Cybersecurity
Hackers Hijack Wireless Car Keys and Pierce Israeli Military Systems
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
Emerging Tech
Lawmakers Want a Few Good Hackers to Help Bring Congress into the 21st Century
Next week, Hack4Congress will bring together a wide array of participants to help solve challenges that could make Congress function more efficiently.
Digital Government
DOD to Start Its Own Digital Service Team
The new squad is already working to transfer electronic health records to the Department of Veterans Affairs from DOD.
Cybersecurity
NSA's Silicon Valley outreach a work in progress
The wounds left by disclosures of National Security Agency surveillance may not have healed, but the NSA will continue to plumb Silicon Valley for talent.
Digital Government
3-D Microscope Uses Virtual Reality to Let You Explore a Molecule
Nanotronics Imaging has created a new system, called nVisible, that lets anyone walk through a three-dimensional, digital visualization of a microscopic landscape, using a virtual reality headset.
Digital Government
Why Rand Paul is Suddenly Silent about NSA Surveillance
Rand Paul hates the Patriot Act and NSA mass surveillance. Just don't ask him what he thinks of fellow Kentuckian Mitch McConnell's plan to keep both alive.
Cybersecurity
Wounded warriors take aim at online predators
Through computer forensics training and internships, veterans are helping Immigration and Customs Enforcement tackle a backlog in child exploitation cases.
Digital Government
5 steps to truly client-centric metrics
IT departments can illustrate their value by customizing metrics to specific projects and linking their performance to the agency’s mission
Cybersecurity
NIST seeks CDM trial
The National Institute of Standards and Technology's goal is a robust, real-time continuous monitoring program.
Cybersecurity
Maine Fire Department System Hobbled By Ransomware
Government (U.S.) // Massachusetts, United States
Cybersecurity
Private Investigators Say Hacked and Bankrupt USIS Didn’t Shirk Security
Investigators retained by USIS said the company deployed appropriate defenses and was cooperative with government probes.
Digital Government
A New Look at How Federal IT Reform is Faring in 5 Charts
The new data measure the extent to which agency IT projects stay within budget and on schedule and the average time it takes to deliver key phases of a project.
Emerging Tech
Innovation in Federal IT? Sorry, Not in the Budget This Year
A new survey, not surprisingly, finds “budget limitations” are the top barrier to new IT adoption.
Digital Government
House Lawmakers Float Bill to End NSA Mass Surveillance
A bipartisan group is launching a final push to reform the government’s spying apparatus.
Acquisition
A SEWP explainer, an IG appeal and transportation info sharing
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Cybersecurity
Feds Say Encrypting Data is Key but Don't Want to Pony up the Cash
More than 75 percent of federal IT workers polled could not say with complete certainty their network data is safe, according to a recent survey.
Digital Government
Video: Democratizing Data
How the open data revolution is really a part of something larger.
Digital Government