Digital Government
DHS: Drug Traffickers Are Spoofing Border Drones
The homeland security agency, and local law enforcement as well, are looking to harden its drones against attack, but that comes at a price.
Emerging Tech
NASA’s About to Have Its Biggest Budget in a Decade
The space agency will be able to spend $19.3 billion next year, according to the budget, an increase of more than $1.3 billion over 2015 funding levels.
Cybersecurity
Bernie Sanders Has His Own Computer Scandal: A Data Breach Exposed Hillary’s Secret Info
The consequences of the glitch—which originated with Democratic campaign vendor NGP-VAN—could prove devastating to Sanders.
Modernization
Report: Juniper breach has feds worried
A big breach at computer security firm Juniper Networks has federal officials fearing that foreign spies had access to encrypted communications between the U.S. government and the private sector for the last three years, according to a CNN report.
Cybersecurity
Audit finds Navy installations still vulnerable
Navy officials did not properly tap the National Crime Information Center when screening certain contractors, the IG concluded in a November report that was released in full on Dec. 18.
People
How to manage agency budgets in real time
Here are three steps for moving from static spreadsheets to truly dynamic tools that support decision-making and mission analysis.
Digital Government
Congress passes $1.1T spending bill
Congress passed the omnibus appropriations bill on Dec. 18, funding the federal government through fiscal year 2016 and averting a possible shutdown.
Digital Government
A bot named for a 'West Wing' character helps onboard 18F's new hires
18F developed a Slack bot named Dolores Landingham that's helping to ease the transition for new employees.
Cybersecurity
Cyber Bill Boosts DHS Cyberthreat Sharing but Critics Fear Backdoor to NSA Surveillance
The $1.1 trillion spending bill creates an instant information-sharing regime housed at DHS.
People
VA hires second-ranking IT official
Ron Thompson, a senior IT official at the Department of Health and Human Services, is getting the number two post at the Office of Information and Technology at Veterans Affairs.
Modernization
NPPD cyber and infrastructure security personnel are side by side
Infrastructure and cybersecurity personnel are now co-located as part of NPPD’s efforts to coordinate cyber and physical threat information.
Digital Government
Protests resolved, GSA launches agile BPA
GSA has resolved protests around its agile Blanket Purchase agreement, added a vendor and can now begin awarding work.
Emerging Tech
Why the Intelligence Community Wants in On Quantum Computing
IARPA wants IBM -- and, soon, other bidders -- to develop the building blocks for a quantum computer.
Digital Government
VA Names New Deputy IT Chief
Ron Thompson, a U.S. Army veteran, has more than 25 years of experience in both government and the private sector.
Emerging Tech
FITARA: How IT Reform Became ‘Sexy’
FITARA is finally beginning to get the kind of attention from Congress, overseers and the public that one might expect of an area in which the government spends upward of $80 billion annually.
Emerging Tech
Video: The Year in Tech
2015 was the year we embraced the future and "Back to the Future."
Modernization
The Environmental Toll of a Netflix Binge
The data centers that support the Internet use a huge amount of energy.
Cybersecurity
Privacy Groups Blast Cyber-Sharing Included in Omnibus Spending Bill
Congress is about to take its biggest step yet to bolster cybersecurity, but many fear it could expand surveillance.
Digital Government
Microsoft Building New Version of Windows 10 to Appeal to Chinese Government
It’s easy to point to the joint venture as evidence of yet another U.S. tech firm cozying up to Beijing to access the massive market.
Digital Government