Cybersecurity
EXCLUSIVE: State Department Trashed 30,000 Log-in Key Fobs After Hack
The decision to replace tens of thousands of passcodes and two-step authentication credentials "was based on sound cybersecurity best practices,” a State official said.
Emerging Tech
Intelligence Agency Goes Virtual in Search for Talent
Wednesday's virtual career fair was just one of the ways NGA uses technology for recruitment.
Emerging Tech
DOD Wants Physical Separation for Classified Data in the Cloud … For Now
The Pentagon isn’t ready yet for classified information to be stored off-premise in the cloud.
Ideas
Moving Beyond the PDF Era: 3 Reasons to Embrace Financial Transparency
President Barack Obama's 2016 budget request reflected the values of data-driven government.
Cybersecurity
SEC pushback, faulty tax forms and hackers at State
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Digital Government
How American and British Spies Hacked the World’s Largest SIM-Card-Maker
Mass surveillance has cast its net even wider than previously thought.
Digital Government
What Really Grinds Federal IT Managers’ Gears? Try the Hiring Process
The CIO Council has just wrapped up a survey of the IT workforce about its frustrations with the federal hiring process.
Cybersecurity
More business, less policy
Richard Young finds the smaller Foreign Agricultural Service a more IT-intensive post than his old job at DHS.
Modernization
FedRAMP website set for makeover
A new resource for federal cloud users and vendors will debut next month.
Digital Government
GovTV: DJ Patil's data vision
The newly named chief data scientist sketches the future of data-driven government.
Digital Government
More effective oversight. Maybe.
FITARA gives Congress new tools for getting answers, and key legislators remain focused. But will it actually work?
Cybersecurity
The IRS Knows What Computer You Are Using -- and That Might Be a Good Thing
One counter-fraud measure the agency is piloting will capture identifying data from the PC used to file a tax return. Multiple returns from the same device could signal fraud.
Emerging Tech
Paying the Government Just Got a Whole Lot Easier
Thanks to a newly unveiled partnership, the public can now make online payments using two popular digital wallet services, PayPal and Dwolla.
Modernization
GSA Shops Around New Ways to Buy Tech
GSA's recent moves indicate the agency is searching for acquisition platforms that can keep up with new technology.
Digital Government
‘Data Science is a Team Sport': DJ Patil Spends First Day Pitching Silicon Valley on Joining Government
In its quest to get more data scientists into government, the Obama administration is likely to face stiff competition for talent from the private sector.
Acquisition
Database costs, paper-less procurement, Lockheed hires and a loss for ID management
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Emerging Tech
America Needs a New FOIA Overseer: Is it You?
The office in charge of monitoring governmentwide FOIA compliance and policy is looking for a new leader.
Emerging Tech