Digital Government
Growth in big data draws women to statistics
The field of statistics is booming, thanks in large part to the increased need for data analysts.
Cybersecurity
How Congress can make cyber reforms real
Congressional oversight is essential to ensuring compliance with cybersecurity legislation. Here are three ways lawmakers can improve that oversight.
Cybersecurity
New cyber agency modeled on counterterrorism center
The cyber center, being announced today, is intended to give federal agencies a way to “connect the dots” on cyber-threat patterns.
Ideas
5 Lessons Government Can Learn From Hollywood About Video
Here's what federal organizations can take away from Tinseltown's experience with digital storytelling.
Modernization
CIA is Bringing Amazon’s Marketplace to the Intelligence Community
In the coming months, Amazon Web Services will launch an IC-only cloud marketplace that aims to shake up the way spy agencies purchase software.
Digital Government
This is What Agile Development Should Look Like in the Federal Government
The newly released Agile Government Handbook showcases best practices around agile development.
Modernization
ESRI, DISA, acquisitions and the cloud
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Digital Government
OMB agrees to release government-wide data inventories
The "largest index of government data in the world" will soon be made public.
Digital Government
DHS Wants to Plug Holes in Cyber Defenses with Big Data
Parsing data gleaned from its network-monitoring activities could provide a full-scale, real-time model of the potential cyberthreat agencies face, DHS officials say.
Cybersecurity
Medical Worker and Apple Employees Use Stolen Patient IDs to Buy iThings
Financial Services // Healthcare and Public Health // Retailer // New York, United States
Modernization
DOD guide looks beyond FedRAMP protections
The guide follows up on a memo that defined responsibilities for Pentagon components that acquire commercial cloud services.
Cybersecurity
Strategy reflects heightened cyberthreat
A new White House document identifies cybersecurity as a pressing national security concern.
Digital Government
House Investigates Obama's Role in FCC's Net Neutrality Decision
The probe could become a headache for the FCC as it pushes ahead with new Internet regulations.
Digital Government
Techie Alert! The Transportation Department Needs You
DOT Secretary Anthony Foxx unveils 30-year report in a telling place, Google headquarters.
Digital Government
NIH seeks app to recognize pills
A new RFI is part of the preparations for a Pill Image Recognition Challenge.
Digital Government
How to Innovate in a Short Timeframe and on a Shoestring Budget
The Igniting Innovation showcase and awards emphasized one resounding point: Federal innovation does not have to be an oxymoron.
Digital Government
GAO's High-Risk List Adds IT Acquisition and Veteran Health Care
Multiple Capitol Hill sources confirmed to Nextgov that IT acquisition and operations and veteran health care are now included.
Cybersecurity
Holiday Inn Phones Hacked As Part of Phishing Scheme
Hospitality // Texas, United States
Cybersecurity
Hackers Block Animal Shelter Donations, Pose As Cute Syrian Rebels on Skype, and Bust Into HipChat
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
Cybersecurity