Digital Government
Pentagon Chief Tester: F-35 Software Remains Seriously Flawed
The fighter aircraft could not conduct operational missions today, report finds.
Cybersecurity
Defense, DHS, VA drive rise in federal employment
Three national-security related departments accounted for 77 percent of the total government-wide increase in compensation from 2004 to 2012.
Modernization
How Will the Government Regulate the Phones of the Future?
The FCC is about to study its regulations.
Cybersecurity
Study: Biz data collection a bigger worry than government
Three-quarters of those polled were more concerned about privacy than they were a year ago, and more cited business data collection, rather than government surveillance programs, as the reason.
Modernization
What federal agencies can learn from the Super Bowl
The public safety cloud that supports security at the event serves as a case study in connecting numerous disparate groups and people to identify and mitigate risks.
Cybersecurity
Should risky employees be allowed to hang around?
A reader takes issue with the notion that terminated government employees need to be ushered out the door quickly.
Modernization
Survey pinpoints data-storage concerns
Data security and downtime are two of the major worries for IT decision makers.
Emerging Tech
Earth Resumes Surveillance of Mercury
After a two-month hiatus, the Messenger spacecraft has resumed sending home images of the sun's closest companion.
Cybersecurity
The economics of a national cyber immune system
Inexpensive attacks can yield great returns for the bad guys, while the defenders work with limited budgets and have to be right every time.
Digital Government
Border Drone Drops from the Sky As Immigration Takes Center Stage
CBP has struggled to improve operations and maintenance of ten unmanned aircraft.
Modernization
Rockefeller blasts private-sector metadata storage plan
The retiring chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee said he was “concerned any change of our current framework will harm both national security and privacy.”
Digital Government
Report: White House seeks to defang transparency bill
The chief Senate supporter of the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act says the proposed changes are unacceptable, and he is backed by open-government advocates.
Cybersecurity
Security clearance reform: more questions than answers
Many of the proposed solutions rely on the use of IT – automation, continuous evaluation and shared data banks between agencies.
Modernization
Moving to the cloud? Learn from CBP's mistakes
CTO Wolf Tombe's four years of early-adopter experience provides a host of hard-learned lessons.
Cybersecurity
GSA, DOD team up to bolster cyber protections
Acquisition reform did not get any attention during the State of the Union address, but that doesn't mean reform efforts are off the agenda.
Digital Government
VA Paperless Claims Processing System Shut Down
VBMS 'should not be used until further notice,' internal message says.
Cybersecurity
Data Breach Epidemic: Why Are We Blaming the Victims?
The question going forward is what is the proper standard for protecting data, especially without the existence of universal technical, operational, and policy standards?
Digital Government
Obama Pushes Manufacturing Innovation for Third Straight Year
Says he will use executive authority to open new centers.
Cybersecurity