Digital Government
Agencies Say They Need Access to Americans’ Emails Without a Warrant
But FTC and SEC have not used the current subpoena process in five years.
Digital Government
Obama and White House Tech Advisers Tweet Support for Clock-Making Teen
Ahmed Mohamed now has an invitation to the White House.
Digital Government
Classified Smartphones, Silicon Valley Worker Swap and 3 Other Takeways from the Pentagon CIO Briefing
During a media call, Pentagon CIO Terry Halvorsen told reporters how the department plans to learn from the private sector.
Emerging Tech
Calling All Data Enthusiasts: GSA Needs You
Participants will be expected to develop technology-driven projects that could be replicated throughout the government.
Cybersecurity
Senate panel mulls update to email access rules
Congress is revisiting a 29-year old law that has been swamped by changes in technology.
Cybersecurity
What the military learned from OPM
Civilian agencies have been publicly scouring the OPM breach for lessons, but military cyber leaders are also getting in on the act.
Digital Government
DARPA Robotics Challenge: What We Learned
The cutting-edge agency takes a look back on one of its biggest challenges.
People
Obama directs agencies to use behavioral science
The executive order is part of a continuing effort to change the way federal agencies interact with customers.
Emerging Tech
'Unhinging' a Government Culture Resistant to Change
Risk taking and failure should be an option in government, top federal technologists say.
Modernization
Facebook Says It's Introducing a Dislike Button
The biggest social network might become a lot more negative.
Cybersecurity
Finding the malware needle in the DNS haystack
HP’s new security tool leapfrogs the Homeland Security Department’s malware detection techniques by diving straight into the lifeblood of the Internet: DNS traffic.
Ideas
4 Key Customer Experience Strategies To Become Citizen Obsessed
Governments that fall further behind in customer engagement risk much more than just public criticism and electoral defeat.
People
HUD rushing into shared services future, IG says
IG David Montoya is concerned that HUD's plans are underfunded and reliant on legacy tech.
Cybersecurity
DOD looks to Silicon Valley to automate cyber response
Boosting automated capabilities would make more IT personnel available for other critical jobs, says CIO Terry Halvorsen.
Digital Government
IG Cites Lax Oversight of HealthCare.gov Contractors
Contracting personnel at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services failed to follow basic contracting rules.
Digital Government
CIOs: Tell Your Legacy IT Horror Stories
Shocking anecdotes about outdated technology could be the key to growing IT budgets, according to one government official.
Cybersecurity
Watchdog: DHS Still Struggles with Cyber Response
The agency still struggles to coordinate its cyber-response activities and lacks an automated information-sharing tool to share cyber threat data.
Digital Government
More HealthCare.gov problems, new VP at ITI and Census' startup app
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Digital Government
Americans Agree Computer Science Is Important—But Only One-Quarter of US Schools Teach it
This study provides us with yet another painful reminder of how our education system is out of touch with and slow to respond to opportunities for our kids’ futures.
Digital Government