Cybersecurity

Three New York Teens Arrested for Changing Grades and Schedules

Education // New York, United States

Cybersecurity

Hacktivists Leak Data on State-run Thai Communications Agency

Government (Foreign) // Telecommunications // Thailand

Digital Government

The New Tinfoil Hat? NSA-Proof Wallpaper

A Utah company has a new nickel-carbon material that could help the Pentagon fight off some of its most haunting threats.

Cybersecurity

Are Microsoft and Google Better at Cybersecurity than the CIA?

Questions arise following the hack of John Brennan's personal email.

Digital Government

Pentagon: We Need More People Tweeting to Combat ISIS Online

In the war of online influence, the U.S. is gaining ground but is still hopelessly outmanned.

Digital Government

Intelligence Office: Don’t Trust Your Facebook Friends

An educational video from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence is warning people to be wary of foreign spies on social-media sites

Digital Government

OPM Pilots ‘Resume Mining’ for USAJobs

The end goal, Holden said, is for USAJobs to transition from a static jobs site.

Digital Government

No smart city is an island

NIST is pushing a framework to ensure that smart technologies work across multiple municipalities -- and give small companies a fighting chance in the metropolis of tomorrow.

Cybersecurity

The Federal Government Is Finally Updating Y2K-era Cybersecurity Baselines

The last time the federal government updated its IT strategy, the requirements dealt with protecting "dial-in access," bulletin boards, and passwords.

Ideas

To be Successful, Hackers Need These 3 Elements

Hackers’ reconnaissance activities are shrouded within massive amounts of data, and are difficult to detect.

Cybersecurity

$37 million in emergency OPM funding left out of CISA

The Senate's information-sharing cybersecurity bill cleared a procedural hurdle Oct. 22, but conspicuously absent from the bill was an amendment for $37 million in funding for the Office of Personnel Management's IT modernization efforts.

People

Can better personnel management smooth presidential transitions?

When the next U.S. President takes office in January 2017, he or she will inherit a sprawling and complex bureaucracy that will need an injection of talent at the highest levels. Are there new and better ways to make that happen?

Cybersecurity

FCC plans for 5G future, The WordPress woes of candidates and more

News and notes from around the federal IT community.

Digital Government

Census 2020 goes mobile, maybe

The Census Bureau is wrestling with big questions about how it will incorporate mobile devices and Internet responses into its next big tally. Plus, the bureau still needs a new CIO.

Cybersecurity

White House Endorses Cyber Bill, Bucking Privacy Groups

The Senate’s bill gains momentum ahead of a vote next week.

Acquisition

Fed 100 nominations are now open!

Help us find the heroes of federal IT.

Digital Government

CBP: RFID doesn't work if you're in the wrong line

IT can accomplish only so much, Customs and Border Protection finds as it focuses on the human factor.