Cybersecurity
Hackers Raided Israeli Contractors That Built Iron Dome Missile Shield
Details on U.S. missile technologies also were copied by the allegedly China-based attackers.
Digital Government
The Senate Has a New Plot to Thwart NSA Spying
A reworked bill in the Senate being introduced this week is renewing confidence among anti-surveillance crusaders still hollering for reform.
Cybersecurity
British Activist Lauri Love Accused of Hacking Deltek
Breach occurred July 2013, but the government market research firm didn’t realize it until eight months later.
Digital Government
A Drawback of the House-Senate VA Bill? Congress Can’t Create Doctors
The entire country, not just VA, faces a shortage of primary care physicians.
Digital Government
How Lasers and 3-D Maps Can Help the U.S. Prepare for Climate Change
Federal flood maps are outdated, and climate change will only make them more so, leaving states and localities without the information they need to plan for and mitigate flood risks.
People
DOD tax problems, Microsoft training and Amazon’s cloudy cloud
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Acquisition
'We've got to stop throwing Hail Marys'
In the evolving world of federal IT, revolutionary tech can help aid acquisition, but incremental change is often easier to implement.
Digital Government
The CIA Fears the Internet of Things
The battleground of tomorrow is everywhere at once.
People
A new player in federal IT?
Capgemini Government Solutions has been around for some time, but a new CEO sees market openings.
Digital Government
Labor's modernization effort hinges on Congress
Funding for the Digital Government Integrated Platform is uncertain until appropriators move a Labor Department spending bill.
Digital Government
If You Want To Be Rich and Powerful, Majoring in STEM Is a Good Place to Start
STEM education teaches creative problem solving, which is widely applicable and more necessary than ever today.
Cybersecurity
Hacker Breached NOAA Satellite Data from Contractor’s PC
Watchdog says it's a bad idea for personnel to access NOAA systems using personal computers
Digital Government
How IT reform could still pass Congress this year
Precious little time is left for legislative action, but Alan Balutis explains why FITARA and other reform efforts still have a chance.
Modernization
NASA seeks input on data center consolidation strategies
The agency wants proposals for short-term and long-term fixes.
Cybersecurity
Hackers raided Israeli contractors that built Iron Dome missile shield
Defense Industrial Base
Cybersecurity
Philippine government website hacked to spike page rank of gambling site
Government (Foreign)
Modernization
EPA Doesn’t Know How Much It Uses the Cloud, IG Finds
The agency says it has 11 cloud contracts, but the IG doubts that number.
Digital Government