Digital Government
18F lends the contracting community a hand
Steve Kelman points to GSA's CALC tool as an example of what smart collaboration can accomplish.
Emerging Tech
Robots, They’re Just Like Us: Google’s Bot Now Does Mundane Chores
Perhaps in the future, we’ll come home to find our dishes clean, our floors vacuumed,and our surfaces dusted.
Cybersecurity
CBP expands facial recognition program to visa-free travelers
Customs and Border Protection will add first-time Visa Waiver Program travelers and ePassport users to the agency's facial recognition tech deployment.
Digital Government
OPM offers new incentives for cyber recruiting
While OPM flexes incentive options for cybersecurity workers, the intelligence community does public outreach to warn against threats arising from the breach.
People
GAO urges agency collaboration to keep federal buildings safe
A 2015 GAO audit of the Federal Protective Services and the General Services Administration finds both agencies should collaborate more in matters of building security.
Cybersecurity
Think tank to school Hill staffers on cyber
A new nonpartisan Congressional Cybersecurity Lab at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars aims to teach congressional staffers about cybersecurity.
Acquisition
CIOs struggle to quantify success
Watchdogs often put a price tag on failed IT projects, but what about successes? CIOs say it's tough to communicate the value of an IT project gone right.
Modernization
Critical infrastructure sector sees big uptick in breach attempts
The cyber recovery agency ICS-CERT said that attempts to hack into U.S. critical infrastructure were up by 20 percent in fiscal year 2015.
Digital Government
What CIOs really think about FITARA implementation
In a candid and wide-ranging discussion, the leaders tasked with making IT reform a reality debate the key (and sometimes still missing) ingredients.
Cybersecurity
Prisoner swap frees Iranian hacker
The release of an Iranian man charged with hacking an American defense firm was a reminder that cyberspace has been a flashpoint in the often-tense U.S./Iran relationship.
Ideas
Will Government Agencies Embrace Innovation Driven by Mobile?
Creative ways of using mobile apps for government continue to multiply.
Cybersecurity
Hackers Breach Oregon Refuge Employee Data and Dump Car Breathalyzer’s Source Code
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
Digital Government
Mapping Hundreds of Power Disruptions and Cyberattacks Caused by... Squirrels
The work hopes to counter political fear-mongering over terrorist cyberattacks.
Modernization
BlackBerry’s 'End-to-End Security' Didn’t Do El Chapo Any Favors
The notorious criminal was busted after his BlackBerry messages were obtained by the Mexican government.
Digital Government
The Wikipedia Pages We Look Up Most, Globally
Who was mad at whom at the start of World War II? Or right now in Westeros, for that matter?
Cybersecurity
Militia May Have Breached Federal Employee Data on Refuge Computers
Government (U.S.) // Oregon, United States
Cybersecurity
FTC Leaks Email Addresses of Privacy Conference Participants
Government (U.S.) // United States
Cybersecurity
Source Code of Car Breathalyzer Firm Allegedly Dumped Online
Technology // Transportation
Cybersecurity
Anonymous Accused of Posting Sacramento Officials’ Personal Data
Government (U.S.) // California, United States
Emerging Tech