
Telecommunications // Web Services // Florida, United States
Cybersecurity
Jackson State U. Student Dumps Personal Data to Expose School's IT Woes
Education // Alabama, United States
Digital Government
'If Not You, Then Who?': Advice to Girls from NASA's Top Female Engineers
Currently, only about 14 percent of the engineering workforce in the U.S. are women.
Digital Government
Oversight Chairman: $3 Billion IT Upgrade Fund ‘Hogwash’
A top Capitol Hill Republican is not a fan of the Obama administration’s plan to help federal agencies upgrade outdated IT systems.
Digital Government
FBI Chief: Universal Encryption Would Paralyze Law Enforcement
FBI warns the world that Apple is making is one where the FBI can’t do its job. Apple says the FBI is seeking "dangerous power." Who’s right?
Cybersecurity
DOD: $6.7B cyber budget would propel capabilities
The $6.7 billion the Defense Department wants to spend on cybersecurity in fiscal 2017 would take the military's cyber capabilities to the next level, Defense chiefs told Congress.
Cybersecurity
IG: 700,000 taxpayer accounts could be compromised
The 2015 breach of the IRS' Get Transcript tool swept up far more taxpayer accounts than the IRS initially thought, an IG investigation has revealed.
Emerging Tech
Here’s Why Robots Might Not Be Taking Government Jobs Any Time Soon
We still don’t understand the full psychological impact of working with robots, a new analysis concludes.
Digital Government
ONC launches tool for electronic health record research
The HHS unit tasked with advancing health IT is behind and effort to coordinate conversation and research around electronic health record interoperability.
Digital Government