Digital Government

Energy Dept. Seeks $8.3 Billion for 2015 Nuclear-Arsenal Work

Some $2.7 billion sought for aging U.S. warheads, including the B-61 gravity bomb.

Digital Government

Yahoo Has Joined the War for Your Online Identity—About Half a Decade Too Late

For nearly half a decade, Yahoo has been giving away its most valuable asset to its rivals. Now it has decided that that must stop.

Cybersecurity

Continuous monitoring is improving cybersecurity, but not without challenges

Federal networks produce an astounding amount of data. Agencies are now trying to figure out how much of it to save, and for how long.

Cybersecurity

Feds seek info-sharing standards for private-sector data breaches

Federal law enforcement officials say national reporting standards could help investigators uncover culprits.

Digital Government

Budget requests for science, research mostly flat

One big winner is likely to be NOAA, which is gearing up to launch new weather satellites in 2016-17.

Modernization

FAA’s NextGen system off course, says IG

A report from the DOT inspector general found longstanding problems with cost increases, schedule slips and performance shortfalls.

Modernization

Neustar keeps .us domain deal

The contract extension comes as the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers fosters a dramatic expansion of the domain naming pool.

Digital Government

Air Force to Congress: Save the Space Fence

The proposal preserves development of new radars aimed at keeping vessels safe from deadly space trash.

Digital Government

The Only Woman in the Computer Science Department

Irene Greif talks about being the first woman to get a Ph.D. in her field at MIT.

Digital Government

Op-Ed: Unlocking the Economic Potential of Geospatial Data

Agency IT leaders need to make room on the Federal Geospatial Platform for those who most need the data: users.

Digital Government

The FY15 budget: IT spending breakdown

The overall changes are modest compared to fiscal 2014, but many individual agency budgets see much larger swings.

Modernization

Watch out for 'boiler room' cloud brokers

If cloud providers are also brokers, can an agency be sure its interests are put first?

Cybersecurity

Sally Beauty felled by a recent payment system hack

Manufacturing // United States

Digital Government

VA Seeks 5 Percent Boost in IT Funding

The department’s budget request includes $173 million for the paperless claims system.

Digital Government

Pentagon Slashes Army Tactical Radio Buy

The department’s 2015 budget request also pares $800 million from space systems funding.

Emerging Tech

What NASA Wants to Do With Its 2015 Budget

Significant things requested funding could make possible.

Digital Government

New Mexico Lets Nuclear Waste Remain Above Ground After Radioactive Leak

Atomic waste-filled containers are being temporarily stored outside faulty underground facility.

Digital Government

2015 Budget Would Boost Investments in STEM Education

One proposed change is a governmentwide reorganization of STEM education programs.