People

10 HealthCare.gov bugs you might have missed

There's even more to the Obamacare launch's stumbles than you know.

Digital Government

Lawmakers Shift Attention From Obamacare Website to Law

Even Republicans assume HealthCare.gov will be fixed; both sides turn to more-lasting impacts of reform.

Digital Government

Homeland Security Will No Longer Assess GPS Risks

More unintended consequences of sequestration and tight budgets.

Cybersecurity

Pondering the pros and cons of an ID hub

A single federated ID would make tracking, verifying and authenticating identities easier, but it also could make the public nervous, said some IT managers participating in the hub project.

Cybersecurity

Big Data Is a Good Place for Hackers to Hide

In five to 10 years, expect attackers to game threat-detection analytics by creating bogus malicious activity.

Modernization

SAM, the cloud, and the new environment

Cloud computing presents new challenges to software asset management, so SAM strategies should be adapted to fit the nature of individual agency networks.

Modernization

IBM passes FedRAMP muster

Big Blue becomes the 10th certified cloud provider.

Emerging Tech

What Do All Those Earth-like Planets Mean? Let's Fund NASA and Find Out

How can we not try to find out if any of them really are like us?

Modernization

CIA-backed Cloud Security Firm Buys Encryption Company to Help Spy-Wary Industry

To address corporate concerns about storing information at data centers accessible by intelligence agencies, HyTrust acquires HighCloud.

Cybersecurity

A wrong number sends doc’s patient files to Canadian homeowner

Healthcare and Public Health // Saskatchewan, Canada

Digital Government

Senator Pushes for Protection From Drones' Prying Eyes

Feds would need a warrant for drone surveillance under Sen. Markey's bill.

Digital Government

CIO Working on Obamacare Website Steps Down

Other CMS management staffers are moving around too.

Digital Government

Agencies Could Save Nearly $6 Billion From IT Consolidation

The savings estimate from a government auditor is more than double the White House’s figure.

Digital Government

Federal Agencies Welcome More Than 500 Virtual Interns

A handful of agencies are participating in the expanding program.

Digital Government

Sebelius: Delaying Obamacare Website 'Not an Option'

HHS secretary says health care improvements were needed immediately.

Digital Government

Senate Bill Would Make Data Center Consolidation the Law

Legislation would require annual reports on agencies' consolidation plans and progress.

People

DATA Act, IT consolidation bill advance in Senate

One bill would make it easier to track federal spending; the other would continue ongoing efforts to reduce the number of data centers the government maintains.