Digital Government
Can These 40 People Fix Federal IT in 6 Months?
Federal Chief Information Officer Tony Scott on Thursday officially launched the IT Solutions Challenge at the White House.
Acquisition
Cyber takes center stage in Pentagon's new acquisition guidance
Better Buying Power 3.0 adds cybersecurity to the list of potential trouble spots in weapons, IT and other acquisitions.
Emerging Tech
The Most Popular Programming Languages Are Rapidly Changing
Technology moves fast, particularly on the software side, as Stack Overflow’s annual survey of developers demonstrates.
Modernization
AT&T to Pay $25 Million for Failing to Stop Theft of Personal Information
FCC cracks down on the phone company after hundreds of thousands of customers had Social Security numbers and other information stolen.
Acquisition
HHS Buyers Club setting an example
As the procurement program nears its first anniversary, other federal agencies are latching onto some of its ideas.
Cybersecurity
Linux Conference Attendees Hacked
Nonprofit // Technology // Web Services // Australia
Digital Government
Special Ops command seeks drones, pilots and support
SOCOM's drone operations are based primarily in Afghanistan, with other activity in Somalia, Yemen, the Philippines and the U.S.
People
Mobile: It's not just IT, it's an adventure
PEO-EIS Victor Gavin says the Navy wants to adopt not only new technologies, but also a mobile mindset.
Cybersecurity
Medical ID Theft Costs Victim Creditworthiness & Home Mortgage
Financial Services // Healthcare and Public Health // California, United States
Digital Government
First Draft Big Data Framework Seeks to Tackle the Big Questions First
It's part of NIST's efforts to standardize global conversations about big data.
Cybersecurity
At Joint Base San Antonio, Air Force lags on JRSS
Lt. Col. Timothy Kneeland, commander of Joint Base San Antonio’s 502nd Communications Squadron, says the base’s Air Force component is running behind on a key DOD IT modernization project.
Emerging Tech
State Department Wants Face-Scanning Software to Make Sure Your Passport Photo isn't a Fake
The department issued a request for information about technology that could gauge image quality.
Digital Government
The Dot-Gov Rejects: The 1,000 Government Websites Shuttered Over Past 10 Years
Some of the websites clearly never caught on.
Emerging Tech
Once the Government’s Printing Press, GPO Jumps into Website Design
The Government Publishing Office has completed what is likely its most noteworthy website redesign to date.
Modernization
Why Some Agencies Need to Be More Smartphone-Friendly
About 40 percent of smartphone-toting Americans have used their devices to look up government and services.
Emerging Tech
Army Turns to IBM’s Hybrid Cloud to Take on Logistics Challenges
The Army has secured the hybrid cloud computing services of IBM to bolster services provided by its Logistics Support Activity.
Digital Government
How 1990s DEA Surveillance Became Blueprint for NSA Spying
By exposing the NSA’s spying regime, Snowden forced the Justice Department to shut down a separate phone-surveillance operation.
Emerging Tech
NASA Scientists Say We'll Find Alien Life in Space in the Next 20 Years
Some of NASA’s top minds believe we’re not alone in the universe. And they think we’ll find out for sure soon.
Cybersecurity
Lawmakers Wants Briefing on Russian Hack of White House
“Russia is reassembling its evil empire in many ways," the Republican said Tuesday.
Cybersecurity