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.

Emerging Tech

Redesigning Government Work for the Internet of Things

The proliferation of Internet-connected devices represents a new way of working.

Digital Government

Outage slams copyright registration system at Library of Congress

The crash apparently happened Aug. 29, and there is no "estimated time for service resumption."

Modernization

The Internet's watchmen applaud privacy

Security pros demonstrated that they, too, value privacy as they listened to a debate between a former NSA chief and one of the world's foremost privacy advocates.

Digital Government

‘The Meatball’ vs. ‘The Worm’: How NASA Brands Space

The space agency’s current symbol, a beloved signal of the agency’s storied past, wasn’t always so beloved.

People

DOD’s chasm between what's needed and what's possible

DOD acquisition chief Frank Kendall sees a wide gap "between our national security needs and how we meet those needs."

Cybersecurity

Email privacy bill could move in the fall

Prospects are brighter for quick Senate committee action on an email privacy measure than for floor consideration of a broader information-sharing bill.

Modernization

Exploding IoT has semiconductor industry calling for government help

Government needs to invest in semiconductor R&D, industry says, because research will play an increasingly crucial role in an increasingly connected world.

Cybersecurity

5 Months after Detecting OPM Hack, Officials Begin Protecting 21.5 Million Victims At a Cost of $330 Million

In announcing an initial $133 million award to I.D. Experts for protection services, U.S. officials said they proceeded with caution to ensure they do not further inconvenience victims.

Cybersecurity

Data Act standards, a deputy CIO opening and more

News and notes from around the federal IT community.