Emerging Tech
These 3 Steps Could Prevent 85 Percent of All Data Breaches
A great many cyber calamities are preventable through basic cybersecurity hygiene.
Digital Government
Trade Bill Takes Aim at Foreign Governments' Data Protections
Tech companies and trade groups come out in support of the Trade Priorities Act.
Digital Government
Federal Employees, Don’t Do This on Social Media
Ethics officials say they’ve been inundated with questions from agencies about how their employees’ Twitter and Facebook habits conform with govermentwide ethics rules.
Emerging Tech
The Latest Disruptive Space Technology Is a Battery-Powered Rocket Engine
The Electron battery will be focused on lifting the new generation of miniature satellites weighing as little as 2 kg that some entrepreneurs say they will use to create the infrastructure for a global internet network.
Digital Government
Congress to Introduce Last-Ditch Bill to Reform NSA Spying
With the clock winding down, lawmakers in both chambers are staging one last attempt to rein in the government’s surveillance powers.
Digital Government
GSA's proposed pricing data rule questioned
Industry representatives voice concerns about compliance costs and protection of pricing information.
Cybersecurity
Why is the Army Handing Its Cyber Stars to Fox Entertainment?
It’s just one strategy U.S. organizations are trying out to deal with a workforce challenge as persistent as the cyber threat.
People
What program management really means
The failure of massive federal IT projects can usually be traced to poor management. The solution is as multilayered as the projects themselves.
Modernization
Test your IT portfolio IQ
By answering the questions in five core areas, IT leaders can see whether they are on the right path with their IT portfolio management practices
Cybersecurity
The price of poor program management
Here are 1.8 billion reminders of why PM matters.
Digital Government
Agencies Botch IT Savings Estimates by $3.8 Billion
Drastic revisions by the departments of Defense and Homeland Security accounted for most of the savings discrepancy.
Emerging Tech
Consumer Electronics Show Sets up Shop in Least Tech-Savvy Place on Earth: US Congress
Tech companies, from startups to heavyweights such as Google and LG, came to the Rayburn House Office to pitch their products to lawmakers.
Digital Government
Shortage of IT Security Professionals not Unique to Government
The information security workforce gap isn’t a federal government problem; it’s a worldwide problem.
Digital Government
SEC Reveals It Doesn’t Use Email Snooping Power It Defends
Chairwoman Mary Jo White said the commission isn’t using subpoenas to acquire emails from ISPs, despite a long-running defense of the practice.
People
Building more agile project management offices
Delivering business outcomes with continuously changing IT portfolios requires project managers to have a more entrepreneurial skill set.
Digital Government
PortfolioStat savings slip, SCADA attacks soar, Army mulls civilian cyber and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Emerging Tech
A New Satellite for One of the Great U.S. Space Programs
Landsat 9 will launch in 2023, and promises the continuity of a critical, long-running database for imagery of the Earth's surface.
Digital Government
Video: Making An Impact With Open Data
Why government needs more tools to get open data to the people.
Digital Government
ACLU: Government Should Encourage Anonymous Browsing
In a statement, ACLU asserted that the two-year timeline is too slow, especially for sites used by inspectors general to collect reports about waste, fraud and abuse
Emerging Tech