Cybersecurity
Envelope typo exposes 40,000 medical marijuana users and location of their pot
Healthcare and Public Health // Canada
Digital Government
Boehner's Covered, 500 Visitors and Other HealthCare.gov News
Follow key reporting on the Obama administration’s signature policy initiative.
Digital Government
Do Pentagon SESers Really Need a Course on How Their Department Works?
And, why pay a contractor to run it?
Digital Government
Viral Video Aims to Inspire Girls to Enter Science and Tech Fields
There's a high-tech and engineering skills gap; young girls may be the solution.
Emerging Tech
Twitter Tells Feds How to Tweet More Effectively
The microblogging site urges officials to be interactive and to use pictures and timelines.
Digital Government
White House Extends Obamacare Enrollment Deadline
Moving the Dec. 15 deadline to Dec. 23 will squeeze insurance companies that are still grappling with bad information coming from the back end of HealthCare.gov.
Digital Government
Defunct Defense-VA Health Record Office Spent Bulk of Budget on Support Contracts
Contractor employees outnumbered Defense and VA staff.
Emerging Tech
White House Must Weigh In on Kimmel-China Controversy
We the People petitioners upset after child on Kimmel’s show suggests killing Chinese people.
Digital Government
At Pentagon, it's more mobile with less money
Tighter budgets are forcing leaders to find creative ways to upgrade their technology.
Cybersecurity
Cyber crooks target digital signatures
Report finds a new family of mobile phone malware allows electronic attackers to bypass the digital signature apps that are key to "identity ecosystems."
Cybersecurity
Hackers Crack GitHub, Release a Treaty and Listen In On MacRumors
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
Modernization
GSA claims big savings from Networx
$678 million in 2013 savings were realized by consolidating purchases and leveraging federal buying power, the program's manager says.
Digital Government
London’s Tube Joins Elite Group of Cities Offering All-Night Subway Service
New York, Chicago, Berlin and Copenhagen get company.
Digital Government
NASA begins exploring quantum computing
Scientists face numerous challenges in testing the D-Wave Two’s capabilities, beginning with mapping problems to quantum models.
Cybersecurity
Rockefeller aims to add cyber overhaul to defense bill
Measure would provide a statutory framework to some elements of President Barack Obama's executive order on cybersecurity.
Acquisition
IT procurement and HealthCare.gov: Searching for scapegoats?
There are plenty of serious problems with HealthCare.gov, Steve Kelman argues, but the procurement system itself does not appear to be one of them.
Cybersecurity
Global study reveals lack of IT preparedness
In the public sector, 59 percent of respondents said funding was the biggest limiting factor in their organization’s tech project success.
Digital Government
Emails Reveal Worries About Bad Press for Obamacare Website
Top CMS officials expressed concerns about HealthCare.gov days before the site's Oct. 1 launch.
Emerging Tech