Digital Government
Vion hires former DISA official to lead cyber solutions
Richard Breakiron, a 2012 Federal 100 winner, will be senior director of the firm's cybersecurity unit.
Cybersecurity
Teaming up to train, recruit cyber specialists
Lawrence Livermore and Los Alamos will work with Bechtel to provide hands-on experience in both national security and industry environments.
Acquisition
HealthCare.gov IT contract opens for bidders
A few bells and whistles are planned for the next iteration of HealthCare.gov.
Cybersecurity
Insider swiped personal data from 7.6 million contracts with Japanese education firm
Education // Tokyo , Japan
Cybersecurity
National Guard, Feds Double Down for Foreign Hack Against US
550 government employees and industry observers participated in a simulated cyberattack on American soil.
Digital Government
How to Approach Declining Federal IT Spending
Contractors should be prepared, Deltek says.
Emerging Tech
When Will Robots Take Over the World?
A group of futurists, technology experts, and artists weigh in on the future of robotics
Digital Government
Feds Want Backpack Radiation Detectors That Don’t Use Rare Gas
The hope is to stop providing helium-3 for these systems next year.
Acquisition
Squeezing Defense IT, dinging FDIC and arguing for better access to space
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Acquisition
What needs to be fixed in the FAR?
Steve Kelman spotlights two areas where real obstacles to effective IT contracting may exist -- and suggests solutions for each.
Modernization
DeSalvo: Time for the heavy lifting on health record interoperability
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT is pushing for a road map "specific enough that people will know what they're supposed to do when."
Modernization
Need to Know Memo: Finding Savings in the Cloud
New Need to Know Memo explores the implications of cloud computing, data center consolidation, virtualization, remote access and infrastructure diversification.
Modernization
Interior gets green light for Drupal consolidation initiative
The Interior Department is consolidating nine content management platforms into one, built with open source software.
Cybersecurity
Hamas Interrupts Israeli TV with Urgent Message
A Channel 10 satellite broadcast was briefly hacked by the Palestinian Islamist group.
Digital Government
The Obama Administration Is Looking for the Next Obamacare Website Contractor
The bid is probably not going to CGI Federal.
Digital Government
E-Prescriptions Hit 1 Billion for First Time in 2013
Minnesota had a 100 percent e-prescription rate this year.
Modernization