Ideas
Why America Needs New Voting Technology
Municipalities that upgraded election tech in the years after the 2000 debacle are now working with equipment that is more than 10 years old.
Emerging Tech
Robots Could Replace White Collar Workers, Too
No career is safe from the advances of artificial intelligence.
Modernization
Forget Google Glass. Here Come Google Contacts
In the future, your wearables might be a bit harder to spot than an Apple Watch or Google Glass.
Digital Government
Dell-EMC: Let the revolution begin
If Dell pulls the pieces together correctly in its $67 billion acquisition of EMC, the combined company will be a very formidable cloud services provider in the federal market, says Washington Technology's Nick Wakeman.
Cybersecurity
What’s Holding Back the Cyber Insurance Industry? A Lack of Solid Data
There's no easy way to set cyber insurance rates.
Cybersecurity
Commerce seeks to widen acceptance of cyber framework
An FCC official told a telecom audience that though adherence is voluntary, it's in companies' best interest to participate in the framework.
Cybersecurity
Army experiments with cyber warfare
The Army continues to experiment with equipping its land forces with cyber capabilities, a recognition that future combat operations could increasingly have a cyber dimension.
Digital Government
USPS OIG vet: Analytics can make audits help, not hurt
A wealth of data and analytics tools can help auditors better analyze agency activities -- and encourage officials to act on their recommendations.
Cybersecurity
Could Dell Go Too Far on Cybersecurity under EMC Mega-Merger?
Under the $67 billion tech acquisition, Dell's SecureWorks and EMC's RSA Security would both belong to the company Michael Dell started in 1984.
Cybersecurity
Webb: Cyber warfare biggest daily threat to U.S.
Although cybersecurity did not figure prominently in the first Democratic debate, long-shot candidate Jim Webb did single out cyber warfare as an acute threat to national security.
Cybersecurity
Protecting government IT systems at the source
Most IT organizations understand the importance of protecting data but have a blind spot regarding the security of the IT systems themselves.
Cybersecurity
Hackers Peruse Dow Jones Subscribers, Breach Samsung Pay’s Tech Provider and Slurp 11,000 Outlook Passwords
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
Cybersecurity
OPM to Fully Do Away with Passwords for Network Access – In 2 Years
Today, all OPM employees need a smart card for network access, but not for all users outside of the agency.
Digital Government
IRS Can’t Update Woefully Out-of-Date Windows Servers Because It Can’t Find Some of Them
The agency is only halfway through a planned upgrade of Windows servers.
Emerging Tech
Video: Watch These Battle Drones Cage Fight
What began as a military technology has exploded into a multimillion-dollar market that will top $90 billion within a decade.
Cybersecurity
A big merger, a more-private HealthCare.gov and still more Clinton email questions
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Digital Government
Millennials Don't Trust Government With Their Online Information
Less than 5 percent reported feeling overall that their digital identity is protected.
Digital Government
Greg Ambrose to depart VA
The VA's deputy CIO for product development, a veteran of the State Department and the Department of Homeland Security, is stepping down after just a few months at the agency.
Digital Government
NASA Space Satellites Helped Forecast South Carolina Flooding
NASA has stepped in to help predict the path of South Carolina's flooding by using its space-based satellites.
Digital Government