Emerging Tech
Elon Musk Has Launched a Competition to Build Pods for His Futuristic Hyperloop
The Hyperloop is a solar-powered pneumatic mass-transit system Musk hopes will replace high-speed rail as a regional people-mover.
Modernization
NSF grants, an EIS workshop and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Emerging Tech
Video: Can a School That's Part Tech Startup Transform Education?
This tech-powered school is far from traditional.
Cybersecurity
New glitch stalls State's visa and passport database
A June 9 hardware failure stalls passport and visa issuances, but is apparently unrelated to last year's failure of the Consular Consolidated Database.
People
CIO Scott: IT reform is 'different' this time
The federal CIO is confident FITARA will succeed where Clinger-Cohen and other efforts have failed.
Cybersecurity
Why the Government Should Destroy -- Not Store -- Employees' Sensitive Information
Adjusting to a world where no data is secure
Cybersecurity
Does NSA Spying Leave the US Without Moral High Ground in China Hack?
Was the breach of federal employee records all that different from U.S. surveillance programs?
Cybersecurity
Justice Department needs a few good hackers
DOJ wants help finding their own security flaws before the bad guys get there.
Modernization
GSA posts details of telecom pricing
In some of its latest posts on the Interact website, GSA explained how some of its planned pricing catalogs will work.
Acquisition
Is NetCents-2 finally cleared for takeoff?
After more than a year of protests and re-competes, the Air Force's big IT acquisition vehicle is close to being fully open for business.
Cybersecurity
Hackers Observe Iran Nuke Talks and Stick Up NYC Bitcoin Owner
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
Cybersecurity
Fraudsters Nab Info On 150 People At U. of Michigan and Go Phishing
Education // Michigan, United States
Cybersecurity
Spies Hacked Iran Nuclear Talk Hotels
Government (U.S.) // Government (Foreign) // Hospitality // Switzerland, Germany and Austria
Cybersecurity
White House Tells Agencies to Tighten Up Cyber Defenses 'Immediately'
U.S. Chief Information Officer Tony Scott "recently launched" what officials are calling a 30-day cybersecurity sprint.
Cybersecurity
Hacking and the Future of Warfare
The latest massive data breach, which could affect up to 14 million people, is a reminder that the U.S. government has been hacked before and it will be hacked again.
Cybersecurity
Second Hack May Have Exposed Security Clearance Information, Officials Say
A second breach of the Office of Personnel Management by hackers believed to be associated with China exposed sensitive security clearance information of intelligence and military personnel.
Digital Government
VA Demos Prototype for New Patient Record System
The system pulls patient records from DOD, VA and community clinics into one place, VA officials said.
Cybersecurity
Preventative Cyber Measures Require More than the Mere 'Whodunit'
The information shared about a cyberattack should include how a company’s digital defenses were breached to discover how such an incident could be prevented in the future.
Emerging Tech
Video: New Horizons Will Shed More Light on Pluto Than Ever Before
NASA has released a documentary on this far-out mission.
Digital Government