Cybersecurity
Army names new commander for cyber training center
Maj. Gen. Stephen Fogarty will replace Maj. Gen. LaWarren Patterson as commander of the Cyber Center of Excellence.
Cybersecurity
Aussie Military Yanks Luxottica Contract after Personnel Data Sent Offshore
Likely all defense employees who have received optical services since 2012 were affected.
People
Innovation -- even in a bureaucracy!
Rob Shelton, PriceWaterhouseCooper’s global lead for innovation strategy, contends that the key is picking the right processes.
Acquisition
Beware: Taxpayer rip-off hidden in Defense authorization bill
Steve Kelman spotlights a provision that could make smart procurement even harder.
Modernization
GSA steps away from financial, HR services
The agency will no longer provide shared services in those areas to focus on core competencies, such as acquisition and IT.
Digital Government
Organizing and visualizing education data
The Department of Education is looking to revamp its Learning Registry and other online resources.
Digital Government
HealthCare.gov Official: Expect Glitches in November
Still, the agency responsible for the site is in a "vastly different situation," official tells Congress.
Digital Government
Air Force Debuts New Plan to Beat Tech Curve -- ‘Strategic Agility’
Service needs to adapt quickly to technological change, Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James says.
Modernization
13 things that are about to change at VA
With a new secretary in place and reform legislation headed for the president's desk, Department of Veterans Affairs IT and management practices have some big revisions ahead.
Digital Government
McDonald Stresses Integrity in First Message to VA Employees
Acknowledges “days ahead will not be easy."
Emerging Tech
Robots Will Help ID Malaysia Airlines Victims
A world leader in forensics now must quickly and accurately identify its own countrymen and international victims.
Cybersecurity
Border crisis shines a light on DHS tech woes
The flood of unaccompanied minors to the southern border has highlighted the need for more efficient and effective technologies to track both documented and undocumented immigrants.
Cybersecurity
CIA Admits to Improperly Hacking Senate Computers
In a sharp and sudden reversal, the CIA is acknowledging it improperly tapped into the computers of Senate staffers who were reviewing the intelligence agency’s Bush-era torture practices.
Modernization
FCC Chief 'Deeply Troubled' by Verizon Plan to Slow Traffic
Tom Wheeler suggests the new policy may run afoul of net neutrality.
Cybersecurity
Keith Alexander Wants to Patent Method For Detecting Cyber Threats -- Is That Ethical?
Lots of government officials have found ways to monetize public service in the private sector, but none more audaciously than the former head of the NSA.
Cybersecurity
Senate bill would offer tax incentives for sharing cyber-threat info
New York Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand proposes tax credits for firms that join ISACs.
Cybersecurity