Cybersecurity
Hackers Scavenge CareFirst and Manipulate the Federal Reserve
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
Modernization
Counting mobile, robot gap, rural tech and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Cybersecurity
FBI delayed privacy protection rules for Section 215 data, says IG
An IG report asserts that it should not "have taken 7 years … to develop minimization procedures" to protect the privacy of data.
Digital Government
BLS on CPI: I'm old fashioned, but I don't mind it
One of economics' most important numbers depends on data collected by hand – data that's largely already online, posted freely by merchants and their customers.
People
DOD needs a change in acquisition culture
The Pentagon needs a modern, agile acquisition process that can get technology into the field faster — and industry should take the lead.
Modernization
How many parties does it take to provide a single government login?
Identity management is central to efforts to make a wide range of IT activities secure, but streamlining the process is essential.
Emerging Tech
Inside the USAJobs Revamp and Other Digital Summit Highlights
Successful programs tended to come at problems from a user-centric point of view.
Cybersecurity
Edward Snowden: Rand Paul's 'Filibuster' Is a 'Sea Change'
The ex-spy answered Reddit users' questions about NSA reform Thursday.
Digital Government
John Boehner on NSA: The Senate Must Act, But 'We’ll Certainly Look at What They Do'
The House speaker's remarks on Thursday suggest his chamber hasn't written off a "clean" renewal of the Patriot Act.
Digital Government
Watchdog Says Agencies Aren’t Tracking How Much They Spend on Smartphones
The federal government spends about $1.2 billion each year on circa 1.5 million mobile devices and services.
Modernization
Video: Apple Now Has New Location-Tracking Powers
How the tech company is improving upon GPS for its users.
Cybersecurity
Hackers Intercepted Communications of St. Louis Federal Reserve Website Users
Financial Services // Government (U.S.)
Cybersecurity
Gun-testing robot, Open Internet guidance and a health care breach
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Acquisition
Calling all space tech
NASA announced several multimillion dollar initiatives reaching out to industry and academia. The goal: investing in the future of space technology.
Digital Government
When It Comes to Protecting their Data, Americans Still Trust the Government More Than Facebook
Six percent of Americans say they’re “very confident” records maintained by federal agencies will be kept private and secure.
People
Roth tapped to head GSA
The president says he wants to remove the "acting" from GSA Administrator Denise Turner Roth's title.
Digital Government
Huge Data Sets Are Changing How Humans Observe the Universe
All this data is creating a new class of astronomer, one who doesn’t have to gaze skyward to understand the heavens, but instead has to go no further than a laptop.
Digital Government
Teaching Federal Contracting Officers About Agile Could Net You $320,000
This comes as GSA pushes for an agile blanket purchasing agreement.
Cybersecurity