Cybersecurity
An Extra 14 Percent Keeps Cyber Pros at State -- Just Don't Call It a Bonus
Incentive program helps the department retain cyber talent.
Modernization
Cloud Moves for IBM Target Civilian Government, Defense
'We already have a FedRAMP-compliant offering, but we wanted to up the game,' IBM says.
Emerging Tech
This Is What the ATM of the Future Looks Like
JPMorgan Chase’s consumer division, Chase Bank, is in the midst of introducing EBKs, or electronic banking kiosks.
Digital Government
Facebook Is Expanding the Way It Tracks You and Your Data
The social giant is digging into information from your smartphone and tracking the other websites you visit.
Acquisition
FCC targets cyber role, NOAA inks IT deal, IBM eyes EHR and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
People
How agencies can accelerate innovation
GSA's 18F and similar programs promise to jump-start innovation efforts at agencies, and here are five ways to ensure their success.
Cybersecurity
CBP biometric test center set to open
The Maryland facility will test devices that record biometric data from travelers exiting the country.
Acquisition
Pentagon, Congress seek to avoid acquisition 'Groundhog Day'
Policymakers attempting to revamp how the military buys and manages weapons and IT systems will have to overcome bureaucratic inertia and the tendency of reform efforts to repeat themselves.
Modernization
A story that makes federal IT look good
Steve Kelman notes two important messages about agencies' ability to amplify their impact.
Cybersecurity
Diners at P.F. Chang’s Should Check Their Credit Card Statements
Financial Services // Food and Beverage
Digital Government
Weapons-Grade Uranium Not a Must for Nuclear Medicine, Dutch Figure Says
'It's not a matter of money,' Nederlof says. 'It's a matter of solving technical problems.'
Cybersecurity
Fake Dot-Gov Webmail Used in Phishing Scam to Hack EPA and Census Staff
Nigerian admits breaching employee email accounts to order agency office products that he then sold on the black market.
Ideas
Cybersecurity: We’ve Deluded Ourselves for Years
There's nothing new about the debate over exploiting cyber vulnerabilities rather than fixing them.
Digital Government
The World Cup Will Open With a Kick From a Brain-Controlled Exoskeleton
The goal is make exoskeletons commonplace, leaving wheelchairs rolling in the dust.
People
Money, promiscuous partnering and 'intrapreneurs'
ACT-IAC workshop explores what's really required for innovation in the public sector.
Emerging Tech
NASA's Supersonic Parachute Is Running Out of Time
Before humans can land on Mars, scientists have to wrestle with atmospheric conditions back home.
People
May leads NIST, Sandia explores scanning
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Cybersecurity
House Intel chairman upbeat on cyber legislation
Rep. Mike Rogers says a better public understanding of cyber issues in the wake of the Snowden leaks would help push information-sharing proposals forward.
Digital Government