Cybersecurity
Contract to Notify and Protect OPM Hack Victims Now Out
The much-anticipated competition to vie for the work of notifying and safeguarding those affected by the largest federal data breach kicked off late Tuesday.
Cybersecurity
4 Charts That Explain the State of Agency Cybersecurity after the OPM Hack
Most agencies made great strides during the White House-mandated 30-day cybersecurity sprint. But some actually backslid on their use of stronger authentication measures.
Digital Government
Can FITARA Prevent Future Cyberattacks?
A group of federal experts weighed in during a recent panel in Washington.
Digital Government
White House Announces Expansion of Lab-to-Market 'Innovation Corps'
The National Science Foundation’s four-year-old Innovation Corps has just added many more federal agencies to its repertoire.
Cybersecurity
NSA lawyer with cyber cred, former FBI CIO moves and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Emerging Tech
NASA Building Flying Space Drones
Drones offer a way to explore other planets and asteroids that rovers can’t.
Digital Government
Intelligence Community Research Agency Gets New Director
Jason Matheny had previously been in charge of IARPA’s “Anticipating Surprise” office, overseeing efforts to develop new capabilities in predicting and forecasting events related to national security.
Digital Government
Federal CIO: Agile Won't Solve Everything
By itself, "agile" development won't solve the government's tech problems, Tony Scott said.
Digital Government
Introducing the 2015 Bold Award Finalists
This year’s finalists include the social media team at the CIA and an effort by a VA team to secure Internet-connected medical devices.
People
Top feds talk agile
Federal leaders discussed agile's promise and the notion that the government-changing approach could yield positive results far beyond IT – if feds can stomach it.
Cybersecurity
VA launches cyber squad
The new Enterprise Cybersecurity Strategy Team will be led by Susan McHugh-Polley, a senior executive program manager at Veterans Affairs.
Digital Government
FDA Approves First 3-D Printed Drug
Pharmaceutical company Aprecia says 3-D printing will allow doctors to know the medicine they’re prescribing delivers the exact dose intended.
Ideas
Two-Factor Is Better Than One: Celebrating Progressive Government IT
The U.S. government is putting in place both immediate and long-term steps to drastically enhance data security.
Cybersecurity
Still No Deal on Senate Cybersecurity Bill
Senators have not reached an agreement that would allow them to add amendments to a cyberinformation-sharing bill in exchange for quickening its passage.
Modernization
Spectrum sharing is no simple matter
Moving government spectrum to market can be a bureaucratic slog.
Modernization
Infrastructure looks to government for cyber help
A new survey shows critical infrastructure providers expect the physical impact of cyberattacks to worsen.
Digital Government
Are we seriously talking about shutdowns again?
September 30 is much closer than it seems, and even a continuing resolution could run into snags.
Digital Government
US Officials Warn That Medical Devices Are Vulnerable to Hackers
This new vulnerability could enable hackers to change the dosage of critical medicines.
Digital Government