Digital Government
ITIF: Congress needs to support federal data policy
The authors of a new report have a slate of 11 recommendations for Congress to modernize its data posture.
Cybersecurity
Child Abuse Images Displayed on a Holocaust Remembrance Site
Government (Foreign) // Austria
Cybersecurity
DHS looks to migrate, upgrade ID system
The Office of Biometric Identity Management wants to replace the Automated Biometric Identification System.
Cybersecurity
Cyber Threats Will Keep Coming if Public and Private Sectors Don't Collaborate, Says DHS Cyber Exec
Securing the cyber ecosystem against national threats requires a partnership between government and industry players, according to a DHS cyber official.
Emerging Tech
NASA Has Big Plans for the Next 20 Years -- But Can Its Budget Keep Up?
On Monday, NASA released its draft 2015 Technology Roadmaps to showcase its plans for technological innovation over the next two decades.
Digital Government
Open Data: A Multiyear Data Odyssey
It's a long journey from a bunch of numbers to a consumer app.
Digital Government
Faster drone approval, DOD's Lab Day and a big-dollar robotics challenge
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Digital Government
DJ Patil to Tech Industry: Don’t Just ‘Throw Stones’ at Government
The U.S. chief data scientist says innovative outsiders have a unique opportunity to make their voices heard inside government.
Emerging Tech
Why Driverless Cars Don't Need Windows
Automated vehicles shouldn't look like the ones humans operate.
Emerging Tech
Many Feds Still Uneasy About Cloud Use
A new report found that 44 percent of polled government tech gurus remain “uncomfortable” or “very uncomfortable” turning IT services and applications over to cloud service providers.
Digital Government
The 'Privacy Coalition' That Wants to Trim Data Regulations for Telecom Giants
The 21st Century Privacy Coalition is funded by companies including Comcast, AT&T, and Verizon.
Digital Government
'Irish cynics' talk big data's good, bad and ugly
Behind the buzzwords and pointless analytics lie real potential, but agencies and the private sector still struggle to use big data effectively.
Ideas
10 Facts about Federal Websites
How many sites are reachable via HTTPS and how many are powered by open source?
Digital Government
Open Internet controversy could imperil FCC IT modernization
In aiming to curtail any "net neutrality" proposals, appropriators might nick the agency's IT spending.
Cybersecurity
Debating the Sino-Russian cyber pact
Mike Rogers, the former chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, weighed in on the growing Russian and Chinese threats to U.S. assets in cyberspace.
People
White House taps Princeton prof as deputy CTO
Ed Felten was named to the No. 2 CTO spot at the Office of Science and Technology Policy.
People
What worries private sector CIOs, and why it matters to feds
Consternation about rapid change demonstrates the "mega shift" underway in technology, says a new survey of CIOs.
Cybersecurity
Post-Snowden, NSA Crafts New Plan to Protect National Secrets
The spy agency's framework could help employees assess, and potentially mitigate, the risk of sharing sensitive information.
Digital Government
Technology Popular Theme in Agency Competitions
Agencies held twice as many contests and challenges in 2014 as they did in 2012, and the number of prizes also rose over those two years.
Modernization