Cybersecurity
Chaffetz demands mysteriously deleted OPM breach data
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee digging into a small business tool that may have played a role in uncovering the OPM breach.
Digital Government
Worried About the Safety of Drone Delivery? NASA Has Your Back
NASA has announced it successfully tested a prototype system that allows unpiloted drones to detect and avoid other aircraft in their midst.
Cybersecurity
Streamlined-hiring bill, overarching cyber defense and local IT budgets
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Ideas
Time Has Come to Reform Laws Governing Law Enforcement Access to Data
Rules written for a time when smartphones and tablets didn’t even exist are hopelessly out of date in today’s world.
Cybersecurity
Army CYBERCOM Conducts ‘Experiments,’ While Navy Cyber Fleet Faces 'Real’ Deal
To fight off hackers, nontechies in the branches need training and practic,e too.
People
CIOs: 'A strategic partner, not a coder-in-chief'
Agency heads, acquisition officers and even CIOs don't need to be hard-core techies. FCW's four-part look at the expertise that's really required to make federal IT run.
Cybersecurity
Agency heads: It takes more tech than you think
Agency heads, acquisition officers and even CIOs don't need to be hard-core techies. FCW's four-part look at the expertise that's really required to make federal IT run.
Acquisition
Acquisition: Knowing enough to ask the right questions
Agency heads, acquisition officers and even CIOs don't need to be hard-core techies. FCW's four-part look at the expertise that's really required to make federal IT run.
Cybersecurity
Auditors and regulators: Time to hire more IT grunts?
Agency heads, acquisition officers and even CIOs don't need to be hard-core techies. FCW's four-part look at the expertise that's really required to make federal IT run.
Digital Government
5 Tech Projects from HHS' Accelerator Demo Day
One is a mobile app that would help FDA researchers inspect fresh meat for bacteria at local grocery stores.
Ideas
The War on Telework
The truth is, management reluctance against the use of telework has been around for decades, since Jack Nilles invented the program in the ‘70s.
Modernization
Video: Upgrading to iOS 9? Here Are Some New Hidden Features
Multitaskers should rejoice.
People
Guaranteeing back pay, sequester survey, another hackathon and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Digital Government
VA Looking for 'Agile' Contractor to Design New Vets.gov in 2 Months
Vets.gov is intended to be a Web portal with a single sign-on veterans can use to access any VA services.
Cybersecurity
150 Solutions to Agencies' Cybersecurity Woes
Competitions are key to finding a fresh batch of cybersecurity talent, says EPA CTO Greg Godbout.
Cybersecurity
Here’s How You Can Find Out if You Were Spied on by the UK and US Governments
Just fill out this simple online form.
People
CIOs urged to flex their financial muscle
A retired general tells federal CIOs they need to stop wasteful spending before it gets started, and says they could have a powerful ally in their agency CFO.
Digital Government
How Companies Are Using LEGOs to Unlock Talent Employees Didn’t Know They Had
Both Google and NASA have used LEGOs to solve problems.
Digital Government
Leadership Lessons from Elon Musk
What it's like to have the real-life Tony Stark for a boss.
Emerging Tech