Cybersecurity

Hackers Stalk a Utility; Promote Godzilla

Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.

Digital Government

Video: The US Forest Service's Laboratory of Fire

At the Fire Lab in Missoula, Montana, researchers reverse-engineer spreading fires.

Digital Government

How the Right People Analyzing the Best Data Are Transforming Government

‘If you want to succeed, you’ve got to be willing to fail and test things out,’ OMB official says.

Emerging Tech

Self-Driving Cars are Hitting California Roads (for Testing) This September

California has become one of the first states to create working regulations for autonomous vehicles on public roads.

Emerging Tech

America Just Launched a Rocket on a Secret Mission Into Space

An unmanned Atlas 5 rocket took off from Cape Canaveral in Florida, equipped with a "classified satellite" for the National Reconnaissance Office.

Modernization

Software-defined storage aims for ease of management

The successor to storage virtualization remains largely untested by agencies, but industry experts say the benefits will change that soon enough.

People

Who is Shaun Donovan?

Meet the housing expert, cross-government policy leader, and trained architect who is President Barack Obama's pick to take over OMB.

People

VanRoekel bullish on OMB digital service's potential

Congressional approval needed to staff up, CIO says, but pilots prove agencies get real value.

Modernization

House Votes to Halt Obama's Plan to Give Up Internet Authority

Republicans fear Russia or China could gain new influence over the Internet.

Modernization

DOJ recording policy raises tech questions

Recording suspect interviews presents the department with the challenge of how it will create and store the information.

Digital Government

Tapping the potential of predictive analytics

The Internet of Things really could change everything -- and agencies need to start preparing now.

Digital Government

Benevolent government data mining, or Big Brother?

Steve Kelman suggests that fast-improving analytics can raise some interesting questions.