Digital Government
Revamping IRS Electronic Fraud Detection Could Waste $18 Million a Year
A new Treasury audit found the IRS planned to run the new and old systems simultaneously.
Modernization
The future of cloud: Moving up the value chain
Cloud technology is reducing costs and enhancing agencies' focus on what to do with data instead of how to store or manage it. And that is only the beginning.
Emerging Tech
Will Social Media Mavens Take Leave of Absence to Help TSA Tweet Better?
TSA is on the hunt for a few good social media experts willing to devote six months to boosting the agency's customer service social media campaign.
People
Government waste playbook highlights 'fumbles'
A host of IT boondoggles are featured in Sen. James Lankford's debut report on wasteful federal spending.
People
Are political appointees 'burrowing' into the bureaucracy?
Republican lawmakers are concerned that political appointees are joining the ranks of career bureaucrats in large numbers, and want the Government Accountability Office to investigate.
Modernization
NSA's bulk data program is shut down
The National Security Agency is replacing a controversial spying program with a new data collection regime approved under the USA Freedom Act.
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