Cybersecurity
Former Hospital Contractor Nicks Equipment Worth $100,000 Allegedly to Afford Pill Addiction
Healthcare and Public Health // Washington , United States
Cybersecurity
SSNs of Prince George’s School Employees Emailed out Erroneously
Education // Maryland, United States
Emerging Tech
Infographic: NASA's Next Rocket
The era of the Space Shuttle may be over, but get a peek inside the space agency's new space launch system.
Ideas
Why Do So Few Feds Champion User Experience?
A dearth of staff resources, a lack of awareness about UX and nonexistent management buy-in are the top challenges.
Cybersecurity
Hackers Scam Uncle Sam, Upset Mick Jagger and Rob HSBC
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
Digital Government
VA’s Aggressive Plan for Shedding Its 'Back-to-the-Future' Era Scheduling System
VA is now taking bids for commercial software to replace a clunky 1980s-era system for scheduling medical appointments.
Digital Government
Los Alamos uses Wikipedia to predict disease outbreaks
Researchers aim for "an operational disease monitoring and forecasting system with open data and open source code."
Emerging Tech
Immigrants Use Social Networking to Prove Residency
Applicants have submitted check-ins at restaurants and movie theaters, parties and sporting events, to show they were in the United States.
Modernization
Spectrum auction yields billions, CFPB signs IT deal, TIGER turns 25 and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Modernization
Why Is Apple Gobbling Up a Quarter of the World’s Sapphire Supply?
The sapphire is used to cover the iPhone’s camera lens and fingerprint reader.
Digital Government
The Number of Works Licensed Under Creative Commons Will Surpass 1 Billion by 2015
The number of creations under open 'Creative Commons' licenses has doubled since 2010
Digital Government
Obama's Net-Neutrality Plan Could Mean New Internet Fees
The president wants to treat the Internet like a utility, which could trigger new government tolls.
Cybersecurity
Agencies might need to rethink telework security
A rash of breaches that some fear could be tied to VPN connections is raising concerns about the security of federal telework programs.
People
10 IT skills that matter in 2015
A private-sector survey finds that project managers are in greater demand than big-data pros.
Cybersecurity
Contractor Rejected for Employment Allegedly Infected Power Firm's Network
Energy // Ohio, United States
Cybersecurity
For Army cyber, it's on-the-job training
Army Cyber Command Sgt. Maj. Rodney Harris says the Army is learning as it goes along in the uncharted terrain of cybersecurity.
Cybersecurity
Immigration order means big lift for CIS, ICE
An information-sharing program is being overhauled, and agencies will have to find funding to deal with a massive influx of applications.
Cybersecurity
Why the grid needs CDM
A Chertoff Group study assesses the state of readiness for U.S. critical infrastructure.
Cybersecurity
DSS plans a move out of legacy systems
The Defense Security Service needs an enterprise system to coordinate clearance monitoring, detect possible insider threats and other tasks.
Digital Government