Cybersecurity
Budget request for classified IT climbs 14 percent
Difference between budget request and IT Dashboard data suggests $6.15 billion for fiscal 2015.
Digital Government
Analysis: Drones Herald the End of the Age of the Gun
Drones will cause an upheaval of society like we haven’t seen in 700 years.
Digital Government
How Big Data Will Haunt You Forever: Your High School Transcript
Some educational reformers are advocating for “digital backpacks.”
People
Professional Services Council launches tech policy group
Creation of the council is a response to what PSC President and CEO Stan Soloway called the "convergence" of the technology and professional services sectors.
Modernization
Study: Shared services could save government $28 billion
While three quarters of respondents said shared services are a strategic initiative for their agency CIOs, only about 40 percent of agencies have defined goals and objectives.
Emerging Tech
In the Future, Internet Privacy Will Be a Luxury for Those Who Can Afford it
Experts predict the increasingly digital economy could create even deeper structural unemployment for low-skilled workers.
Cybersecurity
Next thing to worry about: Cybercrime as a service
New report suggests the tools to penetrate protected systems are increasingly bought, not built.
Emerging Tech
Feds Won't Release Emails Alleging First Responder Network Impropriety
An Iowa sheriff says the FirstNet governing board is too cozy with wireless carriers.
Cybersecurity
Russia's Holding Back Cyber Capabilities in Ukraine
'If Russia really wanted to deal a devastating blow . . . they could have definitely done it.'
Digital Government
Seven Agencies Fail at FOIA, Group Says
State, Defense and DHS receive F grades; Justice and SSA earn B's.
Modernization
Obamacare Cloud Contract Will End Up Costing 10 Times Its Original Value
CMS extends its Verizon contract for seven months because of delays in moving to a new cloud host.
Emerging Tech
Feds Again Ground Commercial Drone Use
The FAA is appealing a judge’s ruling that a ban on commercial drones lacks proper authority.
Emerging Tech
NASA: Sorry, Pluto's Replacement Isn't Real
My very educated mother just served us nine (pizzas, xylophones, never mind).
Cybersecurity
Getting a handle on cyberattacks
IARPA wants to find a better way to evaluate techniques for detecting attacks.
Emerging Tech
Space Radar Could Predict Massive Sinkholes a Month Before They Collapse
An early warning system could be mounted on planes or satellites to scan sinkhole prone areas.
Digital Government
Partial Probe Shows No Radiation at New Mexico Nuclear Waste Site
Test did not sample source of last month’s leaks.
Cybersecurity
2013 lapses drive new performance goals
The cross-agency priority goals announced in the 2015 budget grew out of the failures of HealthCare.gov and NSA security in the Snowden affair.
Cybersecurity
Federal agencies flunking FOIA
None of the 15 agencies studied earned an A on a Freedom of Information Act report card from the Center for Effective Government, and seven – including DOD, DHS and State – got an F.
Modernization
