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
The NSA Finally Names Its Internal Privacy Advocate
Rebecca Richards, a DHS official, has been selected as the agency's first civil liberties and privacy officer.
Modernization
Walter Reed brings crisis communications system online
The Navy Yard shooting in D.C. and the Fort Hood attack in Texas have increased the focus on workplace security at government installations.
Emerging Tech
It’s Time for All Politicians to Start Campaigning via Holograms
They're not just for resurrecting dead entertainers.
Digital Government
Obama Pledges More Investment in Math and Science Education
President also focused on early childhood STEM education in his State of the Union address.
Cybersecurity
GAO: Protect next-gen 911 from cyberattack
With multiple federal entities working on emergency response communications, GAO says DHS should take the lead.
Cybersecurity