Cybersecurity
Facebook, Google, Twitter Users Among Nearly 2 Million Accounts Hacked by Botnets
Compromised users are mostly in the Netherlands.
Cybersecurity
Cyber Arms Dealers Peddle 85 Worms a Day
Details on secret flaws in Microsoft and other software, plus the tools to exploit them, now sold to the highest bidder.
Digital Government
Latest GOES-R instrument ready for installation
SEISS is the third of six major instruments that will fly with GOES-R when it is launched in early 2016.
Cybersecurity
Lab seeks partners for Network Mapping System
Better mapping can give more detailed information to IT managers tasked with protecting networks.
Modernization
Microsoft pushes back against surveillance
The company plans to strengthen encryption of customer data and take a more active role in challenging efforts to collect information on users.
Acquisition
Bump in executive contractor compensation leaves everyone unhappy
OFPP announced a new cap of $952,308, but experts say further changes are possible.
Cybersecurity
NSA Connection Creates Credibility Problems for NIST Encryption Standards
New Commerce secretary discusses need to 'restore trust.'
Digital Government
Obamacare Enrollment Is Surging
Website fixes, spike in sign-ups may signal a turnaround for the law.
Digital Government
Master's Accreditation Benefits Federal Cyber Pros
Tuition assistance for information security program.
Digital Government
Chinese Air Defense Zone Won’t Inhibit Navy’s New Surveillance Planes
7th Fleet will continue routine patrols in disputed zone, spokesman says.
Digital Government
JCS Chairman Never Heard of Vet Courts Until This Week
Gen. Martin Dempsey promises to visit a Vet Court on his next domestic trip.
Digital Government
HealthCare.gov’s Lessons for Big Government
Site’s troubles prompt larger questions about government’s role in the economy.
Digital Government
For Some Feds, the Mobile Revolution Means the Workday Never Ends
Employees can work any time, anywhere, and many do just that.
People
DOD targets $1B in high-level staff cuts
Reorganization will move business systems oversight to CIO's office.
Acquisition
DOD issues new acquisition guidelines
The Pentagon's acquisition system remains largely unchanged, but the new guidance is designed to improve the critical early phases of the acquisition cycle.
Modernization
Could state law curtail NSA’s massive Utah data center?
A coalition of anti-surveillance activists wants to use local utilities as leverage to halt data collection.
Acquisition
New ITIC lobbyist says FITARA needs more work
In a blog post, Erica McCann suggested the bill’s acquisition provisions become part of a broader Hill discussion on IT procurement.
Digital Government
2014 Sequestration Threatens Planetary Sciences at NASA
Save space exploration because it supports us on Earth in countless ways.
Digital Government
Why Insurers Want HealthCare.gov (and Obamacare) to Work
Health plan providers are regularly providing technical feedback to the administration.
Digital Government