People
Wynn takes the CIO reins at NASA
The space agency's new top tech official takes over two months ahead of schedule.
Acquisition
How will FITARA affect government mobility?
The new law empowers CIOs to fully integrate mobile technology into the federal workplace — and transform employee productivity.
Cybersecurity
Time for U.S. to gut 'malware kingpins'
Experts say the military needs to think in revolutionary terms about cyber warfare and adopt preemptive tactics -- but not act unilaterally.
Emerging Tech
NSA Chief: Clinton’s Private Email Server an Intelligence ‘Opportunity’
Rogers was responding to a hypothetical question from Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., about former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s controversial use of a “homebrew” private email system.
Cybersecurity
Government Losing Your Personal Information? Keep It To Yourself, Reps Say.
A bill introduced this month would truncate Social Security numbers on common tax forms.
Cybersecurity
Shutdown guide, CTO study, US/UK cyber ties and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Emerging Tech
DARPA Looking for Tech to Protect the 'Internet of Things'
The program's goal is to detect attackers on the Internet of Things by monitoring electronic devices' emissions.
Digital Government
Study: High Salaries Not the Biggest Draw for Female Cyber Pros
Female cybersecurity pros value a job's nonmonetary incentives above monetary ones.
Digital Government
Video: The Easiest Ways to Back Up Your Files
Not backing up your files is a huge risk. Stop it.
Cybersecurity
Pentagon Hires Investigators to Find Hacked Feds
A tool for determining why mail notifications are returned must be running by Oct. 9 and a website for individuals to check if they're affected by the breach must be running by Nov. 17.
Modernization
Don't Have Unlimited Data? You Might Want to Turn Off This New iOS9 App
Beware of a new feature called "Wi-Fi Assist".
Digital Government
Google or Facebook: What's the Better Workplace?
Comparing the two tech companies is a little like apples and oranges.
Emerging Tech
Water Is Flowing on Mars
In a major scientific finding, researchers confirm briny water flows seasonally on the Red Planet.
People
OPM trumpets the 1 percent
In a partial release of major survey results, the Office of Personnel Management touted improvement, though the data reveal only minor changes in federal employee feelings.
Cybersecurity
For NGA, key to open source might be embracing uncertainty
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has made a point of hitching its operations to the boom in open source data. The next step could be philosophical -- a willingness to accept uncertainty.
Cybersecurity
Hackers Stay at Hilton & Trick Lunch Lady into Exposing Students, While Workers Lose Child Mental Health Records
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
People
DOE tech officer set to leave
Associate CIO and CTO Peter Tseronis is leaving the Energy Department at the end of the month.
Cybersecurity
Ban encryption? Don't believe the hype
Efforts to weaken encryption are misguided and will do nothing to protect individuals or national security.
Modernization