Cybersecurity
VA hacked again -- Software upgrade bares beneficiary medical and financial data
Financial Services // Government (U.S.) // Healthcare and Public Health // United States
Digital Government
NSA Reforms: What Will Change, And What Won't
Depending on who you ask, the changes Obama announced pave the way toward serious reform or are merely window dressing.
Cybersecurity
Hackers Mortify Drunk Drivers, Attack Syrian Electronic Army, and Pay Back MIT
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
Modernization
BlackBerrys Will Make Up 98% of Mobile Devices on New Defensewide System
About 80,000 of them and 1,800 Apple and Android phones and tablets will be managed by the system launching Jan. 31.
Emerging Tech
It’s Official: Accenture Wins Contract to Manage HealthCare.gov
HHS will pay the contractor $91 million to manage the site for one year.
Emerging Tech
The First Google Glass Moving Violation Case Got Dropped
No way to determine if device was turned on, judge says.
Emerging Tech
This Teen Uses Data to Track the Conversation About Bullying
Viraj Puri, 13, is seeking help from Facebook and Twitter to track the bullying conversation online.
Cybersecurity
Obama trims intelligence gathering
The presidential directive places new limits on the collection of data on Americans' communications, but the gathering of data will continue.
Ideas
Obama Establishes Big Data Privacy Panel as Part of NSA Reform
Podesta tapped to lead 'comprehensive review,' consider international norms.
People
GSA's Koses moves up
Jeff Koses has been the agency's point man on Capitol Hill on topics ranging from the Federal Strategic Sourcing Initiative to governmentwide acquisition contracts.
Acquisition
DHS kicks off continuous monitoring contract
Hewlett Packard, Northrop Grumman, Knowledge Consulting and Technica won the initial task orders.
Cybersecurity
Target Data Breach Saga Is Starting to Resemble an International Spy Thriller
It may be part of a larger, unprecedented attack on U.S. retailers by Russian hackers.
People
DARPA in 2014: Director Arati Prabhakar looks ahead
The specific technologies change, but the research agency's director asserts that the "mission has been unchanged in 55 years."
Acquisition
Coburn to cut short his Senate term
The Oklahoma Republican and federal spending critic says he will retire in early 2015.
People
Corruption and bureaucratic rigidity
Steve Kelman contends that federal management systems are far more rule-bound than the cases of corruption warrant.
People
Looking for a few good IT trainees
Post-9/11 veterans and civilians who served in war zones, and qualified spouses, are eligible.
Cybersecurity
McCormack named vice chair of CIO Council
Luke McCormack steps into the role just weeks after assuming new duties as CIO at the Homeland Security Department.
Cybersecurity