Cybersecurity

Russia's Holding Back Cyber Capabilities in Ukraine

'If Russia really wanted to deal a devastating blow . . . they could have definitely done it.'

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

Telework Week totals more than 160,000 participants

Mobile Work Exchange calculates that this year’s 163,495 Telework Week participants -- most of them federal employees -- saved nearly $14 million in commuting costs.

People

Federal 100: Nani Coloretti

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Cybersecurity

Federal 100: Melinda Rogers

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Digital Government

Federal 100: Norman Dong

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Digital Government

Federal 100: Adam Hughes

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Digital Government

Federal 100: James Hird

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Cybersecurity

Federal 100: Donald Matheson

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Digital Government

Federal 100: Maj. Gen. Earl Matthews

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Digital Government

Federal 100: Param Soni

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Cybersecurity

Federal 100: Kevin Deeley

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