Cybersecurity
L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center clients hit up for money
Financial Services // Healthcare and Public Health // California, United States
Digital Government
Commentary: Every Federal Agency Needs an Innovation Lab
Safe places to think and act outside the bureaucratic box.
Emerging Tech
Reagan Administration Emails Were the Dawn of Digital Transparency
The NSC's early email system expanded to the rest of the White House in 1986.
Digital Government
Marking Three Years of Telework Progress
Act requires agencies to establish expanded telework programs and notify all employees of their eligibility to telework.
Digital Government
What the First Income Taxes Tell Us About HealthCare.gov
A Q-and-A with tax policy professor Joseph Thorndike.
People
FAA regs render Forest Service drones flightless
The aircraft were bought six years ago to monitor marijuana fields, but can't get off the ground.
Digital Government
NSA Also Spies on Trolls, Orcs and Elves
The agency has infiltrated online games populated by mythical creatures.
Modernization
Obama wants agencies to push the Green Button
GSA, DOE and EPA are tasked with launching a pilot energy data exchange program at federal facilities within 120 days.
Acquisition
GAO: Take account of reverse-auction growth
GAO recommends issuing governmentwide guidance aimed at helping agencies maximize competition and savings when using reverse auctions.
People
DOD's Takai honors IT excellence
The Army Enterprise Email Migrations Team was a big winner in the DOD CIO awards.
Modernization
Wheeler postpones spectrum auction until IT is tested
The disastrous launch of HealthCare.gov looms as an object lesson on proving technology before it is deployed.
Cybersecurity
Eight Tech Giants Urge Obama and Congress to Curb NSA
Open letter says electronic surveillance needs to be restricted by law.
Digital Government
About 10 Percent of Obamacare Enrollment Files Have Errors
HHS has struggled to figure out the extent of HealthCare.gov’s back-end problems.
Cybersecurity
Leading tech firms seek stronger surveillance rules
Open letter urges Congress and the president to ensure U.S. surveillance efforts are "restricted by law, proportionate to the risks, transparent and subject to independent oversight."
People
How many Commerce CIOs does it take to...?
Deltek's annual holiday party brought together five current and former Commerce Department IT leaders.
Modernization
The scary truth about modernization
Delaying efforts to update or replace old IT systems has serious implications for agencies’ ability to achieve their missions.
Digital Government
Congress Grills TSA on Chinese-Made Luggage Scanner Parts
About 250 systems sold by Rapiscan are installed inside U.S. airports nationwide.
Cybersecurity
Web traffic from U.S., Germany, South Korea and Iran intercepted by Iceland?
Government (U.S.) // Government (Foreign) // U.S., Germany, South Korea and Iran
Cybersecurity
Data on 465,000 tax refund and benefits debit cardholders hacked
Financial Services // Government (U.S.)
Digital Government