Cybersecurity
Report seeks more opportunities in shared services
Beyond saving money, the approach can help agencies focus on their core missions and improve accountability.
Digital Government
NSA Wants to Expand Phone Database—Because of Privacy Suits
The government says it needs to keep the phone data as evidence.
Digital Government
10,000 Year Nuclear Waste Storage Site Fails After 15 years
Maybe it’s time to develop another 10,000 year plan.
Cybersecurity
Pentagon CIO points to in-phone security
Teri Takai wants industry to develop mobile devices that DOD can certify quickly -- and cheaply.
Digital Government
Three Agencies Stretch Their Funding With Shared Services
A look at NASA, Energy and DHS programs.
Digital Government
Workers Exposed to Radiation at Nuclear Weapons Waste Dump
Thirteen employees tested positive after Feb. 14 leak at the New Mexico site.
People
Behind the scenes at the HealthCare.gov tech surge
A new report reveals insider details from the scramble to save HealthCare.gov.
Cybersecurity
Analysis: A Key NSA Overseer's Alarming Dismissal of Surveillance Critics
The NSA's inspector general mischaracterized Edward Snowden's critique of the agency in remarks at Georgetown.
Cybersecurity
Shoppers Decided to Avoid Target After Its Giant Data Breach
There was a 5.5% decline in customer transactions during Target’s fiscal fourth quarter.
Cybersecurity
Feds' facial recognition systems fall outside code of conduct
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration's code of conduct will apply only to commercial uses, at least to start.
Modernization
Boeing Enters the Super-Secure Smartphone Market With a Focus on Hardware
The Black looks and functions like a generic Android device but doubles as a classified information system capable of scanning for intrusions.
Cybersecurity
States aiming at NSA might hit contractors
Proposals under consideration in several legislatures would limit state interaction with firms assisting warrantless data collection.
Digital Government
U.S. Border Drones Need 'Further Refined' Privacy Policies, DHS Chief Says
But security is still Jeh Johnson's priority, the department's new secretary tells Congress.
Digital Government
Federal CIO Council Refocuses on Workforce
A committee is reborn during reorganization.
Emerging Tech
House-Passed IT Reform Bill Expands Single CIO Mandate to DoD
The revised bill also pares back a proposal for a governmentwide contract consulting center.
Modernization
Takai takes FITARA to task for oversight provisions
Defense Department CIO is concerned the legislation might collide with internal Pentagon realignment efforts.
Emerging Tech
House Passes Bill to Put More FOIA Processing Online
The legislation would also require agencies to publish documents requested three times or more.
Modernization
The Bitcoin Industry Embraces What It Was Built to Avoid—Rules and Regulation
The crash of the prominent bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox is the latest sign that bitcoin needs to adopt some sort of oversight if it is going to survive and thrive.
People
DOD must mesh realignment with approaching budget battle
Current plans to trim Pentagon spending are clipping around the edges, and officials fear tougher choices will be hard for Congress to agree to.
Digital Government