Digital Government
New Brain Decoder Could Boost Neuroscience Research
The new brain-scanning technique could change the way scientists think about human focus.
Cybersecurity
Critical tech, reverse auctions and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Digital Government
US Government Requests for Information on Twitter Users Spike
Most of the time, the publishing platform gave officials what they wanted.
Digital Government
Why ‘Facebook at Work’ Might Work
One factor in Facebook’s favor: Millions of people are already using Facebook at the office.
Cybersecurity
White House Creates Cyber-Sharing Hub for the Federal Government
The $35 million cyberhub is intended to better coordinate intelligence among government agencies to ward off hacks like the one that brought Sony Pictures to its knees.
Cybersecurity
19 Dot-Gov Domains to Use HTTPS Encryption By Default -- But Not WhiteHouse.gov
HTTPS ensure sensitive data aren’t encoded in plain text format and makes it more difficult for interlopers to redirect visitors to a different site.
Digital Government
NGA banks on the power of transparency
Agency director touts data shared to combat Ebola, says open approach "is our future."
Digital Government
Using SIGINT to detect trends
IARPA uses publicly available data to predict crises; now it wants to use signals intelligence for the same purpose.
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