Modernization
Government lags in point-of-contact satisfaction
Use of agency websites as the preferred avenue of citizen contact with government nearly doubled in just two years, says a new study.
Ideas
Governments Around the World Join Data-as-a-Utility Revolution
The new public sector push to digitize says digital infrastructure is now just as important as the physical infrastructure of government.
Cybersecurity
Heated House Hearing Offers New Clues Into How Hackers Broke Into OPM Networks
Attackers made far greater headway into federal personnel systems than was first disclosed by the government.
Digital Government
DISA Plans to Cut Redundant Tech in 2015-2020
In its strategic plan, DISA states its intent to take advantage of commercially available cloud technology, among other efforts.
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