Emerging Tech
The Road to Improving Customer Experience for Veterans
Tom Allin is realistic about the challenge that lies in front of him.
Digital Government
Navy drones, an innovation festival and predicting the grid
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Emerging Tech
Will 3D Printing Be Useful in Government?
Some of you might remember a time when 2-D printing was not so ubiquitous in government, either.
Modernization
FBI Wants to use Mobile Devices to Collect Biometrics
In an Aug. 3 draft Request for Quotations, the bureau devoted 43 pages to detailing its wide array of requirements for a mobile biometric app able to collect biometrics via an agent’s smartphone.
Cybersecurity
Senate stalls on cybersecurity bill
Wrangling over amendments delays floor action on Senate cyber bill until September.
Cybersecurity
Cyber sprint laggards tell their stories (anonymously)
Energy, Justice and Education posted three of the worst performances on the recent results from the federal government's 30-day cyber sprint. What gives? And are the numbers really that important?
Digital Government
IGs: Administration stymies access
Access to material need to conduct investigations has been curtailed since President Barack Obama took office, says the Justice Department IG.
Cybersecurity
Clock Ticking on Cybersecurity Bill
Rand Paul floats amendments to audit the Federal Reserve, allow members of the armed forces to carry weapons on military installations.
Modernization
How the Apple Watch May Have Saved This Man’s Life
The smartwatch gathered the user's heart beat data
People
Work, Kendall talk tech superiority with DIUX leadership
The deputy Defense secretary and top acquisition official met Aug. 4 with the heads of DOD's new Silicon Valley outreach office.
Acquisition
OPM breach notifications, round two
New contracting papers show the feds are trying to avoid repeating the mistakes of the first round of OPM breach notifications.
Cybersecurity
Contract to Notify and Protect OPM Hack Victims Now Out
The much-anticipated competition to vie for the work of notifying and safeguarding those affected by the largest federal data breach kicked off late Tuesday.
Cybersecurity
4 Charts That Explain the State of Agency Cybersecurity after the OPM Hack
Most agencies made great strides during the White House-mandated 30-day cybersecurity sprint. But some actually backslid on their use of stronger authentication measures.
Digital Government
Can FITARA Prevent Future Cyberattacks?
A group of federal experts weighed in during a recent panel in Washington.
Digital Government
White House Announces Expansion of Lab-to-Market 'Innovation Corps'
The National Science Foundation’s four-year-old Innovation Corps has just added many more federal agencies to its repertoire.
Cybersecurity
NSA lawyer with cyber cred, former FBI CIO moves and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Emerging Tech
NASA Building Flying Space Drones
Drones offer a way to explore other planets and asteroids that rovers can’t.
Digital Government
Intelligence Community Research Agency Gets New Director
Jason Matheny had previously been in charge of IARPA’s “Anticipating Surprise” office, overseeing efforts to develop new capabilities in predicting and forecasting events related to national security.
Digital Government