Digital Government
Shared services for mapping and a GSA promotion
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Cybersecurity
DHS Expects to Outsource Employment Verification Checks to the Cloud
Draft contract states ID confirmation for "MyE-Verify" would be hosted in a remote facility.
Cybersecurity
Spammers Commandeer City of Mobile’s Server via Shellshock
Government (U.S.) // Alabama, United States
Cybersecurity
California Cops Text Nude Photos Stolen from Smartphones of Women in Custody
Government (U.S.) // California, United States
Digital Government
More Federal Employees Are Teleworking More Often
The uptick is slight but steady, survey of feds shows.
Cybersecurity
Hackers Seize Terminally Ill Newborn’s Tribute Page, Take From Staples’ Till and Avenge Snapchat Archivist
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
Cybersecurity
Gawkers at Two Hospitals Peek into Rob Ford’s Patient Records
Cancer-stricken Toronto mayor says he hopes the premier investigates the privacy breach.
Digital Government
Big Data Might Have Stopped Ebola in Its Tracks
Computational epidemiologists were among the those who foresaw the crisis to come.
Emerging Tech
Geospatial Agency Goes Unclassified for Ebola Effort
The online Ebola tools the agency is offering NGOs provide much more dynamic capabilities than those previously deployed by the agency.
Cybersecurity
New cyber doctrine shows more offense, transparency
The Pentagon has outlined a military strategy that goes beyond previous doctrine in its focus on offensive cyber operations.
Cybersecurity
How These 11 Geeks Will Make the Internet More Secure
Half a year on from Heartbleed, what’s changed?
Modernization
The Queen Is Now Tweeting
The official account had been building up to the tweet throughout the day, highlighting the 88-year-old monarch’s past technological milestones.
Cybersecurity
Szykman's new job, plus facial recognition and Air Force satellites plans
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Cybersecurity
A new approach to operational analysis
DHS is considering converting its Studies and Analysis Institute into the Homeland Security Operational Analysis Center.
People
Survey: Feds like their jobs and their bosses, not too sure about senior leaders
OPM's annual Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey found that most federal employees still find their work to be important, even if many critics do not.
Cybersecurity
DHS sketches the tech future
The department's Science and Technology Directorate aims for seamless cybersecurity infrastructure as part of its long-term plan for technological development.
Digital Government
'Computer Chaos' at 20: Back where we started
A key contributor to Clinger-Cohen argues that federal IT has failed to take advantage of the tools that law provided.
Cybersecurity
Unauthorized Persons in Two Hospitals Peep into Rob Ford’s Patient Records
Healthcare and Public Health // Toronto, Canada
Emerging Tech