Emerging Tech
Senators Consider Congressional Role in Internet of Things
How can lawmakers regulate the Internet of Things without stifling innovation?
Emerging Tech
GAO Saved the Government $40 billion in 2 Years. Why Isn’t Anyone Listening?
The biennial High-Risk List is GAO’s most-valued effort -- a detailed description of the most troubled large-scale programs and projects in government.
Digital Government
For the Federal IT Budget, Things May Finally Be Looking Up
Overall, the total federal IT budget proposed by the president would tick up to $86 billion, a 2.7 percent increase above the current year’s levels.
Digital Government
Why Federal Agencies Want to Get on a First Name Basis With You
A small team within the Office of Science and Technology Policy is tasked with using techniques in the social and behavioral sciences’ toolbox to make the federal government more efficient.
Cybersecurity
Daniels: CTIIC will take pressure off White House
The new cyber intel center will have about 50 staffers to start, with about half permanent employees and half detailees from intelligence agencies.
Digital Government
Tech transfer office opens, one in at DOE and one out at DHS
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Cybersecurity
Lawmakers Not Briefed About Obama's New $35 Million Cyber Agency
“I believe [the news] is how everyone else found it . … We know about as much as you do.”
Digital Government
Judge Dismisses Challenge to NSA Internet Surveillance
A California district judge found that "the Plaintiffs’ version of the significant operational details of the Upstream collection process is substantially inaccurate.”
Cybersecurity
Can the Senate make sense of the Internet of Things?
Lawmakers and experts discuss how to ensure IoT security without getting in the way of innovation.
Modernization
DISA CIO: Don't discount 'DOD mindset' on data protection
David Bennett touts the potential of standardized and virtualized IT, while returning to a sticking point between DOD and industry: liability in the event of data loss.
Cybersecurity
Feds respond to critical Windows flaw
OMB and DHS are collaborating on implementing the fix across federal networks.
Digital Government
High-Risk List: Government IT Projects Fail ‘Too Frequently’
The government has wasted billions on botched IT projects that fail to deliver promised -- or any -- functionality and have been mothballed. Even more programs are still on the books, but remain at risk of falling behind
Acquisition
IT acquisition failures land on high-risk list
Technology problems are at the heart of a number of programs on GAO’s list of troubled federal initiatives.
Cybersecurity
Commodities Trading Firm Wires $17.2 Million to Phishing Scammer
Financial Services // Omaha, United States
Cybersecurity
Obama’s New Cyber Agency Puts Spies in Charge of Sharing Threat Tips with Agencies
The new Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center will be patterned after the intelligence fusion center stood up in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
Digital Government
New Brain Decoder Could Boost Neuroscience Research
The new brain-scanning technique could change the way scientists think about human focus.
Cybersecurity
Critical tech, reverse auctions and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Digital Government