Modernization

Obamacare Data Hub Apparently Works Well, Mitigating Security Fears

The tool is critical for verifying applicants' identities and incomes.

Digital Government

A public/private partnership that is saving lives

Steve Kelman explains why a Swedish emergency response system is a model for future cooperation.

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.

Digital Government

Why States Are Doing Obamacare Better

The main variable appears to be who's running it.

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.