Digital Government
FBI Investigates Laser Pointer Attacks on Airline Pilots
Pilots at New York City's LaGuardia airport were temporarily blinded.
Digital Government
Obama: HealthCare.gov’s Product Is Good but the Cash Register’s Malfunctioning
The White House has recruited a tiger team to fix the ailing online health insurance marketplace.
Cybersecurity
NIST draft framework expected in a day or two
Shutdown delayed key cybersecurity milestone, but draft will be released well in advance of NIST's next workshop on the guidance.
Digital Government
CIOs May Struggle to Keep IT Staff on Board Next Year
Another challenge to retaining the federal tech workforce: industrywide antsiness.
Digital Government
The Sunny Side of Mass Surveillance
New Oakland hub will collect and analyze data from around the city -- including social media monitoring.
Modernization
GSA goes with IBM cloud to improve acquisition services
The contract will support GSA Global Supply, and draw on IBM's "end-to-end capability."
Digital Government
Cyber Civil Servants Knock on Industry’s Door after Shutdown
Recruiters are taking more calls from feds who could face another furlough in January.
Modernization
10 steps toward FedRAMP compliance
After June 2014, agencies can use only cloud service providers that are FedRAMP-compliant. Here's what CSPs must do to get there.
People
Hetal Jain: Transportation's sustainability monitor
This honoree used an EPA-developed web tool to track information on DOT's teleworking, water use, energy use, employee travel, recycling, pollution and more.
People
Carolyn Harvey: Saving money for HUD at GSA
This Rising Star secured six key IT contracts -- and saved $7 million -- in the first six months in her new role.
Digital Government
Dan Houston: Stamp of approval at USPS
This Rising Star manages 3,300 databases for the Postal Service, crunching 22 petabytes (and counting) of data.
Cybersecurity
Syrian hacktivists plaster Qatar’s Web with pro-Assad propaganda
Government (Foreign) // Media // Social Media // Telecommunications // Web Services // Qatar
Cybersecurity
Ex-hospital employee swipes 1,000 patient records
Healthcare and Public Health // Florida, United States
Digital Government
Public Sentiment on HealthCare.gov Takes a Nosedive
There have been significantly more negative tweets about the online marketplace than positive ones since it launched.
Digital Government
Pulled Source Code Explained, ‘Glitches Happen' and Other Obamacare News
Follow key reporting on the Obama administration’s signature policy initiative.
Emerging Tech
A Plan to Turn Every Lightbulb Into an Ultra-Fast Alternative to Wi-Fi
New technology transmits data as light instead of radio waves.
Acquisition
CMS planned for paper processing before Obamacare launch
While there was no advance indication from officials that the Healthcare.gov launch would be riddled with IT failures, the government apparently ramped up its ability to process paper applications just days before open enrollment kicked off.
People
Grace E. Dalton: Coordinating email migration
This Rising Star was instrumental in coordinating the Army's effort to move 1 million people to enterprise email.
Cybersecurity