Digital Government
Here Comes the Pink Camo Food Truck
Ft. Drum’s entry in the “Great Food Truck Race”
Digital Government
Defense IG Slaps Washington Headquarters Services for Poorly Managing Task Order
WHS calls report “jaundiced.”
Digital Government
Air Force Inks $291 Million Deals for Commodity Aircraft Supplies
Contracts cover wide range of gear including handheld computers.
Cybersecurity
Hackers Swindle Yacht Club Members and Tap Supervalu’s Credit Line
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
Cybersecurity
The Snowden Effect
Public aversion to domestic spying doesn’t seem to be hurting government’s ability to recruit cyber staff.
People
HHS cloud plans, a key IT vacancy and talk of a cyber-specific service branch
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Emerging Tech
Help Science Identify a Kajillion Astronaut Photos of Cities
"Night Cities" is an ambitious project to create an atlas of urban space photography.
Cybersecurity
Pro-Russia Ukrainian Hackers Just Replaced Polish Sites with Images From a Holocaust Slaughter
Sites affected include those of the president of Poland and the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
Cybersecurity
Hello, 911? I Stole a Phone and the Victim is Running After Me
Cops arrive at the scene of a mobile-device theft gone sour.
Modernization
Why FISMA is not enough for the Internet of Things
It's not just TSA devices that are vulnerable, says Billy Rios, director of threat intelligence at Qualys. And the procurement process is a crucial link in preventing back-door cyberattacks on federal facilities.
Modernization
Smithsonian transcription project moves out of beta
After a year of testing, an effort to use volunteers to transcribe historical documents and data for online use is opening wide.
Digital Government
Here we go again
Wasn't last year's budget deal supposed to make appropriations easy?
Cybersecurity
What it takes to achieve effective cyber defense
Addressing nontechnical challenges could help overcome slow-moving government policies and a compliance-focused culture, writes FireEye's Travis Rosiek.
Cybersecurity
Ex-employee cribbed surgery center billing information
Healthcare and Public Health // Nevada, United States
Cybersecurity
Russian PM Quits in Hacked Tweet
Medvedev to take up freelance photography after disowning Putin.
Digital Government
Watchdog: The FBI Spied on the Wrong People Because of Typos
A new inspector general report concludes that the agency has collected communications data on the wrong targets due to typographical errors.
Digital Government
The Public Will Soon Be Able to Buy Military-Grade Satellite Images
The view from space is about to get a lot clearer for the public. And that’s a good thing for the military.
Emerging Tech