Cybersecurity
Senators want to shore up automotive cybersecurity
Lawmakers are looking to set federal standards governing both the security of cars with network-connected computers and the privacy of the drivers.
Ideas
How to Secure an Increasingly Mobile Federal Workforce
Adopting strong authentication by using derived PIV credentials may be an agency’s best and first line of defense.
Cybersecurity
Is Post-Breach Credit Monitoring Useful? Lawmakers Ask GAO to Review
The use of such services has become routine as the number of data breaches in both government and the private sector has ratcheted up.
Modernization
Jeh Johnson Says He'll Stop Checking Gmail from Work, 'Probably Should Have Done It Sooner'
Johnson addressed reports that he and his senior staffers were using work computers to check private webmail accounts.
People
Machine learning, agency missions and finding the shape of the haystack
Will computers that take information in, build hierarchies and learn over time diminish the role of human judgment in government?
Cybersecurity
Were Background Investigations Falsified During the OPM Hack?
Administration will not confirm or deny it has verified the integrity of 21.5 million compromised records.
Modernization
The thousand natural shocks that cloud is heir to
Migrating to the cloud is no Shakespearean tragedy, but the road is not always a smooth one, either.
Cybersecurity
Army looks to beef up Cyber Battle Lab
The cyber lab at Fort Gordon is projected to have "initial operating capability" in October.
Digital Government
Treasury Taps 18F to Craft New $10 Bill's Digital Strategy
GSA's tech fix-it team advised the Treasury on getting the public to speak up about the redesign.
Ideas
5 Questions to Ask Before Redesigning Your Agency Website
Before embarking on this potentially time-consuming and costly endeavor, agency decision-makers need to ensure their teams have the right information.
Digital Government
Why the Definition of 'Computer' Keeps Changing
It used to be a person. Now, it's a machine. What's next?
Modernization
Video: Cure Diseases and Find Alien Life With Your Computer or Phone
The easiest way to volunteer, ever.
Digital Government
Here's the Right Way to Make Email Introductions
Find out what you've been doing wrong.
Acquisition
HealthCare.gov's fraud failure and a $6 billion DIA deal
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Cybersecurity
Website Promising 'Discreet' Marital Affairs Gets Hacked
The controversial site finds itself in an awkward position after hackers managed to steal users’ data.
Digital Government
Drones Make it Harder for California to Fight Giant Wildfire
Only you can prevent wildfires—but using a drone could make one even worse.
Cybersecurity
It didn't start (and doesn't end) with OPM
The lax security that made OPM an easy target permeates government, says ICIT study.
Cybersecurity
Q&A: Rep. Ted Lieu
The California Democrat with a degree in computer science chastises government for launching tech "when they know it's going to fail. We should just stop doing that."
Modernization
HHS develops resource portal, radiation detection tech
The aim is to provide an easy-to-use online catalog for quick disaster response.
Cybersecurity