Digital Government
Watchdog Calls EPA Tweets 'Covert Propaganda'
The agency used a social media campaign to drum up support for a controversial rule.
Digital Government
FBI Says It Uses ‘Zero-Day’ Exploits, Too
The Bureau uses the same security loopholes in software that unscrupulous hackers do.
Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity isn't just about money, OPM adviser says
OPM cyber guru Clifton Triplett wants agencies to make better use of the people and tools they already have.
Digital Government
DHS looks to lure startups into the government game
The Science and Technology Directorate at the Department of Homeland Security hopes a new and flexible procurement vehicle can help to attract tech startups.
Cybersecurity
New OPM Cyber Czar Worried About an ISIS Hack
Clifton Triplett -- named OPM's first-ever senior cyber and IT adviser last month – says forthcoming access controls will blunt the severity of any future hack.
Emerging Tech
DHS Wants to Offer Alternative Contracts to Silicon Valley Startups
Traditional procurement takes too long for the new Silicon Valley office, a new DHS notice says.
Emerging Tech
Amid Concern Over Nation’s Weather-Forecasting System, Congress Eyes Commercial Solutions
A legislator linked the rise of commercial vendors to the hurdles faced by NOAA as it operates two massive weather satellite operations.
Digital Government
MEGABYTE Act Seeks to Slash Software Waste
Short for “Making Electronic Government Accountable By Yielding Tangible Efficiencies," the bill requires agencies to assemble comprehensive inventories of software licenses.
Emerging Tech
Video: How Amazon Gets Your Order to You
An army of robots is behind that Amazon Prime shipment.
Cybersecurity
Joint Chiefs hack illustrates insufficient cyber defense
Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford said the hack "clearly highlighted for me...that whatever investments we've made in cyber defense to date have not gotten us to where we need to be."
Digital Government
Attention, Would-Be Astronauts: NASA Now Accepting Online Applications
Prepare to face some stiff competition.
Cybersecurity
Privacy groups discuss encryption with White House
Obama administration officials met with multiple civil liberties groups about a petition urging the president to support strong encryption.
Modernization
Star Wars’ R2-D2: The Original Mobile Device
The bleep-blooping droid from "Star Wars" helped shape people's perceptions of how machines can be helpers.
Cybersecurity
Twitter Notifies Users of ‘State-Sponsored’ Hacks
Hackers may have been attempting to get personal information, like email addresses or phone numbers.
Digital Government
Why the Federal Government Tracks Visitors to Dot-Govs
Analytics.usa.gov keeps tabs on traffic to more than 4,000 government websites.
Digital Government
Feds Will Require $5 Registration Fee for Drones
Drone companies are expecting big sales for the holidays, but the government just gave them a lump of coal.
Digital Government
FAA releases drone registration rules
Private owners of small unmanned aircraft must register their names, physical and email addresses via an online database under new rules issued by the FAA.
Cybersecurity
Hurd urges changes to Visa Waiver Program
Rep. Will Hurd (R-Texas), one of leading tech experts on Capitol Hill, is looking to pressure European allies to disclose more data to the Visa Waiver Program.
Digital Government
Pentagon wants to go all-in on automation
Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Work foresees a near future in which men and women in combat will have wearable electronics equipped with software applications.
Digital Government