Digital Government
ACLU: Government Should Encourage Anonymous Browsing
In a statement, ACLU asserted that the two-year timeline is too slow, especially for sites used by inspectors general to collect reports about waste, fraud and abuse
Emerging Tech
Federal CIO Tony Scott Expects Some 'Resistance' on Federal IT Reform Law
Scott became the government’s top techie in February and it hasn’t taken long for him to realize things work very differently in government.
Digital Government
Google's Other Big Research Project: Curbing Its Own Prejudice
Even for a company that's trying to produce driverless cars and "solve" mortality, getting employees to overcome their own biases is a challenge.
Cybersecurity
NIST official: Internet of Things is indefensible
The interconnectivity of the Internet of Things makes cyber threats inevitable, says NIST fellow Ron Ross.
Digital Government
Cent’anni! A DARPA toast to long-life software
Research agency wants self-updating programs that can run for a hundred years.
Acquisition
NS2020 sparks deluge of questions
GSA's telecom contract draft RFP is drawing plenty of attention from industry and agencies.
Modernization
GAO: Planes vulnerable to cyberattacks
A new report says that FAA has been taking steps to protect air traffic control systems from hacks, but "significant security-control weaknesses remain."
Cybersecurity
Right-Wing Extremists Allegedly Dumped U.S. Officials’ Home Addresses Online
Government (U.S.) // United States
Cybersecurity
Does the Federal Government Need a New $400M Cyber Campus?
The Obama administration has proposed spending more than $227 million next year for the first phase of the facility’s construction.
Cybersecurity
Watchdog: VA Teleworkers Breached Security in China and India
The Department of Veterans Affairs allowed contractors to access the agency’s network using personally owned laptops while traveling abroad in China and India.
Cybersecurity
NIH's big IT contract, FEMA's weather alert app, hacker-on-hacker attacks and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Digital Government
Former FBI Director Talks Cybersecurity
Mueller admitted it was his responsibility, as director of the FBI, to ask for clarification on broad technology projects.
Digital Government
DARPA is spending big on big data
An analysis of DARPA's budget request for FY 2016 shows big data investments have increased 69 percent since 2014 and this might only be the beginning.
Artificial Intelligence
Google Has Patented Ability to Control Robot Army
The patent suggests the robots could be controlled by a smartphone
Emerging Tech
Space Coffee: Astronauts Getting Fancy New Espresso Machine
And they won’t have to sip coffee out of Capri Sun pouches any longer.
Digital Government
The Legal War Over Net Neutrality Has Begun
Groups representing all the major cable and phone companies have filed lawsuits against the FCC's rules.
Digital Government
No Filter: Government Publishing Office Now on Instagram
In its sixth foray into social media's many platforms, the Government Publishing Office has now joined Instagram.
Emerging Tech