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

Strategy reflects heightened cyberthreat

A new White House document identifies cybersecurity as a pressing national security concern.

Digital Government

House Investigates Obama's Role in FCC's Net Neutrality Decision

The probe could become a headache for the FCC as it pushes ahead with new Internet regulations.

Digital Government

Techie Alert! The Transportation Department Needs You

DOT Secretary Anthony Foxx unveils 30-year report in a telling place, Google headquarters.

Digital Government

NIH seeks app to recognize pills

A new RFI is part of the preparations for a Pill Image Recognition Challenge.

Digital Government

How to Innovate in a Short Timeframe and on a Shoestring Budget

The Igniting Innovation showcase and awards emphasized one resounding point: Federal innovation does not have to be an oxymoron.

Digital Government

GAO's High-Risk List Adds IT Acquisition and Veteran Health Care

Multiple Capitol Hill sources confirmed to Nextgov that IT acquisition and operations and veteran health care are now included.

Cybersecurity

Holiday Inn Phones Hacked As Part of Phishing Scheme

Hospitality // Texas, United States

Cybersecurity

Hackers Block Animal Shelter Donations, Pose As Cute Syrian Rebels on Skype, and Bust Into HipChat

Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.

Cybersecurity

Need a Job? Cyber Command Is Halfway Full

The Pentagon is at the midway point of staffing a projected 6,000-person Cyber Command.

Digital Government

What Kind of Federal CIO Will Tony Scott Be?

Tony Scott officially takes the reins of the Obama administration’s $84 billion IT budget next week.

Modernization

Senators Demand Federal Investigation of Verizon's 'Supercookies'

Commerce Committee Democrats believe Verizon may have broken the law with its Web tracking practices.

Digital Government

8 things to know about Tony Scott

The newly appointed federal CIO is a pilot, an ex-smoker and someone who might not think Disneyland is the happiest place on earth.

Cybersecurity

Navy intelligence challenged by big data

Rear Adm. Elizabeth Train says a common networking architecture is a pressing need.