Emerging Tech

Get to Mars by Selling All Your Earthly Possessions

Elon Musk wants a ticket to Mars to cost $500,000. For those left behind, he'll have a cheap electric car for you.

Digital Government

Defense Extends IT Exchange Program

New regs authorize temporary assignments to private sector organizations.

Modernization

Industry group raises alarm over Google's changing ad policy

Google recently pulled the advertising option from its Education Apps product line -- are there ramifications for federal users?

Acquisition

News and notes from day 3 at FOSE

Women in STEM, paper-based thinking, GWAC updates and a framework for cybersecurity hiring.

People

Measuring knowledge at NASA

NASA has metrics to gauge competency, but Chief Knowledge Officer Ed Hoffman says hard skills aren't everything.

People

East retiring as Treasury CIO

Robyn East joins a growing list of departing federal CIOs.

Digital Government

Andreessen Horowitz leads $15 million funding round for OpenGov

The data visualization firm has signed up 100 governments in 14 months and sees new potential at the federal level.

Cybersecurity

Lawmakers Say Favored NSA Reform Bill Doesn’t Go Far Enough

House members want to insert an amendment barring the agency from exploiting zero day flaws.

Cybersecurity

FBI in the market for bad software

The FBI is seeking a supplier of malicious code, links and exploits.

Emerging Tech

What's Going to Happen to the International Space Station?

Russia plans to kick Americans off the station after 2020, four years earlier than the space mission's intended end.

Cybersecurity

FCC Employees, Is Your Internet Running Sluggish Today?

Some website operators are slowing FCC staff's access to their sites in protest of potential paid Internet fast lane regulations.

Digital Government

Pentagon CIO Shuffle: Navy Exec Takes the Reins at Defense

Terry Halvorsen, who will become acting Defense CIO, hasn't always embraced his predecessor's initiatives.

Modernization

The state of cloud security

Industry giants say cloud security is a shared responsibility, with vendors providing the services and agencies responsible for creating secure apps and following standard practices.

Acquisition

Public-private group envisions 'acquisition of the future'

AOF brings together government and industry in an effort to chart a new course for acquisition overhaul efforts.

Digital Government

Is Broadband Internet A Public Utility?

If broadband Internet is reclassified as a public utility, Internet service providers would be subject to stricter and more developed regulation.