Digital Government

Make open data actually work

The public's demand for transparency means agencies must share data in ways that the average person can understand. Here's how.

Acquisition

FITARA included in compromise defense measure

Negotiators on the defense authorization bill included provisions from the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act in what they hope is the final version of the legislation.

Modernization

This New Technology Could Fall-Proof Your iPhone

The panic of dropping your iPhone may soon be a thing of the past.

Cybersecurity

Inspector: Security Holes Found in IRS Obamacare System

A core IRS system for calculating Obamacare fees for health insurers and drug manufacturer has security weaknesses

Cybersecurity

Here’s Why Cybersecurity Remains a Challenge for the Justice Department

DOJ has requested millions more in funding and staffed up new divisions to specifically handle cyber investigations.

Digital Government

What Agencies Can Learn From Wall Street When it Comes to Risk Management

What lessons about risk management translate from finance to government regarding portfolios?

People

Carter would bring acquisition, tech experience to top Pentagon job

Ashton Carter, who has often had a hand in Pentagon IT issues, is rumored to be Obama's pick for Defense secretary.

People

What the USDS team is up to

As the U.S. Digital Service gets going, it is focused on HealthCare.gov, VA technology and hiring.

Digital Government

How to Get Engineers to Work for You Instead of Facebook or Google

You already have all the tools you need to recruit the best engineers for your organization.

Modernization

HealthCare.gov gets a last-minute cloud storage boost

An expected spike in demand during open enrollment could have overwhelmed existing capacity of the health insurance-purchasing website, threatening a replay of its botched 2013 launch.

Cybersecurity

It takes one to know one

Feds are vulnerable to cyber fraud because of inertia, says the con man who inspired Steven Spielberg's "Catch Me If You Can."

Acquisition

What agencies want to hear when buying IT

A new study helps vendors understand what messages resonate (and tells feds how their peers prefer to be pitched).

Cybersecurity

Cyber Crooks Snatch Biotech Emails to Move Markets

Financial Services // Healthcare and Public Health

Cybersecurity

Canada’s Tax Agency Handed Reporters Details on Celebrities’ Finances and Donations

Entertainment // Government (Foreign) // Ottawa, Canada