Emerging Tech
What is the NYPD Doing on Twitter?
New York's Police Department is getting training on how to gain followers and influence on Twitter.
Cybersecurity
Desktop Burglary at Temple U. Subjects Nearly 3,800 Patients to Potential ID Theft
Healthcare and Public Health // Pennsylvania , United States
Digital Government
Battling bacteria with software
Sandia National Labs has developed software that will help researchers find weaknesses in deadly bacteria.
Acquisition
DARPA solicits science to connect the dots
The defense research agency’s goal is to facilitate big hypothesis generation and accelerate discovery.
Digital Government
First of its Kind Venture Capital Fund Pumps Millions into GovTech Startups
The GovTech Fund has raised $23 million and invested in four companies.
Digital Government
What Kind of CTO Will Megan Smith Be?
Former Googler Megan Smith said she’ll take an expansive view of technology in her new role.
Cybersecurity
Hackers Blackmail Bitcoin Inventor, Corrupt Brazilian Newspaper
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
Digital Government
Skyping Fake Bomb Threats in the Name of ISIS Not a Wise Move
21-year-old Connecticut gamer arrested for "swatting" schools nationwide.
Emerging Tech
Impending Solar Storm Could Cause Tech, Power Grid Disruptions
Cloudy with a chance of solar radiation.
Digital Government
DISA Kicks Off IT Contract to Support Cyber Command
Omnibus contract open only to small business.
Modernization
Pics or It Didn't Happen: The New Crisis of Connected Cameras
From celebrity nudes to Ray Rice’s domestic abuse to the ISIS bombings, an unresolved debate looms behind some of our biggest ongoing news stories.
Emerging Tech
Archives Hackathon Wants to Make Wikipedia Even Better
Everyone’s invited to the Open Government WikiHack later this month.
Digital Government
NSA Threatened Yahoo With Daily $250K Fines for Not Forking Over Metadata
Court documents were released by Yahoo showing exactly how far the federal government is willing to go to obtain digital information about its citizens.
Modernization
Smart suits, cloud sharing, Facebook for terrorists and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Acquisition
CDM dashboard stirs second contractor controversy
Agiliance is complaining that two companies involved in the Department of Homeland Security's acquisition engaged in questionable joint marketing.
Cybersecurity
Trust issues
Although tools to combat insider threats are maturing, DOD and the intelligence community know that technology is just part of the solution.
Modernization
Time to kill 'the cloud'
The technology itself is transformative, but Michael Garland argues that the term creates problems and confusion.
Modernization