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?
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.
Digital Government
Federal Tech Funding Dips Slightly in Obama’s Fiscal 2015 Request
VanRoekel touts a 'one-government, outside-looking-in approach' to federal IT.
Emerging Tech
What NASA Wants to Do With Its 2015 Budget
Significant things requested funding could make possible.
Digital Government
Obama Budget Plan Puts Controversial Plutonium-Conversion Facility on Hold
South Carolina site deemed too expensive for 2015.
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