Acquisition
DHS inks temporary myE-Verify contract
The myE-Verify application will allow workers to check the information on their I-9s to see if the E-Verify system would confirm their eligibility.
Digital Government
Why agencies are drowning in data
An industry-sponsored report suggests that feds could leverage information governance to great effect.
Digital Government
Keystone State Aims to Kill the Password
The commonwealth's login network could help secure online shopping and other e-commerce services worldwide.
Modernization
The iPhone Case That Can Call the Police
A startup in Pittsburgh has designed a smartphone case and app to deter assault and help catch the attackers.
Ideas
Federal Customer Experience 'Downright Bleak'
Six federal agencies earned an average of “very poor." HealthCare.gov scored the lowest.
Digital Government
Why Big Data Needs ‘Dummy Data’
Instead of original data, a structurally similar but obscured version of the data, or “dummy data”, is used for development and testing environments.
Digital Government
Telework on Trial? House Committees to Probe Patent Office Telework Fraud
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee and the House Judiciary Committee team up for a joint hearing next week.
Digital Government
Why Veterans Make Good Cyberwarriors
Putting returning warfighters back to work as cyberdefenders makes sense, advocates say.
Digital Government
The Broadband Industry’s Plan for Killing Obama's Net Neutrality Plan
The companies may have lost the administration, but there are two more branches of government to turn to.
Modernization
China Poised to Dominate E-Commerce by 2018
One of the factors that helps drive rising e-commerce sales is consumer confidence.
Cybersecurity
Google Ordered to Help Avenge Leaker of Marvel’s New ‘Avengers’ Trailer
Entertainment // California, United States
People
OGIS' Miriam Nisbet heads for the exits
After five years on the job, the founding director of the Office of Government Information Services believes that a deeper understanding and acceptance of FOIA is seeping into the federal government.
Cybersecurity
CEOs, Beware -- Someone is Snooping on You Using Hotel Wi-Fi
The attackers use hotel Wi-Fi to prompt people to download updates for software such as Adobe Flash, Google Toolbar and Microsoft Messenger. The updates are in fact malware.
Digital Government
What’s at the Root of Your Facebook Addiction? Numbers
The Facebook Demetricator shows we like liking a little too much.
Digital Government
Relaunched HealthCare.gov Can Handle Twice as Much Traffic as Last Year
The White House is hoping the people turned off by the website's disastrous debut will come back for its second try.
Cybersecurity
Are Federal Employees the Bull in the China Shop When it Comes to Cybersecurity?
Employee-triggered cyberincidents stem from a variety of security and policy breakdowns.
Cybersecurity
Postal Employees, You've Been Hacked. What Now?
The FBI and DHS are still investigating an intrusion into USPS personnel systems.
Digital Government
Republicans React to Obama’s Net Neutrality Proposal: ‘Obamacare for the Internet’
One Republican senator's comment follows President Obama's support of using new regulations to preserve net neutrality.
Digital Government
How Cyborg Cockroaches Could Aid Disaster-Relief Efforts
Bugs backpacked with microphones could be deployed to disaster zones in the future.
Cybersecurity