Cybersecurity
Patient with STD sues hospital for posting her health records on Facebook
Healthcare and Public Health // Ohio, United States
Cybersecurity
Man Who May Be a Top Chinese Hacker Likes Grain Alcohol, Heineken
The everyday life of a PLA hacker.
Digital Government
DEA Spy Unit Seeks to Hasten Surveillance Using IT
The agency is drafting a potential contract for help with "rapid prototyping," data analysis and other tech services within its Office of Special Intelligence.
Digital Government
VA Schedulers Failed to Fully Use Wait List Software Created in 2002
Ignored internal system at least once on 731 facilities probed.
Digital Government
Survey: Up to 70 Percent of Government IT Staff Will Depart Within 5 Years
The top workforce challenge identified by CIOs was workforce planning.
People
VA is acquiring new scheduling IT, says CIO
An acquisition is in the works to replace VA’s troubled scheduling software with a commercial system.
Digital Government
IBM Partners with Epic in Battle for Pentagon’s Multibillion-Dollar EHR Deal
Big blue and a leading EHR provider join forces to compete for the $11 billion Defense Department’s Healthcare Management Systems Modernization contract.
Emerging Tech
Facebook Verifies Federal Accounts, Distinguishing Them From Copies and Fakes
First social media platform to do so using a new federal API.
People
The myth of the telework gender gap
New data has destroyed the notion that teleworking is the nearly exclusive province of women with small children.
Digital Government
Amazon takes up HealthCare.gov role
Adding AWS as a subcontractor is one piece of the plan to overhaul HealthCare.gov before the next open enrollment period.
Modernization
FedRAMP deadline a soft one
Neither the GSA nor OMB is taking a hard stance on compliance with cloud-security guidelines, at least for the time being.
Digital Government
Army Boosts Value of IT Deal by $774 Million
Increases value of $5 billion, 2007 hardware and software contract.
Digital Government
Survey Identifies Old IT Culprits As Top Barriers To More Open Government
Data sensitivity, a perceived lack of funding, and privacy concerns remain challenges to unleashing more government data.
Modernization
USAF cloud pilot, FSSI protests, highway hackers, a new day for drones and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Digital Government
Amtrak Eyes Broadband Wi-Fi DC-Boston
Rollout will require a whole mess of access points.
Digital Government
IRS Illegally Gave Taxpayer Data to the FBI in 2010, Republicans Say
Move is evidence of effort to undermine conservative groups, lawmakers say.
Cybersecurity
Why New Macs Are DHS’ Key to Malware That Targets PCs
Agency buys hardware and software ahead of move to St. Elizabeths.
Cybersecurity