Cybersecurity
FEMA still lags on IT coordination, watchdog says
The Department of Homeland Security's inspector general says FEMA has improved the way it handles IT projects since the last audit in 2011, but work remains.
Digital Government
The Internet Isn't Available in Most Languages
Despite all the hype about how it has connected the world, the web is more insular than you might think.
Digital Government
Months After Huge Hack, OPM Finally Completes IT Inventory
The agency is still cleaning up from the breaches it announced this summer.
Emerging Tech
Out of the Mouths of Bots
What building a robot in a person's image can reveal about identity and humanity
Cybersecurity
Leaked Pentagon Bomber Data, Scoop Up Toy Company Details on Kids, and Pinch Credit Cards from Wisconsin Resort
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
Emerging Tech
Decrypting the Encryption Debate
The ability to encrypt and use cyphers to hide messages from unauthorized readers goes back at least as far as Roman times.
Cybersecurity
Potential Leak of Classified Air Force Data on Bomber Contract Protest
Defense Industrial Base // Government (U.S.) // United States
Cybersecurity
Human Error Exposes Mortgage Customer Data at Santander
Financial Services // Bristol, UK
Cybersecurity
Reservation System at Milwaukee Wilderness Resort Robbed
Hospitality // Wisconsin, United States
Cybersecurity
Secret DHS Audit Could Prove Governmentwide Hacker Surveillance Isn’t Really Governmentwide
The intrusion-prevention system, named EINSTEIN 3 Accelerated, garnered both ridicule and praise following the OPM hack.
Emerging Tech
Emma, USCIS' New Virtual Assistant, Can Soon Answer Your Visa Questions
A rudimentary, text-based version of more advanced virtual assistants such as Apple's Siri, Emma interprets typed questions and direct users to relevant parts of the USCIS website.
Emerging Tech
Watchdog: Too Many DARPA Projects Enter 'Valley of Death,' Don't Progress
DARPA's method of tracking "technology transition" is unreliable.
Digital Government
FDA Crowdsourcing its Way to Precision Medicine. But What About Security?
A team at FDA is in the midst of launching PrecisionFDA, a cloud-based platform so researchers can work together.
Cybersecurity
Chinese, Others Hack Interior Data 19 Times
The incidents are unrelated to a previously disclosed assault on Interior networks connected to Office of Personnel Management systems, the agency says.
Cybersecurity
Can Tony Scott get it all done?
The U.S. CIO has made a mantra of "land the planes" and pushed notable improvements in his first nine months. But the to-do list for 2016 is long indeed.
Emerging Tech
Video: 9-Year-Old Cub Reporter Interviews NASA's Charles Bolden
This kid has big questions about NASA's future, including the space agency's space travel plans.
Emerging Tech
Energy Invests $125 million in Green Tech Projects
Days before COP21 in Paris, Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz is emphasizing the department's commitment to "innovation."
Emerging Tech
Defense Agency Wants to Talk About Operations on Twitter
The Defense Media Activity wants a contractor who can think about ways to use social media to talk to the public about defense.
Cybersecurity