Digital Government
How to ease the e-discovery impact of FOIA requests
Agencies can simplify the process of responding to Freedom of Information Act requests with a little training on new technology tools.
Digital Government
TSA Just Handed a $15,000 Prize to Mystery Baggage Profilers
The agency-sponsored contest sought to figure out how to assess the threat-level of an individual passenger’s suitcase.
Acquisition
DHS retools license plate reader proposal
A previous effort to obtain license plate reader capabilities was terminated after public outcry over privacy concerns.
Digital Government
US Military to Deploy Robotic Ghost Ships This Fall
An autonomous sub-hunting ship passed an important technological milestone, and the oceans may never be the same.
Cybersecurity
Frequent British Airways Executive Fliers: You’ve Been Hacked
Hospitality // Transportation
Modernization
The Many Americans Who Only Use Smartphones to Go Online
One in five adults in the United States connects to the Internet without desktops or laptops.
Emerging Tech
Census' Tech Use Could Slash Cost of 2020 Count by Nearly Half
The only way Commerce can make good on its promise is through the intelligence use of technology, said CIO Steve Cooper.
Digital Government
Commerce's Chief Data Officer on Leading 'America's Data Agency'
Data guru Ian Kalin says he won't measure success in a “stereotypical bureaucratic fashion.”
Ideas
How to Not be the Next USAspending.gov
Here is a simple formula for any government working on the release of a new public-facing website.
Digital Government
Survey: CIOs Think Many IT Reform Reporting Requirements are Useless
CIOs estimated they spent between $150 million and $308 million each year on reporting exercises they viewed as unhelpful or only somewhat helpful.
Cybersecurity
Second Biggest Aussie Telecom Cops to Several Humongo Privacy Breaches
Telecommunications // Australia
Digital Government
Ebola Vaccine Appears Safe, Effective
Two experimental trials bode well for gaining control of the hemorrhagic viral disease.
People
NASA still tops in agency innovation rankings
The five best-scoring large agencies improved on last year's numbers, but government-wide ratings continued to slide.
Cybersecurity
NSA touts role in cyber investigations
National Security Agency Director Adm. Michael Rogers called for closer and more rapid collaboration with the private sector in investigating cyber intrusions.
People
Jones moves to DOT tech office
As chief program officer, Jimmy Jones had a hand in some of the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board's major projects.
Digital Government
GAO nudges OMB, NSA likes data and Data.gov does, too
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Artificial Intelligence
A Search Engine Could Become the First True Artificial Intelligence
What if Google, or Facebook, or any of the companies we entrust our information to, wanted to use our search histories to create an artificially intelligent robot?
Cybersecurity
Air Force launches enterprise cyber strategy
Task Force Cyber Aware will take a year to diagnose the service's risks and vulnerabilities.
Cybersecurity
White House: No 'red lines' in responding to cyber threats
Top White House cybersecurity adviser Michael Daniel wants all options on table for responding to cyber attacks.
Modernization