Cybersecurity
When shared services go bad
The rise of criminal shared services has been startling, says the FBI’s John Riggi. "The bad guys have figured out that cooperation works."
People
Is OPM's big hiring decision all it's cracked up to be?
Excepted-service hiring authority is a welcome tool for some agencies, but it's temporary relief in the ongoing struggle to snatch up digital services talent — and it has been a long time coming.
Digital Government
Telecom, Cable Industries File Emergency Motion to Kill Net Neutrality
They want a federal court to block the rules before they go into effect June 12.
Emerging Tech
Autonomous Cars Will Destroy Millions of Jobs and Reshape US Economy by 2025
The transition is already beginning to happen.
Emerging Tech
IARPA Wants to Rethink Intelligence Collection
The agency is soliciting proposals for "means for collecting information from previously inaccessible sources."
Digital Government
12 Ways for Congress to Step Up US Data Innovation
A new 12-step legislative program for Congress aims to improve the country's data innovation.
Emerging Tech
Video: Jetpack Travel Like You've Never Seen it Before
It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a jetpack!
Cybersecurity
Could Google IDs Help Emergency Crews Reach Disaster Areas Faster?
Universal credentials are the future of online security, DHS says.
Digital Government
White House Backs Bill to End NSA Bulk Records-Collection
The Obama administration says it supports the USA Freedom Act.
Emerging Tech
What the Intelligence Community Can Teach the Rest of Government about Cloud
Three lessons from the National Security Agency and the CIA.
Modernization
Commerce will likely have to extend IANA contract
An ambitious deadline to transition U.S. control over a key piece of global Internet architecture to an international multi-stakeholder group will likely not be met.
Modernization
CBP needs better data picture from border tech
"You can't manage what you can't measure," was the message delivered by Sen. Tom Carper.
Emerging Tech
Long-Range Iris Scanning Is Here
An engineering professor at Carnegie Mellon says he’s invented technology that can identify someone from across the room with the precision of a fingerprint.
Modernization
Verizon's AOL Deal Could Lead to New Privacy Problems
AOL's advertising technologies could help Verizon better track users across devices.
Digital Government
This Senator Is 'Shocked' by How Little Data NSA Is Collecting
The NSA bulk-data program is so scaled down, it might not even be effective, the Senate Foreign Relations chairman claims.
People
Wanted: concrete steps toward culture change. Can MOC deliver?
ACT-IAC's "Management of Change" conference will try to pin down the un-pinnable: a culture of innovation.
Digital Government
Bureaucratic wall stands between DOD and Silicon Valley
Analysts say Defense Secretary Ashton Carter needs to seize the reins of the bureaucracy to push innovation.
Modernization