Cybersecurity
DOJ: 'Increase the cost' for nation-state hackers
Regardless of where the investigation into North Korea's alleged role in the Sony hack leads, the Obama administration's strategy of indicting state-sponsored hacking is likely to continue.
Acquisition
'Paying for Results' at a tipping point?
Steve Kelman showcases a new report that shows just how widespread outcome-oriented contracting has become.
Cybersecurity
Incognito Hackers Filched Mobile Payment Processor for Almost Five Years
Financial Services // Retailer
Digital Government
The Scheduling App That Lets Health Care Workers Pick Their Own Shifts
WellStar’s online scheduling system allows nurses to sign themselves up for the shifts they want.
Digital Government
The US Has Really Expensive Internet and It's Getting Worse
Among the 34 member countries of the OECD, the US has the fourth most expensive fixed-line broadband services.
Digital Government
The First Computer Mouse was Patented in the 1960s
The pointing device was "a major selling point of the Macintosh" when personal computing went mainstream.
Modernization
First Intelligence Agency to Host App in Amazon Cloud
The move of the Map of the World application to the C2S environment signals the IC’s intent to revolutionize how it manages IT.
Digital Government
The LEGO Approach to Closing Federal Data Centers
Just closing and re-locating data centers may not save all that much money. The feds need to focus on data center optimization.
Cybersecurity
Torture Report: Seized Computers, Not Waterboarding, Thwarted Would-be Bomber
A confiscated computer and the CIA's cyber capabilities -- not waterboarding -- were essential in yielding information.
Modernization
Microsoft extends fed-only cloud
New offerings build on FedRAMP-certified service, firm says.
Modernization
ARPA-E's new leader, NVTC awards and maps in the cloud
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
People
Obama: No perks but thanks and new initiatives for SES
"Too often we get stovepiped at a time when we need...to be working together," the president told senior feds.
Modernization
These Are the Best iPhone and iPad Apps of the Year, According to Apple
Apple also included long lists of runners-up.
Digital Government
Here’s the First Line of Code Ever Written by a US President
Obama recently sat down with students who were learning the fundamentals of JavaScript.
Acquisition
No more bids by telegram
Administration memo pushing 21st century procurement also takes aim at a 19th century submission method.
Modernization
Simple advice for tackling the complexities of cloud
Experts from agencies and the private sector talk customers, capabilities and the unexpected crosscurrents of cloud technology.
Acquisition
Challenges and prizes: Procurement vehicle of the future?
How NASA and other agencies are using contests to bring better ideas into acquisition.
Cybersecurity
Defining cyber roles at DOD
Recent directive brings needed clarification and "a big movement forward" on business operation, acting CIO Halvorsen says.
Cybersecurity