Cybersecurity
Mobile malware meets BYOD
Infections of malicious software in mobile devices surged by 20 percent in 2013, just as bring-your-own-device strategies are gaining greater acceptance in government.
Digital Government
Presidential fellow hawks MyUSA site as proof government can innovate
The upcoming launch of the My.USA.gov will help agencies engage with the public, says Hillary Hartley.
Digital Government
Defense Launches New Health Record Procurement
Officials plan to deploy the EHR, which ultimately will serve 9.6 million beneficiaries and 70,000 clinicians, starting in late 2016.
Digital Government
Colorado Terror Suspect Is First to Challenge Warrantless NSA Surveillance in Court
Muhtorov was accused of aiding an Islamist militant group overseas.
Modernization
Why Free Games Are Increasingly the Most Profitable Apps
The most downloaded apps are games.
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