Digital Government
Forget Traditional Hiring. This Startup Allows Tech Workers to Auction Off Themselves
The company claims that if job seekers use their platform, they can "sit back and relax" and the right job will find them.
Cybersecurity
New No. 1 at DIA, No. 2 at NNSA, missing emails and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Cybersecurity
What is HTTPS and Why Does Google Like it So Much?
Sites using encryption will have a higher rank in Google's search algorithms.
Modernization
FCC passes new text-to-911 rules
While just two percent of Americans have access to text-to-911 services -- and not all commissioners support the idea -- new FCC rules promise wider deployment.
Cybersecurity
The IC wants a peek at the future of your brain
An IARPA RFI seeks answers on what brain structures could be used to determine future job performance.
Cybersecurity
American privacy values vs. European perceptions
As law enforcement and intelligence agencies struggle to balance security against civil liberties, it's important to distinguish caricature from reality.
People
Agile in government is alive (and well?)
Steve Kelman offers a non-techie's take on agile in agency IT.
Modernization
'Buy and buy once,' urges DOJ CIO
New CIO Joe Klimavicz wants the Justice Department to adopt a service broker model for IT acquisition.
Emerging Tech
Watch the First Self-Folding Robot Use Origami to Crawl
From flat to 3D, all by itself.
Digital Government
Chinese Government Puts the Kibosh on Instant Messaging
China claimed they confirmed terrorism related messages were passed using the platform.
Digital Government
Email Is Ruining Us: A Brilliant Solution
What was designed to make us work more efficiently, now takes up all of our time.
Modernization
Watch the Dialup, Broadband, and Mobile Internet Revolutions—as Told by Three Products
Some revolutions are bigger than others.
Cybersecurity
Infographic: Data Breach Costs -- How You Get Stuck with the Tab
If a company gets hacked, you might have to open your wallet.
Cybersecurity
The IC wants a peek at the future of your brain
An IARPA RFI seeks answers on what brain structures could be used to determine future job performance.
Emerging Tech
Government-as-a-Platform: Why Agencies Must Embrace the Strategic Value of Open Data
Open data provides governments an opportunity to become innovation catalysts.
Digital Government
A Revolutionary Drone-Based Delivery Network Is Being Tested—in Bhutan
This drone project could save lives in far-flung rural communities—and perhaps pioneer the system globally.
Digital Government
The Infrastructure Africa Really Needs Is Better Data Reporting
The terrible state of statistical reporting in most of Africa means that it will be nearly impossible to gauge how effective recent infrastructure deals are.
Cybersecurity
Phased retirement, contractor performance, buying cyber threats and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Digital Government
Russia Grants Edward Snowden 3 More Years of Safe Harbor
The fugitive leaker will be able to travel abroad and in five years apply for Russian citizenship, according to his lawyer.
Cybersecurity