Emerging Tech
Video: NASA Heads Under the Ice
A team from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory was on thin ice (literally) when testing a new rover.
Cybersecurity
President Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping Announce Cybersecurity Agreement
The two leaders spoke at a joint press conference Friday afternoon.
Cybersecurity
Unencrypted Hard Drive Containing 3.4M Child Services Records Goes Missing
Education // Government (Foreign) // Healthcare and Public Health // Canada
Digital Government
Inside DARPA's Attempts to Engineer a Futuristic Super-Soldier
How the Pentagon is hoping to change the future of the battlefield
Cybersecurity
U.S., China find some common cyber ground
No deal was reached on major cybersecurity issues, but the two nations established a formal structure to keep on talking.
Modernization
Will protecting Wi-Fi crowd out innovation?
Industry is pushing back against the prospect of spectrum restrictions as the age-old tradeoff – stability or innovation – looms with mobile connectivity.
Digital Government
Army looks for long-term IT plan
With short- and medium-term plans for IT modernization in place, the Army remains on the hunt for a long-term vision.
Cybersecurity
NSA director fears shutdown effect on employee morale
Even the prospect of another government shutdown has the head of the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command worried that more of his workforce will decamp for the private sector.
Modernization
'The Internet of Other People’s Things'
During an impassioned National Telecommunications and Information Administration meeting, lawyers and stakeholders slogged away at a drone-flying guide.
Acquisition
GWACs pull in billions on IT orders as fiscal year winds down
NITAAC, SEWP V and other government-wide IT contracting vehicles are doing a booming business as the end of fiscal 2015 looms.
Emerging Tech
Different Inventors with the Same Name? That’s a Problem for the Patent Office
On Thursday, USPTO held a competition to help it find an automatic method for differentiating between multiple inventors with the same name.
Cybersecurity
Pentagon Small Biz Office Didn’t Know About Cyber Training
Even as the Pentagon was imposing data breach regulations on the $55.5 billion sector, the office essentially had other priorities than advocating information security awareness.
Digital Government
Video: Preparing Veterans for the Solar Workforce
This Energy Department initiative provides veterans with training and an introduction to the expanding solar industry.
Modernization
If the Intelligence Community Can Do Cloud, Why Can’t The Rest of Government?
Many agencies today are still using cloud computing similar to 2010, one official says.
Cybersecurity
Cyber problems at HealthCare.gov, cyber sharing at the Pentagon and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Digital Government
Government Shutdown? Some Federal IT Systems Would be Unplugged, Websites Go Offline
Federal agencies were ordered to power down nonessential IT systems during the 2013 shutdown.
Digital Government
NIH Wants to License Out a Mobile App to the Private Sector
The app would combine users' location data with their answers to questions about their psychological wellbeing to predict their future mental health.
Digital Government
Drones Armed With High-Energy Lasers May Arrive In 2017
Predator maker looks beyond Hellfire missiles to the weapons of the future.
Digital Government
Energy Department CTO Stepping Down, Joining the Private Sector
Pete Tseronis plans to leave by Nov. 1, 2015.
Modernization