People
DIA's innovation lead not stepping down
Correction: Defense Intelligence Agency Chief Innovation Officer Dan Doney tells FCW he will stay through February.
Cybersecurity
Parsing Rand Paul’s ‘No’ Vote on NSA Reform
The libertarian says his opposition to a Senate bill protected Americans’ privacy. Privacy advocates disagree.
Cybersecurity
Notes from a cyber underground
A new book by noted cybersecurity journalist Brian Krebs digs into the lucrative and seedy spam business.
People
Professional values and government outputs
Want to change your organization's culture? Steve Kelman suggests starting with the type of professions from which you hire.
Acquisition
GSA works on CAP
"With IT, we will never be done categorizing," said Kevin Youel Page of the Federal Acquisition Service.
Cybersecurity
NSA director predicts major cyberattack by 2025
Adm. Michael Rogers, leader of NSA and U.S. Cyber Command, testified on Capitol Hill on Nov. 20 about pending cybersecurity legislation.
People
Tangherlini: 'On the technology front, we're just getting going'
GSA's administrator talks with FCW about short-term hiring, long-term planning and Robert Frost.
Cybersecurity
Israeli breakthrough and special ops RFI
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Cybersecurity
Fraudsters Bank Half a Million Dollars Using Stolen Patient IDs and the IRS
Government (U.S.) // Healthcare and Public Health // Michigan, United States
Cybersecurity
Timeline: How the Postal Service Data Breach Went Down
The timeline provides a fascinating look at how the federal government responds to cyber intrusions.
Cybersecurity
HealthCare.gov Security Back in the Spotlight
House Republicans say they remain concerned about the cybersecurity controls underpinning the online federal health exchange.
Cybersecurity
Hackers Possibly Copied Postal Employee Pay Records
About 100 servers and computer workstations were breached in the September intrusion.
People
One man's 'detailed knowledge'...
Former CTO Todd Park told a House subcommittee that he didn't manage HealthCare.gov before its ill-fated launch.
Digital Government
Senate Vote to Rein in NSA Spying Falls Short
The defeat marks an abrupt setback for the post-Snowden movement to curb U.S. spying practices.
Digital Government
Can mobility trump bureaucracy at DOD?
Randall Conway, director of C4 and information infrastructure in the DOD CIO office, says the Pentagon has no choice but to embrace commercial off-the-shelf mobile devices.
Cybersecurity
Report: Government Has Only 5 Years To Secure Internet of Things
Water, power, health care and transportation systems have grown more dependent on IoT devices in recent years.
Cybersecurity
NIST, NARA move to secure federal data on outside systems
New draft guidelines would apply to sensitive but unclassified data on contractors' IT systems and other nonfederal networks.
Modernization
A public cloud for NOAA
The agency is seeking information on solutions that can provide virtualization, storage services, network bandwidth, and management tools and capabilities.
Cybersecurity
NATO tests, Eshoo loses and Massachusetts challenges
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Digital Government