Emerging Tech
NOAA and NASA Plan to Send a Drone Right Into Tropical Storm Erika
NOAA wants to use unmanned aircraft to observe the skies and advance the country's weather forecasting abilities, said NOAA lead systems engineer John Coffey.
Emerging Tech
Microsoft Says Its Facial Recognition Can Tell Identical Twins Apart
A new program called Windows Hello allows users to sign into their devices with biometric authentication.
Cybersecurity
Pentagon Plans to Spend $132 Million on Credit Monitoring for DOD's OPM Hack Victims
The Office of Personnel Management is asking agencies to help share in the cost of offering identity-theft protection to hacked feds.
People
More screens, more millennials?
Getting young people into government can be challenging. One company's prescription: Wow them with a "Minority Report" conference room.
Ideas
Cracking Open Windows 10: Can Windows 10 Serve and Protect Government Users?
Moving from Windows 7, the last “traditional” operating system from Microsoft, to Windows 10 is not going to be as traumatic as previous Windows updates.
Emerging Tech
DISA Issues Pentagon-Friendly Cloud Computing Guide
The guide is aimed at DOD “mission owners” planning to move an existing information system from a physical environment to a virtualized cloud environment.
Digital Government
Interior Department Website Gets a New Look
The Interior Department has consolidated its many digital arms into one updated website.
Acquisition
Removing acquisition roadblocks — together
Government innovation is a no-go unless agencies, prime contractors and startups come together to clear the path.
Cybersecurity
IARPA tries to predict the unpredictable
The agency is seeking information on methods for forecasting rare events and alternative ways of assessing such methods.
People
Brubaker joins IT Cadre
Former DOD executive and two-time Fed 100 winner had recently left AirWatch.
Modernization
Prioritizing authentication, GitHub attacked, Carter back to Silicon Valley and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Digital Government
Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms CIO Announces Exit
In an email to ATF staff, Rick Holgate said he’s leaving the agency to accommodate a move to Vienna, Austria.
Cybersecurity
Video: Watch These Guys Hack an Electric Skateboard
How hackers could make you hang ten.
Cybersecurity
The Nation’s 24-Hour Cyber Watch Center Still Has Some Empty Seats
The National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center might have some communication challenges.
Acquisition
Army cyber training, an $850M comms contract, DOJ seeks a CISO and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Emerging Tech
Pentagon Debunks DOD-VA Interoperability Myth
“There is not a big interoperability problem with the VA and DOD today,” according to Frank Kendall, DOD undersecretary for acquisition, technology and logistics.
Digital Government
White House Looking for Help on Personalized Medicine Technology
The administration is collecting suggestions from the general public about improving personalized medicine.
Emerging Tech
Supper Club on Mars
Before people can colonize the Red Planet, they have to figure out what they'll eat once they get there.
People