Digital Government
White House Backs Bill to End NSA Bulk Records-Collection
The Obama administration says it supports the USA Freedom Act.
Emerging Tech
What the Intelligence Community Can Teach the Rest of Government about Cloud
Three lessons from the National Security Agency and the CIA.
Modernization
Commerce will likely have to extend IANA contract
An ambitious deadline to transition U.S. control over a key piece of global Internet architecture to an international multi-stakeholder group will likely not be met.
Modernization
CBP needs better data picture from border tech
"You can't manage what you can't measure," was the message delivered by Sen. Tom Carper.
Emerging Tech
Long-Range Iris Scanning Is Here
An engineering professor at Carnegie Mellon says he’s invented technology that can identify someone from across the room with the precision of a fingerprint.
Modernization
Verizon's AOL Deal Could Lead to New Privacy Problems
AOL's advertising technologies could help Verizon better track users across devices.
Digital Government
This Senator Is 'Shocked' by How Little Data NSA Is Collecting
The NSA bulk-data program is so scaled down, it might not even be effective, the Senate Foreign Relations chairman claims.
People
Wanted: concrete steps toward culture change. Can MOC deliver?
ACT-IAC's "Management of Change" conference will try to pin down the un-pinnable: a culture of innovation.
Digital Government
Bureaucratic wall stands between DOD and Silicon Valley
Analysts say Defense Secretary Ashton Carter needs to seize the reins of the bureaucracy to push innovation.
Modernization
The IRS and IT: Sorting fact from fiction
Once a "poster child for IT," the IRS's high-profile problems are now all too similar to those experienced by other agencies.
Digital Government
ITIF: Congress needs to support federal data policy
The authors of a new report have a slate of 11 recommendations for Congress to modernize its data posture.
Cybersecurity
Child Abuse Images Displayed on a Holocaust Remembrance Site
Government (Foreign) // Austria
Cybersecurity
DHS looks to migrate, upgrade ID system
The Office of Biometric Identity Management wants to replace the Automated Biometric Identification System.
Cybersecurity
Cyber Threats Will Keep Coming if Public and Private Sectors Don't Collaborate, Says DHS Cyber Exec
Securing the cyber ecosystem against national threats requires a partnership between government and industry players, according to a DHS cyber official.
Emerging Tech
NASA Has Big Plans for the Next 20 Years -- But Can Its Budget Keep Up?
On Monday, NASA released its draft 2015 Technology Roadmaps to showcase its plans for technological innovation over the next two decades.
Digital Government
Open Data: A Multiyear Data Odyssey
It's a long journey from a bunch of numbers to a consumer app.
Digital Government
Faster drone approval, DOD's Lab Day and a big-dollar robotics challenge
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Digital Government
DJ Patil to Tech Industry: Don’t Just ‘Throw Stones’ at Government
The U.S. chief data scientist says innovative outsiders have a unique opportunity to make their voices heard inside government.
Emerging Tech
Why Driverless Cars Don't Need Windows
Automated vehicles shouldn't look like the ones humans operate.
Emerging Tech