Emerging Tech
Customs Agency Has to Keep Records for 75 Years. That’s a Lot of Tape Drives.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is mandated to store certain records for more than 70 years.
Digital Government
Is the Digital Wave Creating a ‘Never-Ending Work Day’ for Feds?
While federal managers are enthusiastic about the power of digital technology in the workplace, others worry it’s actually upended a healthy sense of work-life balance.
Emerging Tech
5 Tech Predictions You Should Actually Pay Attention To
January may be coming to a close, but the flood of predictions, forecasts, and prognostications for the year ahead hasn’t abated. Here are the important ones.
Digital Government
Obama Says Too-Strong Encryption Could be a ‘Problem
Obama suggested he may oppose too-tough-to-crack encryption technology.
Modernization
This Phone Company is Switching Sides in the Net Neutrality Debate
The move undercuts Verizon, AT&T, and Comcast in their battle against the FCC.
People
Casey Coleman's take on what's next for federal IT
A year removed from GSA, Casey Coleman reflects on the latest trends -- and on how her agency-CIO perspective informs her work today with AT&T Government Solutions.
Acquisition
IT contracts: Handling the handoff
Managing the seamless transition of 24/7 service requires real coordination -- and an agency committed to making the contractors play nice.
Cybersecurity
Chinese Cyber Spies Stole Australian and U.S. Fighter Jet Secrets
Defense Industrial Base
Acquisition
FedBid splits federal, commercial businesses
The federal business headed by Joe Jordan will retain the FedBid name.
Acquisition
Pentagon oversight, cyber sharing, a DISA departure and a SOTU preview
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Cybersecurity
Who’s Got the Chops to Run a Transatlantic Cyberspy Cell?
A sustained British-American operation focused on threats to both countries’ networks would be unprecedented.
Cybersecurity
Survey: Government Agencies May be Better than the Private Sector at Responding to Hacks
About 43 percent of the public sector falls into the "highly sophisticated" security posture segment, according to the 2015 Cisco security report.
Cybersecurity
Sony Hack Copycats Scare Developer into Abandoning ‘Glorious Leader’ Videogame
Entertainment // Georgia, United States
Digital Government
US Digital Team Reaches Across Pond to Share Code, Best Practices
The administration plans to send members of the U.S. Digital Service to meet with their British counterparts in the Government Digital Service.
Cybersecurity
Hackers Wage ‘Jihad’ on French Websites, Name Swiss Bank Account Clients and Surveil Pyongyang Newsreaders
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
Digital Government
A Wish List for the New Federal CIO
Agency IT officials and tech implementers are sharing some items they think should be at the top of the as-yet-unknown federal CIO’s to-do list.
Digital Government
Obama Administration to Disclose New Changes to NSA Spying
The intelligence community will release more information about post-Snowden changes to its surveillance programs by the end of the month.
Cybersecurity
Obama Announces New Cyber War Games Partnership with Great Britain
“American-British unity is enabling us to meet challenges in Europe and beyond,” Obama said.
Digital Government
Why Republicans Suddenly Love Net Neutrality
Key GOP lawmakers are frantically working to stop the FCC from treating the Internet like a utility.
Emerging Tech