Cybersecurity

How agencies' security efforts can drive economic growth

Government IT can support more than just an agency mission -- physical and cybersecurity alike are critical to economic vitality.

Digital Government

It's Official: There Is a New Edward Snowden

The U.S. government has confirmed that there is another leaker of surveillance secrets, according to CNN.

Emerging Tech

NASA’s Augmented Reality App Just Got a Makeover

New features and images added.

Digital Government

The No-Fly List Has Grown Tenfold Since Obama Took Office

Newly disclosed classified documents reveal an enormous growth in terrorist watch lists during the Obama administration.

Emerging Tech

'Ubiquitous As Pigeons': Imagining Life in the City of Drones

An online installation asks us to accept an all-but-certain future of drones in cities, and to rethink our relationship to them.

Cybersecurity

Commentary: Who Can Respect a System That Helps the CIA to Behave This Way?

This is exactly the sort of situation that would an encourage a reluctant leaker to step forward.

Acquisition

Kendall: Keep it simple on acquisition reform

Top Pentagon acquisition official says Better Buying Power 3.0 will come in 2-3 months.

Cybersecurity

Research portals, build-it yourself spacecraft and 3D craniums

News and notes from around the federal IT community.

Modernization

VA releases RFI for next generation of IT

Vendors looking to be primes and subcontractors on T4NG have until Aug. 28 to submit statements of their capability to perform the work contained in the request for information.

Modernization

Is law enforcement a new frontier for shared services?

When it comes to case management, federal law enforcement agencies often have to find their own solutions.

Modernization

The Data Act's unexpected benefit

Common standards don't come easily, but the demands of complying with the Data Act could give agencies a leg up when migrating to a financial shared-services provider.

Cybersecurity

Database Goof Endangers Thousands of Mozilla Developers’ Credentials

76,000 email addresses and 4,000 passwords compromised at the maker of Firefox.

Modernization

Researchers question the security of sat-com, USB tech

Papers to be presented at the Black Hat conference this week will suggest greater vulnerabilities than previously thought in two key data-transfer tools.

Cybersecurity

Invisible Web Infection Poses Threat to Federal Computers

More "malvertising" means more malicious ads that pass on malware to government Internet users.

Digital Government

CDC Uses Twitter to Explain Ebola to the Masses

The health organization is condensing warnings and guidelines into 140-character snippets in a Monday chat.

Digital Government

The Recovering Americans and the 'Top Secret' Ebola Treatment

Two U.S. doctors with Ebola have improved after receiving an experimental antibody.

Digital Government

Watson, the IBM Supercomputer, Might Replace the Loudmouth in Your Business Meetings

IBM sees a future where computers figure into meetings, not only as tools but as active participants.