Cybersecurity
Federal Researchers Developing New Spoof-Proof Email Security System
The goal is to build an email encryption system, and then demonstrate to federal agencies and businesses how they can use it.
Digital Government
India Prime Minister has Big Plans for Nationwide Digital Programs
India's prime minister wants to reboot the country's digital infrastructure.
Modernization
DHS Launches Federal Government's First FOIA App
The app is designed to make it easier for the public to request government documents under the Freedom of Information Act.
Digital Government
Can Uncle Sam promote self-driving vehicles?
Industry leaders are bullish on the future of robotic transportation, but when it comes to regulation, they seek "balance" from the feds.
Acquisition
What cyber insurance can do for contractors
When it comes to cybersecurity, the SAFETY Act deserves a second look, but companies should also consider commercial coverage.
Modernization
Tech Tools That Let You Get Closer to Sharks
A roundup of apps, websites and livecams that will get you close—but not too close—to hammerheads, great whites and other ocean beasts.
Cybersecurity
Post-Breach, Interior Has Mandated Computer Users Sign On with Smart Cards
The majority of individuals with high-level control over Interior data and networks needed only a password to log in.
Digital Government
Should Google Ever Lie to Us?
Search-engine architects must decide when their creations should act as a kind of expert and when they should neutrally direct people to what they are seeking.
Digital Government
Eric Holder: The 'Possibility Exists' Edward Snowden Could Come Home
“I certainly think there could be a basis for a resolution that everybody could ultimately be satisfied with,” the former attorney general said.
Cybersecurity
Report: UL in talks with White House on IoT certification
A certification from Underwriters Laboratories, which has historically focused on electrical safety, could set a broad risk standard for cybersecurity.
Digital Government
Census hopes mobile approach works in 2020
The Census Bureau is testing more Internet-based response options and hoping to leverage mobile technology to deliver a more accurate count.
Modernization
Like duct-taping airbags to a '65 Mustang
Federal CIO Tony Scott says trying to graft modern security features onto legacy IT systems is like slapping modern safety features onto a classic car: darn near impossible, and ugly.
Digital Government
New HHS CTO Wants Employees to Devote Time to Passion Projects
In her first month as CTO, Susannah Fox proposed the department structure time for employee-driven creative projects in each operating division.
Digital Government
New VA CIO Gets to Work
LaVerne Council, a former IT executive at Dell and pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson, took the oath of office Monday.
Cybersecurity
OPM Hiring IT Staff to Work on Cyber Upgrades
The agency that suffered three big data breaches needs $170,000 project managers to move forward with a computer upgrade.
Digital Government
Researchers Building Microchips That Mimic Live Human Organs
The Human Organs-on-a-Chip bested 75 other finalists in the 2015 Design of the Year.
Cybersecurity
Hillary Clinton: China Hacks Into 'Everything That Doesn’t Move'
The former secretary of state accused China of stealing large amounts of government information.
Cybersecurity
FBI Director James Comey Says He’s ‘Not a Maniac’ About Encryption
Previewing a round of testimony before Congress later this week, James Comey warned that too-tough-to-crack encryption allows bad actors to “communicate with impunity.”
Ideas
In the Future, We’ll All Use Our Phones to Identify Ourselves
The most successful mobile identity services highly depend on collaboration between public authorities, banks, telecom operators and the private sector.
Acquisition