Cybersecurity
One Chart Shows Why You Shouldn’t Trust the Feds With Your Data
The number of reported information security incidents involving personally identifiable information has more than doubled in recent years.
People
IT testing for 2020 count running behind
GAO auditors said that although the Census Bureau has made progress on the IT for the decennial count, several of the supporting projects have neither a schedule nor a detailed plan.
People
GAO: IRS should improve IT investment reporting
The watchdog agency wants the IRS to provide more and better quantitative information on IT spending to help gauge whether it is getting what it pays for.
Digital Government
DHS Telework System Lacks a Disaster Plan, IG Says
Workplace as a Service program needs an alternate processing site, report says.
Cybersecurity
Data breach response leaves something to be desired
The number of federal agency data breaches involving personally identifiable information increased from 10,481 in 2009 to 25,566 in 2013.
Digital Government
Republicans Fear Obama Will Let Russia Seize Internet Power
The administration insists no government will gain new influence over the Internet.
Modernization
The U.S. Government Secretly Built a 'Cuban Twitter' to Stir Dissent
USAID hoped the social network would grow enough to allow activists to organize 'smart mobs,' AP reports.
Cybersecurity
Watch out for 'the guy in cubicle 3B'
It's easier to recruit an insider than to hack from the outside, warns the former FBI man who had a leading role in catching notorious spy Robert Hanssen.
Digital Government
DARPA does biotech
The mission of the new Biological Technologies Office is to explore the intersection of technology and the physical sciences.
Digital Government
Government innovates, and people notice
Nearly 90 percent those surveyed for a new IBM Center report said their projects got media attention.
Cybersecurity
Texas liquor chain waited a year and a half to say anything about customer data breach
Food and Beverage // Texas, United States
Digital Government
NASA Weighs Ethics of Astronaut Health Risks on Long Missions Into Deep Space
Independent report offers ethical guidelines and a decision-making framework.
Digital Government
That Old Space Race Feeling: NASA Memo Suspends Contact With Russians
(Except for activities related to the International Space Station.)
Cybersecurity
DHS Quietly Delivers Hacker Footprints to Industry
A little-known firewall-protected website exchanges sensitive cyber intel between companies and agencies.
Emerging Tech
The Human Genome’s Secrets: Unlocked and Online
The National Human Genome Research Institute wants a Web museum.
Modernization
Netflix's Net-Neutrality Plea Gets Rejected by the FCC
The government has a critical role in how networks connect to each other, it's just not a net neutrality issue, FCC chair says.
Modernization
Lawmaker: Staffing expenses threaten CBP tech acquisition
Commissioner Gil Kerlikowske assured appropriators that his agency is moving ahead with cost-efficient programs to monitor borders and ports of entry.
Digital Government