Emerging Tech
House Talks 'Internet of Things,' Data Privacy
Representatives discussed how data could be both useful to consumers -- and also a potentially risky asset.
Modernization
Video: How Android Phones Can Be Hacked With One Text
Why 95 percent of Android users are at risk.
Modernization
Shadow IT on the Rise But Feds Unsure How to Tackle Security Risks
Many federal technology decision-makers say they see widespread use of shadow IT in their agency, but consider themselves Ill-equipped to handle its accompanying security risks.
Cybersecurity
Einstein approved, GSA nominees move forward and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Digital Government
UPDATED: Leidos Wins Massive Pentagon Health Care Records Contract
The Defense Healthcare Management Systems Modernization contract’s base value is $4.3 billion over 10 years, with an expected 18-year lifecycle value of $9 billion.
Cybersecurity
White House Preps New Cyber Policy Dealing with Federal Contractors
The proposal, which could be published as early as today, follows hacks at two background checkers that compromised the security of personnel who handle U.S. secrets.
Emerging Tech
Why Science Students Need to Think Outside the Lab
Many students miss the most important education of all: how to relate their specialization to others in an increasingly interconnected world.
Cybersecurity
Congress Running Out of Time on Cyber Bill
Significant hurdles remain for the Senate's proposed cybersecurity legislation, which is competing with at least two other issues for a vote before recess.
Digital Government
White House Nixes Edward Snowden Pardon Request
“Mr. Snowden's dangerous decision to steal and disclose classified information had severe consequences for the security of our country and the people who work day in and day out to protect it.”
Cybersecurity
ACT-IAC looks to 'dramatically improve' federal cybersecurity
The public-private group is surveying academia, industry and others, and will report its findings to federal CIO Tony Scott by the end of September.
Digital Government
Data Act implementation hung up on definitions
Words, rather than numbers, are proving key to bringing all federal agencies together in the push for financial transparency.
Digital Government
Will Digital Service Funding Survive Congressional Penny Pinching?
The Senate appropriations committee last week approved an annual spending measure that would grant USDS just one-third of the new funding President Barack Obama requested to scale up the team.
Modernization
Rules for the IoT: 'Only what's necessary and no more'
Industry advocates urge Congress to establish national standards for the Internet of Things, but not to use a heavy hand while doing so.
Ideas
The Future-Forward Cybersecurity Fix
The U.S. government is playing catch-up on security primarily because it has not been able to keep up with the advances in technology over the last decade.
Cybersecurity
ITA official tracks data for cyber insights
The proliferation of data at DOD, via mobile devices and other means, has enlarged the "attack surface" and rendered perimeter-focused defense virtually obsolete.
Digital Government
DOD awards massive health records contract
Leidos, Accenture and Cerner pull off an unexpected win of the multi-billion-dollar Defense Healthcare Management System Modernization contract, beating out the presumptive health-records leader.
Emerging Tech
10 Years After Katrina, NOAA Preps for Launch of Powerful New Weather Satellites
The first Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R series will produce “30 times the data at five times the rate and twice the resolution” of the current crop of geostationary satellites.
Digital Government
White House Grievance Portal Gets Upgraded
The White House will now aim to respond within 60 days.
Emerging Tech