Cybersecurity
Home Depot Announces Hackers Stole 56 Million Credit and Debit Cards
The size of the cyberattack exceeds the one that hit Target during last year’s holiday-shopping season.
Modernization
DHS and KeyPoint hiring, Brennan defending and drones flying
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Acquisition
Better Buying Power 3.0: How the Pentagon hopes to save its technological advantage
The next phase of defense acquisition reform is an effort to balance strategic spending on technology with budget pressures.
Cybersecurity
NCI Seals $41 Million Deal to Support Army Cyber Ops
Will provide NETCOM synchronized and secure information operations for missions.
Cybersecurity
VA Staffer Sent Hospitalwide Email Detailing Vet’s Suicide
Press can leak medical information, but providers cannot respond to allegations.
Digital Government
US CIO Steven VanRoekel Steps Down
In his new role as USAID chief innovation officer, VanRoekel will be responsible for advising the agency on using technology and data in its response to the Ebola epidemic.
Digital Government
'Social as an enterprise strategy'
GSA CIO Sonny Hashmi offered attendees at a Digital Government Institute cloud and data conference insight into the evolving nature of government-citizen relations.
People
VanRoekel stepping down as federal CIO
The former Microsoft executive's new government job will be at USAID, focusing on the Ebola outbreak in Africa.
Digital Government
Congress approves stopgap spending bill
Continuing resolution will fund agencies through Dec. 11.
Cybersecurity
VA Staffer Sent Hospital-wide Email About a Vet’s Suicide
Healthcare and Public Health // Arizona, United States
Digital Government
DC Seeks First 'Civic Hacker in Residence'
Full-time developer will help improve access to public data by using open-source tools.
Digital Government
Boosting Hispanic Share of Tech Workforce Could be Key to Closing STEM gap
As the young demographic grows, public-private partnerships are working to place Hispanic millennials in one of the country's fastest-growing fields.
Emerging Tech
Officials Pulled HealthCare.gov Code From GitHub Because of ‘Bashing’
Republicans release CMS emails about pulling code from open-source site.
Digital Government
Breached HealthCare.gov Server Still Had Default Password
Hack did not compromise any data or personal information, DHS official tells Congress.
Digital Government
Census data scandal 'not as bad as we initially thought'
A Commerce Department IG report and a joint congressional investigation effectively cleared the Philadelphia Census office of allegations that it manipulated data for political purposes but found plenty of other problems.
Modernization
ICITE ready to ramp up, ODNI official says
The long-planned joint IT environment is becoming more tangible to intel analysts.
Acquisition
More China hacking, a deputy director for OPM and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Cybersecurity
Palantir's GSA pricing info posted on Hacker News site
The post includes a price list taken from the GSA Advantage ordering system -- which GSA says is not even accurate -- for Palantir Technologies' Gotham and Metropolis products.
Modernization