Digital Government
How Big Data Can be Used to Fight Unfair Hiring Practices
Big data may be fraught with peril, but its evangelists say its use could help remedy common—and often unseen—discriminatory behavior. But only if employers really want that.
Emerging Tech
Facebook Increasingly the Gatekeeper of Your Online Identity
The notion that the world outside its homepage remains anonymous is increasingly untrue.
Cybersecurity
Insider threats and data localization
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Acquisition
Census keeps it short
Defying complaints about wordy solicitations, the Census Bureau’s appeal for a "mega-project management" solution is only 192 words long.
People
Neely charged with fraud
Former GSA official's lavish conference spending sparked the crackdown on federal travel and event attendance.
Cybersecurity
5 key IT bills still pending in Congress
Lawmakers continue to wrestle over issues related to cybersecurity, privacy and procurement reform.
People
Why large government IT projects fail
We need to end the 'conspiracy of hope' and embrace agile development as the best way to avoid fiascos on the scale of HealthCare.gov, writes Asynchrony's David Elfanbaum.
Cybersecurity
Ex-Worker Pocketed Employer’s Patient Data to Start Rival Firm
Healthcare and Public Health // Kentucky, United States
Cybersecurity
Do We Need to ‘Disrupt’ the Cybersecurity Status Quo?
Next month marks 10 years since DHS first marked Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Is the cyber conversation stuck in 2004?
Cybersecurity
1.4 Million Users of Travel Site Acquired by TripAdvisor Affected by Payment and Account Breach
Unauthorized charges showed up on customers’ credit cards after booking through Viator.
Modernization
Report: Agencies Continue to Buck ‘Cloud First’ Policy -- And The Lack of Savings Shows It
Consider moving legacy systems to the cloud, GAO says.
Digital Government
Joint Staff Dumps Oracle and PeopleSoft Planning Software for Open Source
Plans to issue a new contract to MYMIC LLC
Digital Government
Office of Naval Research Eyes Tactical Cloud
The new project will support big data fusion for operations.
Cybersecurity
What if Police Body Cams Get Hacked?
This seemingly easy fix opens the gates to a flood of questions over the cameras' vulnerabilities.
People
Eric Holder’s IT legacy
The departing attorney general had no direct responsibility for information technology at DOJ, but the department dealt with multiple crises during his tenure, with mixed results.
Modernization
Apple’s New Predictive Text Apparently Reveals Passwords
The concern is that if anyone else gets hold of your iPhone, that person potentially could find and use all of your passwords.
Digital Government
Finland More Successful than US at Obtaining User Data from Google
The US greatly surpasses any other nation in the volume of requests submitted, however.
Digital Government
Fuzzy Math on Data Centers Could Sink Further Savings, GAO Warns
The Pentagon, alone, changed cost savings estimates three times.
Digital Government
The skinny on the White House's new open-government initiatives
The latest plan sets a timeline for implementing an open-source software policy by the end of 2015, among other goals.
People