Cybersecurity
White House plugs plan to boost immigration IT
The U.S. Digital Service wants to bring a more intuitive process and consistent look and feel to online immigration applications.
Cybersecurity
DOD looks to new analytics center to tackle insider threat
The Defense Insider Threat Management and Analysis Center is meant to be predictive rather than reactive, with the help of advances in big data.
People
Making the most of agency email scandals
Chief Records Officer Paul Wester would prefer that records management was done right, of course, but the political kerfuffles do offer a teachable moment.
Acquisition
GSA rolls out commodity IT service
The idea behind Advantage Select is for the agency to do the upfront work and award short-term BPAs that leverage existing contractor inventories.
Modernization
Do Encrypted Phones Threaten National Security?
A legislator compares manufacturing devices with strong, end-to-end encryption to dumping toxic waste in a stream.
Cybersecurity
After Dodging the Bullet that Hit OPM, Interior ‘Owns’ Up to Cyber Problem
Department CIO Sylvia Burns was horrified to learn another agency's database was hacked inside her IT facility.
Cybersecurity
Why are Government Contractors Cutting Their Cybersecurity Budgets?
The majority of large firms also decreased their overall IT spending, the survey showed.
Emerging Tech
FCC Wants to Operate 100 Percent in the Cloud by the End of 2017
FCC is going all-in on cloud computing and is currently in the middle of a “lift-and-shift."
Digital Government
McCain on defense bill, NGA on Hootenanny, Army on battlefield tech
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Cybersecurity
Machine-Only Hacking Competition Produces 7 Finalists
The lucky few emerged after a full day's worth of a rapid-fire game of capture the flag.
Modernization
Google Wants to Make Your Cellphone Screen Disappear
The phones of the future might look very different.
Cybersecurity
OPM's shift in security posture raises labor law questions
OPM did not give unions a chance to bargain over the cutting off of social media and personal email accounts.
Digital Government
Yes, There Will Be a Federal Spending Spree This Fall
Expect another end-of-fiscal-year surge, especially in IT contracting.
Cybersecurity
Your Data Is Compromised. (Yes, Yours.) What Now?
"Everybody's data is at risk and vulnerable, and has probably been compromised multiple times, if they're an adult."
Cybersecurity
CSIS, lawmakers launch cyber task force for next president
The new task force will take note of progress since the last one seven years ago, and make recommendations for executive action for whoever is elected in 2016.
Cybersecurity
Interior IT flaws didn't lead to hack, says CIO
While Interior's IT woes didn't lead directly to a breach, an IG report said security flaws continue to plague the department.
Emerging Tech
Pentagon’s Bring-Your-Own-Device Project on Hold Until Fall
The pilot project will include some 10,000 users.
Acquisition