Modernization
Multiple Companies Protest $1.6 Billion Pentagon Contract
The bid protestors contend the contract re-up is an improper sole-source request for cloud services that would give VMware an unfair advantage competing for DOD’s growing cloud demand.
Cybersecurity
NSA's Rogers makes the case for cyber norms
Responding indirectly to evidence that Iran’s cyber capabilities have improved because of a U.S.-Israeli cyberattack, NSA Director Adm. Michael Rogers said clearer norms could help prevent such escalation.
People
Why being on GAO's High Risk List is good for federal IT
By putting the government's management of IT acquisitions and operations on the High Risk List, GAO has ensured it will finally get the attention it deserves.
Cybersecurity
DHS licenses malware forensics
The detection tech is the second to emerge from Science and Technology Directorate's Transition to Practice program.
Acquisition
Air Force reinstates FedBid
Negotiated agreement means the reverse auction provider, suspended late last month, can resume federal business now that Chairman Ali Saadat has resigned.
Cybersecurity
Hackers Threaten Military Families, Penetrate Gas Pump and Expose Porn Site Visitors to Viruses
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
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