Cybersecurity
Hijacked baby monitor in Ohio stalks terrified tot
Healthcare and Public Health // Ohio, United States
Digital Government
The Data Act Is About to Shake Up Federal Operations
Following House passage late Monday, the bill that will require uniform spending data across the government heads to Obama for signature.
Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity May Be Going the Way of Country Music
And many of us are starting to do the equivalent of changing the dial.
Digital Government
More Tech Pros Are Earning Six Figure Salaries
Year over year job postings are up 162 percent for cybersecurity professionals.
Emerging Tech
First Instrument Deemed Ready for NOAA’s Next-Gen Polar Orbiting Satellite
Its timely completion bodes well for the agency's $11 billion program to replace vital weather-monitoring spacecraft.
Modernization
Phones Are Giving Away Your Location, Regardless of Your Privacy Settings
Sensors in your phone that collect seemingly harmless data could leave you vulnerable to cyber attack, according to new research.
Cybersecurity
Why the U.S. Government Is Extra Worried About the Huge Internet Explorer Bug
Old computers are much more vulnerable.
Digital Government
Operators Rely On Memory, Not Computers, to Track Nuke Waste
Inoperable phones, outdated monitoring system and absence of video surveillance thwart investigation at New Mexico repository.
Modernization
The Mobile Industry Is Fighting the Wrong War in Emerging Markets
Is the battle for cheaper smartphones a worthwhile fight, or does the real war lie in making their content accessible?
People
GSA, OPM team up to tackle training
The goal is to deliver better-focused training packages with more cost-effective contracts.
Cybersecurity
Former employee remotely destructed Virginia cloud service provider
Web Services // Virginia, United States
Cybersecurity
Hackers May Accomplish What Microsoft Can’t—Kill off Windows XP
Microsoft said over the weekend that its browser is vulnerable to an attack that could allow hackers to install software on unsuspecting users’ computers.
Digital Government
Takai to leave DOD
CIO's May departure will add to the Pentagon's growing list of senior IT and management vacancies.
Digital Government
Data Act sent to president
The House passed the spending transparency legislation easily, as the Senate did earlier, but it's not clear what the White House position is.
Digital Government
Obama Orders Investigation of Veteran Deaths in Phoenix
Clinical experts are reviewing operations at the center where as many as 40 vets are alleged to have died awaiting care.
Cybersecurity
Commerce bureaus flunk cyber test
The department's inspector general used automated software to direct suspicious traffic at the public-facing websites of five offices; only one analyzed and moved to block the threat.
Acquisition
Seeking some common ground
Federal IT is difficult enough without viewing agencies and industry as zero-sum adversaries, writes FCW's Troy K. Schneider.
Cybersecurity
Another Windows XP vulnerability exposed
Cybersecurity firm Qualys estimated that more than 10 percent of computers used in government and corporations worldwide still use the OS, which Microsoft stopped supporting three weeks ago.
Digital Government