Modernization
NS 2020 notice, IARPA winners, NASA goes 4K and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Emerging Tech
How 3-D Printing Could Make Criminals Harder to Catch
Advanced technology could encourage criminals to be better educated, a new report claims.
Digital Government
Intelligence Community’s Grand IT Plan Still Working Out ‘Pain Points’
The initiative is in the midst of converging multiple networks – all tied to various legal authorities – into a single network.
Digital Government
NOAA Tries ‘Oddball’ Approach to Harnessing Big Data
NOAA wants environmental data as easy to access as sports scores.
Emerging Tech
No Touching: Agencies Could Soon Collect Fingerprints from Hand Waves
"Contactless fingerprinting" is seen as more hygienic than ink and paper or computer pads.
Modernization
All the Ways the Government Can Use Your Phone to Watch You
If law enforcement officers want to surveil your cellphone, they have two ways to do it.
Emerging Tech
Inside the New SpaceX Spaceship
The launch video looks like something a luxury car manufacturer might use to show off a new sedan.
Acquisition
The tricky relationship between agencies and startups
Eastern Foundry works to train the leaders of new companies and help them connect with federal agencies, but it's an often rocky road.
Cybersecurity
OMB readies next phase of cyber sprint plan
The follow-on to the cyber sprint that came after the OPM hack might mandate that, by the end of fiscal 2016, all agencies use Internet service providers signed onto Einstein 3A.
Cybersecurity
The coming private cyber 'war'
Will U.S. companies, fed up with getting hacked and not getting the government backup they want, launch cyberattacks against foreign actors – and would that qualify as “warfare”?
Digital Government
The unpleasant outlook for FY16 funding
Congress is back, but will it matter? Just look at the obstacles looming over agency budgets.
Ideas
The Small Government Office That's Funding the Next Big Idea
How to pursue novel products with the knowledge of an available safety net.
Cybersecurity
City of Boston License Plate Reader Data Was Inadvertently Accessible to the Public
Government (U.S.) // Massachusetts, United States
Digital Government
How Can Agencies Balance IT Innovation and Cost Savings?
The tech explosion and declining federal budgets have put the government in a tough spot.
Modernization
DHS App Aims to Help First Responders Find Missing People
The "Lost Person Behavior App" is available for $9.99 from iTunes.
Digital Government
The FBI’s Charm Offensive on Encryption
“The FBI is not an alien force imposed on the American people,” the agency’s director says, as feds clash with Silicon Valley over encryption standards.
Modernization
Renewable Energy Lab Begins Moving More Sensitive Data to the Cloud
In 2009 NREL set out in earnest to open up and share its data through an application that became known as OpenEI.
Modernization
GAO dings IRS, Secret Service techs-up for pope and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Modernization
Video: How to Save Data When Backing up to Google Photos
Don't choose between saving your photos and your data.
Cybersecurity