Cybersecurity

Colonial America Stands Up to ‘Worldwide Caliphate’ after Random Hack

Intruders penetrated Colonial Williamsburg's website through a software vulnerability.

Cybersecurity

Treasury Begins Automating Cyber Tip-Sharing with Banks

The technology upgrade follows heavy assaults on Wall Street networks over the past few years.

Digital Government

FCC posts open Internet rules, prepares for budget backlash

Net neutrality rules have limited implications for agencies, but the FCC's own funding could suffer as a result.

Emerging Tech

Robot vs. Robot

Can a computer forge a painting well enough it fools the algorithms designed to detect fakes?

Cybersecurity

DHS CIOs see cyber, budgets as top concerns

Although cybersecurity is always a priority, one component CIO said, "my biggest problem is stretching a dollar."

Digital Government

Meet the Digital Service Guru Who’s Helping New Recruits Navigate the Federal Bureaucracy

Nextgov sat down with Erie Meyer to get more insight into how she helps new recruits maneuver through a Mt. Everest of government regulations, rules and guidelines.

Cybersecurity

Meet the Air Force's future cyber force

FCW visited the Air Force Academy outside Colorado Springs, where a team of young cyber cadets is racking up medals and experience prized by Pentagon leaders.

Cybersecurity

Amid Fears of NSA Spying, Senate Panel to Vote On Cybersecurity Bill

The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act is likely to move forward Thursday.

Digital Government

Video: Open Data and Improving Quality of Life

The seventh installment in our collaboration with Socrata's Open Data TV.

Digital Government

Behind the Scenes of the White House's TechHire Initiative

With thousands of tech jobs sitting unfilled, the White House has launched the TechHire initiative to help the hiring process along.

Cybersecurity

Pentagon on Path to Launch Hacker-Proof Boeing Drone by 2018

Defense industry programmers are rewriting software on the helicopter drone to prevent outsiders from digitally infiltrating the aerial vehicle.

Digital Government

GSA Announces IT Leadership Shuffle

The agency is losing both its CIO and the executive director of its digital office.

Emerging Tech

Inspector Gadget, but for Nuclear Waste

Four years after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, robots are cleaning up the contaminated power plant.

Digital Government

State Department IG weighs in on broader email concerns

Report offers seven recommendations "to improve the use of record emails by Department of State employees and mission staff members."

Modernization

Clinton Office Says Email Was Secure, But Details Remain Elusive

“There are concerns about broadcasting specific technical details about past and current practices.”

People

More personnel changes at GSA

Greg Godbout to leave 18F; David Shive to be acting CIO when Sonny Hashmi departs.

Modernization

Hiring, procurement are pain points for FirstNet

Building a national communications network for first responders is a massive undertaking, and no one seems pleased with the progress so far.