Modernization
Verizon sells Federal Network Systems unit
The telecom giant's federal systems integration shop will become part of Jacobs Engineering Group, a diverse, global engineering and construction company that has interests in IT.
Cybersecurity
Government Employees Cause Nearly 60% of Public Sector Cyber Incidents
Misfired emails and other errors account for most of the compromised data.
Cybersecurity
None of 20,000 patients affected were ever notified of 911 computer breach
Healthcare and Public Health // Ohio, United States
Cybersecurity
ID theft at prominent medical center leads to 788 fraud incidents
Healthcare and Public Health // Pennsylvania, United States
Digital Government
Want to Know How Developers Use Your Agency's Data? Ask Them.
An upgraded HealthData.gov site will ask users to volunteer what they’re using HHS data for.
Digital Government
White House: No Deportation for Justin Bieber
Obama administration declines to comment on anti-Bieber We the People petition.
Emerging Tech
How China Will Dominate the U.S. Electric-Bus Market
The country is emerging as an innovator in green tech.
Digital Government
The Electronic-Medical-Records Email(s) of the Day, No. 2
The pricing of voice-recognition software as one sign of distortions of the medical market, and other inside insights.
Acquisition
HealthCare.gov -- more agile, please
Draft requirements for the site's next contract stress open source, iterative development and maintaining the financial back-end platform.
Cybersecurity
Guarding against Heartbleed not so simple
As DHS discusses the ongoing assessment, cybersecurity experts warn that "you never know when you're done."
Digital Government
Americans wary of domestic drones, wearable computers
A new Pew survey found overall optimism but strong concerns about the effect of specific technologies.
Cybersecurity
Deltek Breach Raises Questions About Widespread Hacking
Feds won't confirm company assertions about the attack, which affected 80,000 employees of government contractors.
Modernization
In Aereo’s Supreme Court Case, What’s Really on Trial is the Cloud
The Supreme Court will hear arguments in that same case on April 22.
Cybersecurity
Feds warn HealthCare.gov users about Heartbleed
HHS officials reset 8 million user accounts as a precaution, though they said they have found no indication that personal information has been targeted.
Modernization
VDI moves to the cloud
To counter the strain desktop virtualization can put on data centers and administrators, some agencies and vendors are turning to desktop as a service.
Digital Government