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
Appropriators appear to back more cyber spending
Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson sought to convince lawmakers about the need for more investment in cybersecurity.
Modernization
FedRAMP wants to overhaul cloud authorizations
FedRAMP's high baseline standards are on the back burner as the program focuses on slashing the amount of time it takes to complete authorizations.
Digital Government
USAJobs update offers tracking to job applicants
OPM released improvements to the federal government's job portal that are aimed at making the application process easier.
Digital Government
Army wants next-level computing
A request for information from the Army Research Laboratory focuses on improving the service's computing power.
People
Connolly again backs big raise for feds
The Virginia Democrat looking to give federal employees an almost 4 percent base pay bump, plus a hike in locality pay.
Cybersecurity
California Says Companies Should Embrace NSA-developed Data Protections
Many of the 657 data breaches that California businesses and agencies reported during the past four years could have been prevented.
Digital Government
Here’s What the Government Gets Right When it Comes to Customer Service
The feds get dinged a lot, but it’s important to shed some light on positive government efforts, too.
Modernization
No, Verizon is Not Getting Out of the Cloud Business -- at Least not for Government
News broke earlier this month that the telecommunications giant would shutter two of its public cloud services, but government customers shouldn’t fret.
People
OMB chief tries to sell appropriators on IT upgrades
OMB Director Shaun Donovan urged Congress to fund administration plans for modernizing federal IT and improving cybersecurity.
Cybersecurity
Navy CIO memo promises accountability
The Feb. 12 memo issued by Navy CIO Robert Foster echoes recent emphasis from Defense Department officials that commanders will be held accountable for IT failures under their watch.
People
Does government need a FITARA for shared services?
With government efficiencies a priority and Congress looking for ideas that could avoid partisan gridlock, shared services legislation could have a window.
Emerging Tech
DHS Silicon Valley Office Awards First Contract to Internet of Things Startup
It's part of DHS' calculated effort to tap into the cutting-edge private sector technology -- and technology talent -- often provided by startups.
Cybersecurity