Emerging Tech
Q&A: How the Postal Service Thinks It Can Predict the Next Cyber Breach
The agency's manager for data science and exploration told Nextgov his team plans to use predictive analytics to foresee future cyberintrusions.
People
CIO Baitman is bolting HHS
After a tenure that included a move to the cloud and the launch of HealthCare.gov, Health and Human Services Department CIO Frank Baitman is stepping down.
Cybersecurity
State Department seeks more advanced biometrics
The State Department, like the Pentagon, is interested in more sophisticated biometric technologies to help with security overseas.
Acquisition
Chaffetz wants to rein in stingrays, GSA hits OASIS milestone and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Cybersecurity
Should ID Theft Protection Be a Standard Federal Employee Benefit?
OPM and the U.S. Postal Service both provided credit monitoring to personnel after breaches at their respective agencies.
Cybersecurity
An almanac for advanced persistent threats
A new report catalogs cyber threats and ranks the risk of known attack vectors used by state-sponsored hackers fielded by China, Russia, North Korea and Iran, as well as threats from independent hacker groups from Anonymous to the Syrian Electronic Army.
Digital Government
CIA official looks to free 'captive' data
The CIA's new head of digital innovation wants to unsilo the spy agency's data. That problem is so big and complicated that a whole new organization has been created to solve it.
Modernization
DISA tees up new round of contracts
Agency officials outlined a range of forthcoming contracts covering everything from enterprise resource planning to cybersecurity analytics at a Nov. 2 industry day.
Digital Government
HHS Wants Help Updating Disease Tracking System
Public health agencies currently use legacy systems to exchange information about Ebola and measles with the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
Cybersecurity
Creative, Audacious or Destructive: The Different Personalities of Nation-State Hackers
What sets a Russian hacker apart?
Digital Government
Pentagon’s Joint Information Environment ‘Picking Up Steam’
The Joint Information Environment is becoming more important to the Pentagon and military branches as they deal with constricted budgets and a top-down push to share data.
Digital Government
Sitting at Your Computer All Day? You’re Doing it Wrong
A few simple adjustments to the keyboard and monitor can make all the difference.
Artificial Intelligence
Tesla’s Self-Driving Car Gets Smarter
Tesla’s new autopilot features became available just a few weeks ago, and the software is already teaching itself to drive better.
Digital Government
China Launches Special Hotline to Report Suspected Spies
Amid heightened sensitivity to cyberattacks and digital espionage, China is going back to basics in its efforts to seek out and stop foreign spies.
Cybersecurity
IRS stingrays, DHS tech advisors and online visa scams
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Emerging Tech
What Happens if a Driverless Car Has to Choose Between Killing Its Passenger or a Pedestrian?
Philosophers have been debating a similar moral conundrum for years, but now the discussion has a new practical application.
Acquisition
Bureau of Reclamation sprinting to patch
A trio of awards speaks to the new culture of cybersecurity urgency pervading even smaller, removed-from-D.C. federal outfits.
Cybersecurity
Survey: People Want to Know About Government Data Breaches ‘In Real Time’
Millennials, however, were least concerned with the government's cybersecurity practices, according to the survey.
Digital Government
FAA drone task force moves ahead
The Federal Aviation Administration has named the government and civilian leaders of a task force in charge of coming up with a plan to register recreational drones by Christmas.
Cybersecurity