Modernization
Consumer Agency Goes After Phone Companies for Bogus Charges
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is demanding that Sprint refund consumers millions of dollars for unwanted charges.
Cybersecurity
Managing a cyber crime scene
By treating a cybersecurity breach like a crime investigation, federal IT leaders can ensure a speedy response and aid in prosecution.
Acquisition
USAID and Ebola protective gear: Contests go mainstream
Steve Kelman suggests that we could be at a tipping point when it comes to embracing the benefits of contest-based acquisition.
Modernization
NIST can help you measure the cloud
The "Cloud Computing Service Metrics Description" proposes objective standards for gauging the success of cloud services.
Digital Government
Sandia looks to open-source robot tech
The national lab is developing more energy-efficient motors to improve the endurance of legged robots used in disaster response.
Acquisition
DHS on Instagram, an app for the border and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Cybersecurity
Sony Cancels Release of 'The Interview' Amid Sony Hack Fears
Hackers warned of 9/11-scale violence if the film's release was not canceled, according to multiple reports.
Modernization
With New Policy, DOD Components Won’t Need DISA to Buy Cloud Services
The new guidance overrides two previous memorandums that charged DISA with assessing the security of commercial cloud service offerings.
Emerging Tech
British Police Are Going Robocop
British bobbies may soon be ditching caps and tunics for a striking new digital look that includes a robotic exoskeleton and Google Glass.
Cybersecurity
Google: 2015 Will Be the 'Moment' to Reform NSA Spying
Despite a crushing defeat this year, the search giant is already preparing for 2015 to push surveillance reform in Congress.
Cybersecurity
Santa Claus and the Surveillance State
It's not just the Elf on the Shelf; children have been taught for centuries that dangerous authorities are watching and judging them.
Emerging Tech
America's Holiday Lights Can Be Seen from Space
They're especially bright in the suburbs, says NASA.
Cybersecurity
DHS cyber division opens up on R&D
A three-day event in D.C. is highlighting technologies developed and fostered by DHS S&T's Cyber Security Division.
Digital Government
DOD prioritizes tech transfer to trusted Asian allies
Amid top-brass concerns about China's theft of U.S. military intellectual property, Defense Technology Security Administration Director Beth McCormick laid out DOD’s approach to secure technology transfers.
Acquisition
Feds plan hub for risk info on IT supply chain, contractors
The GSA plan isn't meant to supplant or duplicate existing policies, but to establish a common set of risk indicators for due diligence research.
Modernization
Halvorsen formalizes new DOD cloud procurement policy
Memo from Defense Department's acting CIO ends DISA monopoly on cloud procurements, addresses security standards.
Acquisition
New fed incubator, OASIS on-ramps and NIST guidance
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
People
Chaffetz announces new IT subcommittee
Incoming oversight chairman also promises a less personal tone to hearings.
Modernization