Cybersecurity
Why FedRAMP should matter to you
A reminder for vendors and feds alike of what is required by June 2014.
Modernization
Does CBP’s Tombe expect too much from the cloud?
Readers challenged the Customs and Border Protection CTO’s assertion that 99.999 percent reliability should not cost extra.
Cybersecurity
Thousands of Barclays customer accounts leaked to rogue traders
Financial Services // UK
Emerging Tech
Five Things That Cost More Than Space Exploration
Does the U.S. spend too much on space exploration, or not enough?
Emerging Tech
How to Make Data-Based Hiring Decisions
Typical resumé fodder may not be predictive of an employee’s performance.
Digital Government
Another Day, Another Shutdown for the VA Claims System
Outages are seemingly routine.
Emerging Tech
Why Nobody Can Withdraw Bitcoins From One of the Currency’s Largest Exchanges
Mt. Gox cites a bug in the software on which the virtual currency operates.
Emerging Tech
This GIF Shows What Might Be Water Flowing on Mars
Thanks to seasonally warm temperatures and some iron-based anti-freeze.
Digital Government
Five Major Drug Chains to Adopt Blue Button Prescription Standards
Wide use of VA-developed data format expected to reduce dosing errors, save lives.
Digital Government
Obama-Appointed FTC Chairwoman Praises Snowden for Putting 'Spotlight' on Privacy
Many were unaware how they could be tracked online, Edith Ramirez says.
Cybersecurity
Accepting Credit Card Payments Involves Risk -- Even If You're the Government
But that risk can be minimized in a few simple steps.
Digital Government
Officials Seek Industry Input on How to Comply With Obama's NSA Reforms
Could a contractor store all that metadata or is that an inherently governmental function?
Digital Government
DARPA Launches Project to Revolutionize Web Search
Memex system, inspired by a 1945 article in The Atlantic, will focus on topical searches and plumb ‘deep Web.’
Cybersecurity
Feds seek industry input for info-sharing architecture
The architecture is intended to make information sharing between federal agencies easier and less legally burdensome.
Cybersecurity
NSA cybersecurity issues echo scathing Hill report
A New York Times story on NSA vulnerabilities bears a striking resemblance to a report by Republicans on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee detailing problems at other agencies.
Cybersecurity
Forthcoming cybersecurity framework to address privacy
Since the most recent draft came out in October, a sharpened focus on privacy has evolved.
Emerging Tech
Why China Just Built This Lantern-Shaped Research Base in Antarctica
Antarctica is the world’s last unexploited continent, and the latest site of a global race over resources and status.
Cybersecurity
CBP website helps track trade violations
The retooled site for processing trade data is part of the DHS agency’s Automated Commercial Environment.
Acquisition
