Modernization

PSC presses GSA for EIS clarifications

A letter from the industry association reiterates questions about cost and structure for critical telecom contract.

Emerging Tech

TSA's 'Airport of the Future' Includes More Biometrics and 'Intelligence-Driven' Procedures

With an influx of 1.1 billion passengers over the next two decades, TSA technology and procedures will need to change.

Cybersecurity

Planning for cyber war in South Dakota

At a Senate field hearing, the message was that tomorrow's talent needs nurturing -- and more scholarship cash -- if America is going to reverse its shortage of cybersecurity professionals.

Cybersecurity

State Department Wants to Compile Cybersecurity 'Playbook'

World-class industry expertise is needed for planning tactics to block and perhaps strike back at hackers.

Digital Government

GSA Ponders Slashing 2-Year Experience Requirement for IT Contractors

The agency is also considering eliminating a requirement for a spot on the Schedule 70 that potential contractors must have at least two years' corporate experience.

Cybersecurity

Cyber drawbridges, medical device data and more

News and notes from around the federal IT community.

Digital Government

What Congress Can Learn from the Military About Cybersecurity

As it stands, the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act won’t much improve information-sharing. Here's how to change that.

Digital Government

VA Official: New, Streamlined 'Vets.gov' Coming in November

The new hub is scheduled to go live on Veterans Day -- Nov. 11 -- of this year.

Digital Government

Did 307,000 vets die while awaiting care?

A new IG report concludes that bad data and poor system controls are compounding the backlog problems at the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity: 6 schools with the right stuff

The federal government craves more cybersecurity professionals. These six schools are helping meet that demand.

Modernization

New DISA deputy wants to fortify networks

A few weeks into the job, Maj. Gen. Sarah Zabel is calling on the Defense Information Systems Agency to do a better job of making Pentagon networks more resilient and secure.

Emerging Tech

NASA Creates New 'Self-Healing' Material

Hurtling through the endless void of space in a thin aluminum can as debris zips around in every direction may have just gotten a little safer.

Cybersecurity

Halvorsen wants to change economics of cyberspace

The Defense Department CIO wants the private sector’s help in making it more costly for hackers to do harm -- and cheaper for the Pentagon to stop them.