Cybersecurity
Infographic: Are We Prepared for Major Cyberattacks?
Large-scale cyberattacks could do serious damage.
Emerging Tech
Tech Companies Spend Big on Midterm Elections
Google's campaign spending has grown fortyfold in the past eight years.
People
DeSalvo shifts focus from health IT to Ebola crisis
HHS's national coordinator for health information technology has been named acting assistant secretary for health, effective immediately.
Digital Government
US Turns to 3-D Printing for Key Technology Behind Rocket Launches
The Pentagon could field an alternative to the Russian-made RD-180 rocket engine faster, but the technology is unproven.
Modernization
Will This Google App Really Reinvent Email?
Google’s Inbox is not an email app. It is a personal assistant, a tool for reminders, and a way to quickly scan incoming information all in one.
Cybersecurity
UC Davis Doctor’s Email Hacked
Healthcare and Public Health // California, United States
Digital Government
NGA releases unclassified mapping tool for Ebola relief
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency wants to support Ebola relief with a customizable mapping tool.
Cybersecurity
At CIS, they DID(IT)
James Tunnessen has instilled a sense of urgency in the IT team as head of digital innovation and development at Citizenship and Immigration Services.
Digital Government
Irony Alert: Booz Allen Wins Cybersecurity Contract
Company will provide support to Defense CIO
Modernization
A mountain of net neutrality comments, a privacy paradox, ransomware warnings and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Cybersecurity
Is open source really a security concern?
A new report suggests common components contain serious vulnerabilities, but an open source advocate argues that's only half the data.
Ideas
GSA’s Green Proving Grounds Wants Government to be on the Greening Edge
The next smart light bulb or building design could wind up in the Green Proving Grounds program first.
Cybersecurity
Former DIA director to join SBD Advisors
Retired Lt. Gen. Mike Flynn is the latest in a growing list of former Pentagon officials to join the consulting firm.
Modernization
Social Security wants new outreach channels
The communications solutions would include chat, video messaging, secure screen sharing and ways for users to send attachments.
Modernization
Moving to the cloud (or finding reasons to wait)
A new survey of federal cloud efforts finds a number of pitfalls, both real and perceived, as agencies migrate to a cloud services provider.
People
Competition, performance and the proper degree of pressure
Steve Kelman suggests that Harvard's performance culture could offer lessons for federal agencies.
Cybersecurity
Cyber Policy Still Stuck in the ‘90s
In the nearly 20 years since the first cyber policy discussions, technology has changed tremendously. The debate hasn’t caught up yet.
Digital Government
How the Government Spent $103 Billion in Just 2 Months
And those were just the contracts we know about.
Digital Government
So, How Do I Get Onto the VA eBenefits Site?
The system seems designed to frustrate Vietnam vets.
Cybersecurity