Acquisition
Mobile app criteria, new Snowden revelations and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Cybersecurity
4 million feds exposed in massive OPM breach
U.S. officials reportedly suspect China’s involvement in the hack.
Modernization
DISA redoing content delivery
The Defense Information Systems Agency is exploring the next version of its Global Content Delivery Service.
People
FDIC CIO on leave
Barry West also is leaving his post as president of the board at the Association for Federal Information Resources Management.
Cybersecurity
CJS funding bill would limit high-tech surveillance
Several provisions in the Commerce-Justice-Science bill would bar the use of funds for various surveillance activities.
Digital Government
Telecom Law Overhaul Hit by 'Atomic Bomb' of Net Neutrality
Hopes are dimming for the first major update of the Communications Act since 1996.
Digital Government
Obama Admin Seeks Revival of Lapsed NSA Spying Program
NSA halted its domestic phone surveillance program earlier this week, but the bulk collection is expected to soon be reinstalled, despite passage this week of the USA Freedom Act.
Emerging Tech
Brace Yourselves, Feds: NS2020 is Coming
Network Services 2020 includes traditional networking and telecommunications technologies as well as a larger inventory of emerging technologies.
Cybersecurity
Watchdog Says Pentagon Needs to Crank Up ‘Insider Threat’ Monitoring
Only half of military components GAO reviewed have logged system and user behaviors to develop "a baseline of normal activity patterns."
Digital Government
Hadron collider data tap open again
The facility shut down in 2012 for modifications that increased the volume and quality of data generated.
Acquisition
IARPA looks to the crowd
The intelligence R&D lab wants a platform for crowdsourcing the development and refining of arguments.
Cybersecurity
Hack Attack Scoops Up More than 1 Million Japan Pension Records
Government (Foreign) // Japan
Digital Government
The War Over NSA Spying Is Just Beginning
Surveillance reformers notched a big victory this week with the USA Freedom Act, but they're just getting started. And so are the GOP presidential contenders who want to roll it all back.
Emerging Tech
This Robot Bat Drone Is the Stuff of Nightmares
It’s the drone the world deserves, but not the one it needs right now.
Cybersecurity
The NSA's Bulk Collection Is Over, but Google and Facebook Are Still in the Data Business
Private-sector data collection can reveal as much about a person as government surveillance, privacy advocates say.
Digital Government
State Department Needs a Science and Technology Tune Up, Report Says
Despite launching an office devoted to science and technology more than 15 years ago, these topics remain undervalued at the State Department.
Cybersecurity
Insider threats, dashboard light, drone traffic control and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Digital Government
'More lapdog than watchdog'
A glut of acting inspectors general is a threat to effective agency oversight, watchdog groups told senators in a hearing that focused on speeding up the confirmation process.
Emerging Tech