Cybersecurity
IG blasts secrecy on JFK IT security lapses
The DHS inspector general says TSA is unduly classifying embarrassing IT practices at the New York airport.
Cybersecurity
Mixed messages for VA IT
A report from Mandiant offers an upbeat assessment, but an IG report is critical of IT project management.
Cybersecurity
CIS gearing up for deferred action
Citizenship and Immigration Services wants to hire secure IT personnel ahead of an expected tsunami of new application forms.
Cybersecurity
What Do CENTCOM’s Twitter Hack and GoDaddy Have in Common?
Two Tennessee Valley Authority sites were compromised in 2013, when an adversary broke in through a software flaw.
Cybersecurity
Hackers Defile Crayola, Borrow F-35 Designs and Tick off Madonna
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
Cybersecurity
Autistic Boy Commits Suicide after Virus Accuses Him of Illicit Online Activity
Web Services // Windsor, England
Digital Government
The Federal Government May be Unpopular, but Science and Tech Agencies Remain a Hit
When it comes to tech and science government agencies, more than half of the public polled view them favorably.
Artificial Intelligence
Scientists Now Know How to Make Robots Less Creepy Looking
One simple gesture can turn a robot from foe to friend.
Cybersecurity
Why Obama's Cybersecurity Plan May Not Make Americans Safer
The president's proposal promises to anonymize data. Experts don't think that will help.
Digital Government
USPTO Leverages Big Data Tools to Comb Through Patents
Michelle Lee is a popular pick to run the Patent and Trademark Office. But don’t expect her to prescribe to Congress how—or when—it should tackle patent trolls.
Acquisition
New policies are cause for contractor optimism
Several activities in the new Congress signal a shift in spending and strategy that will require increased support from contractors.
Modernization
Lab's data center efforts lauded
Lawrence Livermore National Lab's data center consolidation program won a Sustainability Award from the Energy Department.
Digital Government
Up next at the 'Data Department'
Lynn Overmann, deputy chief data officer at Commerce, wants to "turbocharge" the department's open data initiatives.
Modernization
Feds' cloud relationship knotty but ultimately nice
Considerable worry about security is leavened by what many IT managers term a "very successful" experience with cloud services.
Cybersecurity