Digital Government
Oversight Chairman: Obama Needs to Fire OPM Chief
“I think it’s time for them to resign, and if they don’t, I think the president should fire them,” Rep. Jason Chaffetz said of leadership at the Office of Personnel Management.
Cybersecurity
OPM Director Defends Cybersecurity Protocol in Wake of Massive Hack
The recent intrusion "may have been the most devastating cyberattack in our nation's history," House Oversight Chairman Jason Chaffetz said.
Cybersecurity
FBI Investigates Whether St. Louis Cardinals Hacked Houston Astros
The alleged hacks center around former Cardinals executive Jeff Luhnow, who left the team to become the Astros general manager in 2011.
Cybersecurity
US and China are Two Top Botnet Attack Targets
The United States is both attacker and victim.
Cybersecurity
FirstNet RFP, Navy CIO and S&T on Facebook
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Emerging Tech
Federal CTO: How Can We Be More like Estonia?
Estonia is one of the most digital-friendly government in the world, with each of its 1.3 million citizens able to access everything from bank records to government services with the use of a single personal identification code.
Cybersecurity
DISA five-year plan treats cyber as warring domain
Defense Information Systems Agency Director Lt. Gen. Ronnie Hawkins says network operators need to adopt the "principles of war, whether it is maneuver, speed [or] surprise" to defend DOD networks.
Emerging Tech
A Robot Is Going to 3-D Print a Bridge in Amsterdam
There aren’t many 3-D printers capable of doing this.
Digital Government
Privacy Groups Boycott Administration's Facial Recognition Talks
The Commerce Department will forge ahead, but privacy advocates have lost faith in negotiations over software that can identify faces.
People
Lynn to replace Hawkins as DISA director
Army Maj. Gen. Alan Lynn is currently vice director of the Defense Information Systems Agency.
People
Halvorsen 'concerned' by status of JRSS software
The Pentagon's top IT official said the Joint Regional Security Stacks software, a key piece of the program's success, needs improving.
Modernization
Tight budgets can fuel innovation, say top IT leaders
Fiscal necessity is the mother of invention in federal IT.
Cybersecurity
Lawmakers rip OPM's 'failure'
Members of Congress heaped hard questions on federal IT leaders at a June 16 hearing and suggested strongly that somebody needs to be fired.
Cybersecurity
Senate panel OKs cybersecurity funding
The fiscal 2016 DHS funding bill includes $1.638 billion for the National Protection and Programs Directorate, an increase of $135 million above fiscal 2015.
Emerging Tech
EPA Releases Mapping Tool Tracking 'Environmental Justice' Across US
After five years of work, EPA has released EJSCREEN, a map full of detailed data on environmental and demographic issues.
Digital Government
OPM Announces -- Then Pulls Back -- Contract Award for Social Media Job Screening (UPDATED)
Social Intelligence's technology provides reports on employees' — and potential hires' — social media use, among other services.
Cybersecurity
Here’s What OPM Told Congress the Last Time Hackers Breached its Networks
OPM CIO Donna Seymour told Congress in April that "culture and leadership" allowed the agency to thwart a 2014 cyberattack.
Cybersecurity
North Dakota System Penetrated by Suspected Criminals
Government (U.S.) // North Dakota, United States
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