Emerging Tech
Peace Corps Sees Record Interest After Simplified Application Goes Online
Old application involved 60 printed pages and took as long as eight hours to complete.
Cybersecurity
Q&A: White House Cyber Czar on Hiring Cyber Pros, Snowden and the Internet of Things
Michael Daniel has made it his personal mission to understand cybersecurity’s human factor.
Digital Government
HHS Debuts New and Improved HealthCare.gov -- The 'Back' Button Now Works
Officials hope rigorous testing will avert a repeat of last year's fiasco.
Cybersecurity
Australian Network Punts to Prerecorded Programming after Hack
Incident triggered by a malicious email that also affected Australia’s postal service.
Cybersecurity
Patient Records Erroneously Diagnose Woman with Schizophrenia after ID Breach
Healthcare and Public Health // Illinois, United States
Modernization
AT&T Will Pay Millions in Refunds After Charging for Celebrity Gossip and Flirting Tips
The company agreed to a $105 million settlement with state and federal regulators.
Emerging Tech
Why Robots Could Be Awesome Whistleblowers
Workers don't want to be replaced by algorithms or machines. But when it comes to the risky act of exposing corporate wrongdoing, perhaps they could be our friends.
People
Fed millennials are a satisfied bunch
An OPM report found that almost two-thirds of federal employees born since 1980 consider government a good place to work.
Modernization
Big structural challenges face e-voting in the U.S.
An Atlantic Council report explores the challenges of online and mobile device-based voting.
Acquisition
OPM’s breakup with USIS could be a seminal moment
A state-sponsored breach, not other failings, reportedly prompted OPM to terminate its big contract with USIS.
Acquisition
NSA IT, a better interface for CBP, data worries and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Modernization
Navigating the risks of storing information in the cloud
Concerns range from vulnerability to hacking to data ownership to the stability of cloud providers.
Digital Government
Urban design tool taps DOE's building database
Researchers developed LakeSim to deal with problems in urban planning and assess a redevelopment project's long-term effects on energy and transportation needs.
Modernization
Why NASA should be paying attention to protests in Hong Kong
An app used by pro-democracy protesters could provide a solution to deep-space communications.
Digital Government
The FBI’s Secret Surveillance Program Is About to Go on Trial
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals will hear a case this week that could have seismic implications for how the government spies on Americans.
Cybersecurity
Twitter Sues the Government to Disclose More About Spying
Twitter’s legal action breaks from an agreement other tech giants made with the government earlier this year.
Modernization
App to Help Feds Nab Child Predators Expands to Android
ICE says iPhone version was a success, expands program.
Emerging Tech
The Next Step in Securing the Border: Fido and a Smart-Sensor Collar
Wearable devices are gaining root in protecting U.S. borders.
Cybersecurity