Cybersecurity
Ex-IBM employee from China Allegedly Stole Trade Secrets
Technology // China and the United States
Cybersecurity
Crooks Tampered with Payments at Elephant Bar Restaurants
Food and Beverage // Retailer // United States
Digital Government
CIOs May Find a Secret Weapon in FITARA
One CIO threatened to cut off access for insecure users and put a freeze on IT spending.
Cybersecurity
Government Finishes Mailing Letters to Hack Victims -- But Still Can’t Track Down 1.5 Million of Them
The government has finished mailing 93 percent of the victims.
Emerging Tech
Video: Are Self-Driving Cars Really Safer?
Research shows that automated vehicles might not be accident free.
Cybersecurity
OPM finishes mailing most notification letters to breach victims
OPM announced it has mailed notification letters to nearly all the breach victims of the cyber-attack that the agency discovered in April 2015.
Modernization
GSA pushes EIS proposal date
The General Services Administration extended the deadline for vendor proposal submissions to its massive next-generation telecom contract by a week.
Modernization
DOD looking to put classified data in commercial cloud
Rob Vietmeyer, DOD CIO's point man on cloud, said it could be over a year before a commercial cloud provider handles Level 6 data
Digital Government
Tokyo Police Use Nets to Capture Rogue Drones
The idea of catching drones this way isn’t new, and Tokyo’s police chose the method after reviewing various anti-drone efforts underway in other nations.
Artificial Intelligence
Meet the Military-Funded AI that Learns as Fast as a Human
Today, it recognizes handwriting; tomorrow, it may vastly improve the military’s surveillance and targeting efforts.
Digital Government
House passes five-day CR
The House passed a continuing resolution on Dec. 11, which would keep the government funded through Dec. 16.
Modernization
Clapper memo outlines ICITE architecture
A document release reveals more details on the cloud-based Intelligence Community Information Technology Enterprise.
Ideas
3 Steps for Implementing Mobile Projects in Your Agency
Agencies are looking to integrate the use of personal devices into employees' daily lives.
Modernization
3 CIO Insights on Cloud, Security and Mobile
The need for more collaboration was the focus of many of the discussions this year at the semi-annual Government Technology Research Alliance Summit.
Cybersecurity
IG report highlights IT shortfalls at State
The IG's semiannual report to Congress highlights IT and cybersecurity risk areas at the State Department.
Cybersecurity
Chaffetz renews call for OPM CIO's resignation
The chairman of the House oversight committee is once again calling for OPM CIO Donna Seymour's resignation after an IG report said the agency violated federal acquisition policies in awarding a credit-monitoring contract.
Cybersecurity
The limits (and myths) of security
Five principles for securing government information systems can help agencies better understand and manage risk.
Cybersecurity
NIST wants to know how cybersecurity framework is used
NIST is seeking input from users on ways to improve its voluntary framework of cybersecurity measures
People
White House nominates new deputy director at OMB
President Barack Obama will nominate a permanent deputy director for management at the Office of Management and Budget.
Modernization