Modernization

Cloud Computing Stymies Digital Forensics Investigations

Investigators sift through bits and bytes to solve crimes, but cloud presents challenges

Digital Government

No New VA Patient Scheduling System Until 2016

Acting VA Secretary Sloan Gibson says the timeline is still a “bit up in the air.”

Emerging Tech

Anti-Surveillance Camouflage for Your Face

A special make-up can keep facial-recognition algorithms from detecting a face.

People

A $300 million IT flop

Six years and nearly $300 million later, the Social Security Administration has decided to press "reset" on its project to improve the claim processing system. Here's what happened.

Acquisition

OFPP nominee lays out agenda

Anne Rung told senators at her confirmation hearing that she hopes to create areas of specialization for acquisition officials.

Digital Government

Why the NSA Keeps Tracking People Even After They're Dead

A newly disclosed government rule book reveals just how easy it is to get placed on a terrorist watch list—and how difficult it can be to get taken off.

Modernization

State's passport and visa system crashes

Problems with the Consular Consolidated Database could strand thousands of people waiting for documents around the globe.

People

Can 28 nations collaborate online?

As NATO seeks a "cultural shift," a new intranet system will serve up to 10,000 would-be collaborators.

People

Senate confirms Creedon at NNSA

New deputy administrator returns to the agency after a decade on Capitol Hill and at the Defense Department.

Modernization

FBI plans Amazon cloud for developers

The FBI is looking for an unclassified system that conforms to the FISMA-moderate security level.

Cybersecurity

European Central Bank blackmailed after data breach

Financial Services // Government (Foreign)