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
Can Software Be Patented? The Supreme Court Might Finally Settle the Issue
Court agrees to hear CLS Bank International's challenge to a financial software patent.
Modernization
Now Your iPhone Can Pester You to Buy Whatever You’re Standing Next to
iBeacon sends alerts to your home screen when you're standing near an Apple store or other hotspot.
Cybersecurity
DARPA Plugs Contest for Watson-like System to Deflect Hackers
Cyber Grand Challenge winners will take home $2 million to create an unmanned hacker-stopper.
Digital Government
Using Search Tools to Declassify Presidential Docs -- Starting With Reagan's
White House also vows to bring all FOIA requests into a single platform.
Digital Government
White House unveils new open-government goals
The plan is a grab bag of existing transparency initiatives and a preview of policies due out next year.
Cybersecurity
Pentagon exploring methods to mitigate insider threats
The Defense Department wants contractors to offer up ideas on combatting espionage, sabotage, treason and terrorism.
Cybersecurity
Hackers Accidentally Auction Secrets, Ruin Relationships and Game Investors
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
Cybersecurity
Congress still awaiting IT security answers from VA
Hill sources say the House Veterans' Affairs Committee has received only a single response to its multitude of inquiries.
Cybersecurity
Looking beyond the cyber framework
With final comments on the NIST plan due Dec. 13, industry and agency experts are contemplating what comes next.
Cybersecurity
DARPA gears up for Cyber Grand Challenge
The challenge is a chess-like competition that pits teams of researchers against each other in a contest to develop unmanned cybersecurity systems.
Acquisition
Davie: GSA saved a billion on 2013 IT buys
The assistant commissioner for Integrated Technology Services claimed $1.35 billion in savings through innovation and reduced duplication of effort.
Emerging Tech
Another Problem for Amazon's Delivery Drones? Angry Birds
The notional postal workers may be flying some exceedingly unfriendly skies.
Digital Government
OPM to Agencies: Don't Forget to Expand Telework This Winter
Agencies must increase the number of telework-ready employees as part of continuity of operations plans.
People
Telework Week 2014 aims higher
The Mobile Work Exchange wants to exceed 2013's record number of 112,000 federal employee participants.
Digital Government