Cybersecurity
Bangladesh-based hacker batters Indian cricket site in tiff over the sport's future
Entertainment // India
Cybersecurity
Fingers point to Palestine after Israeli Defense Ministry breach
Government (Foreign) // Israel
Ideas
Storify: Nextgov's 2014 State of the Union Tweets
Relive the real-time updates of Obama's speech.
Emerging Tech
A Tech Free State of the Union
The president’s speech glossed over the troubled state of government technology and procurement.
Digital Government
Twice As Many U.S. Missileers Now Implicated in Cheating Probe
It is not clear what role additional officers played, AP reports.
Digital Government
EPA Abandons Major Radiation Cleanup in Florida, Despite Cancer Concerns
The federal agency will leave it to state officials to decide the fate of the sites.
Digital Government
Billionaire Veteran Blasts For-Profit Schools as GI Bill Predators
Jerome Kohlberg calls the institutions ‘domestic enemies.’
Digital Government
VA Kicks Off Contracting for New Electronic Health Records System
VHA seeks industry coordinators to help manage project.
Digital Government
Experimental Uranium Tech Receives $62 Million Boost from U.S.
Funding is part of a set-aside in the 2014 spending bill signed into law this month.
Digital Government
CFPB Director: Yes, We Have Data. No, We're Not the NSA.
"You are giving me quotes about the NSA, which is not us and not what we are doing," Richard Cordray tells a House committee.
Cybersecurity
What feds can learn from Coca-Cola's data breach
The beverage giant's breach, which involved a former employee stealing laptops with unencrypted data, is a teachable moment for federal agencies.
Digital Government
White House Pushes Weaker Version of Spending Transparency Bill
The revised DATA Act could make it more difficult to track spending across agencies.
Cybersecurity
Agencies pay for public distrust in post-Snowden era
In the wake of the Snowden affair, Americans are growing more reluctant to hand over personal information to the government, which hurts legitimate data collection and could drive up costs.
Cybersecurity
Issa takes aim at federal security protocols
A House committee held a closed hearing to discuss potentially sensitive information related to the security of the HealthCare.gov website.
Modernization
Highlighting some lessons learned by federal cloud users
Migration to the cloud yields real benefits, but only when thought through and managed properly, say federal IT leaders who have made the move.
Emerging Tech
2 Spiffy—and Privately Owned—New Cameras Were Installed on the International Space Station Today
They’re so high-res that they’ll see people spelling out letters in a field.
Modernization
A Billion Smartphones Were Shipped in 2013—and That’s Not Even the Interesting Part
One way to boost growth: Convince people they need two phones.
Emerging Tech