Modernization
You're Doing It All Wrong: What Siri Wishes She Could Tell You
Put more faith in voice recognition technology.
Digital Government
Nextgov Prime 2015 to Shine Spotlight on Cybersecurity and Data
The event will give federal IT influencers insight into the top challenges of managing, leveraging and securing data and tackling emerging cyberthreats in 2015 and beyond.
Digital Government
Court Revives Defunct NSA Mass Surveillance Program
NSA’s phone dragnet is back—for now.
Emerging Tech
You Could Buy Your Own Personal Jetpack by 2017
Martin Aircraft's P12 jetpack has a maximum speed of 46 miles per hour and can rise up to 3,000 feet.
Digital Government
First, admit you have a problem
Greg Godbout's advice to agencies confronted with data-based evidence of a project's failure? Admit you messed up and quickly change direction.
Emerging Tech
This NASA Software Aims to Make the Skies a Little Bit More Organized
The tool is expected to help air traffic controllers better manage the spacing between each aircraft as they make their final descent.
Cybersecurity
OPM May Announce Size of Second Data Breach Next Week
The embattled federal agency is planning to reveal details about a breach of security-clearance information as soon as early next week, according to Hill sources.
Acquisition
Unlike Clinger and Cohen, Connolly says he's here to stay
The authors of the last big federal IT reform law left Congress soon after enactment. Virginia Democrat Gerry Connolly says "we're going to continue to watch over" FITARA implementation.
Modernization
CIO Scott seeks new framework for government cloud
Federal CIO Tony Scott wants to re-imagine government processes for cloud.
Modernization
Should FedRAMP be the standard for all public sector?
Conversations with Canada, U.S. states are ongoing about how to leverage the federal cloud security framework.
Digital Government
Australia Ramps Up Digital Services With Own 18F-Inspired Office
The Digital Transformation Office is expected to function in the manner of a startup and launch coordinated, user-centered digital services for the entire government.
Modernization
Not enough hype for the IoT?
A new report says the seemingly over-hyped Internet of Things might actually be under-hyped.
Cybersecurity
Federal Employee Union Sues Over OPM Hack, Citing Financial and Emotional Distress
Agency Director Katherine Archuleta and CIO Donna Seymour are named in the class action lawsuit.
Emerging Tech
Why Open Data is the Future of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
“Don’t send a spy where you can send a schoolboy," says the intelligence official leading the agency's effort to work with unclassified data.
Cybersecurity
Contractors Hacked Other Contractors and Agencies for Financial Gain
Government (U.S.) // Technology // United States
Emerging Tech
Video: Top 5 Tech Tools Any Nerd Should Own
Tech aficionados are going to need more than a hammer and a socket wrench.
Cybersecurity
DHS Group Wants Homeland Security to Share Database of Cyber Incidents with Private Sector
The effort builds on a 2015 White House executive order encouraging more cyberthreat information sharing between the public and private sectors.
Acquisition
Revealing the RATs and scoring the agencies
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Digital Government