Emerging Tech
Few Privacy Limitations Exist on How Police Use Drones
Only 14 states require law enforcement get a warrant to use drones for surveillance.
Digital Government
The ‘Dark Web’ Isn’t Going Anywhere
The government may have won its case against Silk Road's Ross Ulbricht, but the hidden sites are getting bigger—and smarter.
Modernization
A CIO aims for extreme outsourcing
Joe Paiva says he wants his Commerce Department agency "to be out of the IT business by July."
Acquisition
DHS wants to EASE into new cyber defenses
Enterprise automated security environment is a way of thinking, not a specific system, says a DHS request for information.
Cybersecurity
UMass Memorial Ex-Employee Takes Off With Billing Data on Up To 14,000 Patients
Healthcare and Public Health // Massachusetts, United States
Emerging Tech
How VMware Plans to Conquer the Cloud Market
The company is now squarely in the public sector cloud services market, challenging Amazon Web Services, CGI Federal, Autonomic Resources, IBM, Microsoft, Lockheed Martin, Oracle and others.
People
White House names new federal CIO
VMware's Tony Scott to replace Steven VanRoekel, who left the job in September for a role at USAID.
Digital Government
White House Picks VMware’s Tony Scott to be the Next Federal CIO
The White House is naming Tony Scott, the chief information officer at technology firm VMware, the new U.S. CIO.
Digital Government
What My Hearing Aid Taught Me About the Future of Wearables
As human-enhancing technology becomes tinier and more advanced, the price of progress is complexity.
Digital Government
How a Ragtag Band of Activists Won the Battle for Net Neutrality
Despite fierce opposition from the major Internet providers, the FCC is poised to seize expansive new regulatory powers.
Digital Government
A Health Care Exec Explains Why It's So Expensive to Invent New Drugs
Taking risks costs money.
Cybersecurity
Exclusive: OPM Monitoring Anthem Hack; Feds Might Be Affected
The Office of Personnel Management is keeping a close eye on details emerging about a hack at the second biggest U.S. health insurer, Anthem Inc.
Ideas
Wearables Bring New Sense of Fashion to Public Sector
There is a new generation of technology coming that will rock the boat in terms of how we live our lives and do our jobs within any industry – wearables.
Digital Government
Hiring a Chief Data Scientist, White House Points to Big Data Progress
The Obama administration has lured another top digital technologist away from Silicon Valley.
Modernization
A FedRAMP ATO, defining info sharing and GIGO lives
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Digital Government
If You Want Your Own Tech Company, Forget an MBA—and Learn to Code Instead
The future is written in software.
Acquisition
CTO to agencies: Be a good customer
One way of being a better customer, says federal CTO Megan Smith, is to develop a contracting process more in touch with vendors.
Digital Government
Republicans Slam FCC Over Net Neutrality ‘Power Grab’
"Chairman Wheeler’s proposal … is a power grab for the federal government," Sen. John Thune said.
Emerging Tech