Cybersecurity

NIST framework leaves crucial question unanswered

Latest draft fills in details, but debate continues over voluntary standards versus regulatory mandates.

Modernization

Is tax-filing delay tied to HealthCare.gov problems?

House Ways and Means chairman asks why IRS employees were excepted from the shutdown to work on the health care site, but not to test key tax systems.

People

What went wrong with HealthCare.gov?

Congressional hearing zeroes in on problems with testing, integration and project management.

Digital Government

What If Millennials Start to Hate Obamacare?

Republicans need young voters, and so they're searching for a way to exploit the ACA rollout debacle.

Cybersecurity

Homeland Security CFO heads to IRS

Peggy Sherry will replace Beth Tucker as the tax agency's deputy commissioner for operations support.

Digital Government

New CFPB site could be a model for other agencies

"Regulation E" site is an open-source, one-stop resource for compliance officers and others tracking rules on electronic fund transfers.

Cybersecurity

Officials Aren’t Counting the Growing Cost of Online Obamacare Fraud

FBI, FTC and HHS say tracking dollars lost to fake exchanges and other sites that prey on insurance applicants isn’t their responsibility.

People

Want real innovation? Don't start from scratch!

The last thing federal IT needs is another 25-point plan. What's really required is some redefining.

Digital Government

Study: LPTA sacrifices long-term value, stifles innovation

Survey also finds significant perception gaps between feds and vendors on the tradeoffs of Lowest Price Technically Acceptable.

Cybersecurity

Thief cribs a patient’s ID off fine print on hospital worker’s Facebook photo

Healthcare and Public Health // Arizona, United States

Cybersecurity

Assessing the Capabilities of the Syrian Electronic Army

Experts gauge the damage the group could cause.

Digital Government

Hagel: NATO Cyber Center Will Be Up and Running Next Week

What exactly will the center do?

Modernization

Army's technology test-bed event facing changes

NIE start date delayed, as Army officials mull changes in focus and frequency going forward.

Modernization

Government claims CIA cloud case injunction would threaten national security

Latest court filing suggests the agency is anxious for Amazon to start on $600 million project.