Digital Government
Booker, McCaskill Beg Higher-Ups for Updated Senate Tech
A letter from the two senators says the Senate has failed to adopt even basic private sector best practices when it comes to technology and is even pacing behind other federal agencies.
Modernization
The Chart That Shows How Everything Is Becoming a Computer
The Internet of everything has expanded beyond phones to smart cards, wearable devices and embedded sensors.
Digital Government
Contractors Could Get New Rules for Handling Sensitive Government Data
The published draft requirements are for nonfederal groups with access to “controlled unclassified information”.
Cybersecurity
Exclusive: FAA Computer Systems Hit by Cyberattack Earlier this Year
Hackers earlier this year attacked a Federal Aviation Administration network with malicious software, an assault that has gone undisclosed until now.
Digital Government
18F's Leah Bannon Has a Message: The Tech Field is for Everyone
Leah Bannon did not become an 18F product manager after decades of training, and she wants others to take advantage of the opportunity and follow her lead.
Artificial Intelligence
Teaching a Computer Not to Forget
One of the keys to unlocking artificial intelligence will be to figure out why biological brains are so good at remembering old skills—even when learning new things.
Digital Government
Building a Survivable, Exquisite, Expensive Unmanned Aircraft Misses the Point
The Navy’s Unmanned Carrier Launched Surveillance and Strike aircraft should be at the heart of a comprehensive debate about the future of unmanned technology.
Emerging Tech
Snowden: NSA Not (Specifically) Looking for Your Nude Photos
Americans are largely bored with conversations about surveillance reform. What about when it touches on their most intimate communications?
Acquisition
FAA delays procurement to respond to hack
Unspecified cyberattack prompts agency to rethink its Security Operations Center requirements
Cybersecurity
The importance of cyber offense: Sanctions are a good start
Cybercrime is too serious to rely solely on network defenses, Peter Harrell argues.
People
A key job opening for category management and wide-open (office) spaces
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Digital Government
Immigration Ruling Also Halted Buildout of Digital Work Permit System
The injunction has halted plans to accommodate the intake of an additional 5 million undocumented individuals whose deportations would be postponed by Obama's policies.
Cybersecurity
Burr stumps for cyber bill
The North Carolina senator made CISA the focus of the Republican Party's weekly radio address.
Digital Government
The one thing law enforcement really needs from IT
A new study urges the Justice Department to up its game on sharing the best tools and tactics with state and local partners.
Digital Government
DARPA keeps an eye on the Arctic
The Defense Department's research shop wants a network of rugged, affordable sensors for the far north.
Cybersecurity
Florida Elections Division Breached Voter Privacy
Government (U.S.) // Florida, United States
Digital Government
Al Franken Urges FBI to Crack Down on Revenge Porn
“New technologies can pose significant threats if bad actors are not held accountable to our nation’s laws,” Franken said.
Digital Government
Infographic: Nanobot Surgery, Microchip Medical Records and 5 Other Medical Tech Breakthroughs
Coming soon: Microchip medical records
Emerging Tech
New FedRAMP, DHS Initiative Aims to Make it Easier for Feds to Access the Cloud
The overlay will serve as the “first step" in allowing agencies greater flexibility as they move to securely adopt cloud services.
Cybersecurity