Cybersecurity
Security Flaw on 200 Government Websites Blamed on Shutdown
The vulnerability involves the way Web pages protect online forms submitted by people seeking government services.
Digital Government
Less than 1 Percent of HealthCare.gov Visitors Successfully Enrolled in an Insurance Plan
About 10 percent of visitors successfully registered with the site during its first week online.
Emerging Tech
Agency Email Alerts and Bulletins Dropped Sharply During Shutdown
Agencies have sent emails out to citizens at about one-fifth their normal pace.
Digital Government
Strange Sales Tactic: Oracle Blasts Defense-VA on Use of Open Source Software
Paper zeroes in on the failed integrated electronic health record.
People
Alexander to leave NSA, cyber posts
The departure will not be immediate, but is expected within a few months.
Digital Government
Feds Want User-Friendly Security; Cyber Pros Don't Think About That
Government employees may be less likely to use inconvenient cybersecurity measures, study finds.
People
Will returning feds head for the exits?
The shutdown and its furloughs might be the final straw for some federal employees, giving managers a potential morale challenge.
Cybersecurity
Patching your cybersecurity foundation
Insiders become threats in part because of a key organizational mistake that allows them opportunities.
Digital Government
Shutdown hobbles advanced computer project
Google's quantum computer effort housed at NASA's Ames Research Center was another casualty of the government shutdown.
Digital Government
New Technology Lets Doctors Watch Patients From Afar
Sensors gather a wealth of data for large-scale analysis.
Digital Government
The Case for Computer-Based Health Care
Doctors would still need to reassure and coach patients.
People
Feds face insurance bills
If the government shutdown is not lifted soon, federal employees will begin receiving bills for some insurance premiums.
People
6 lessons for feds from Silicon Valley (plus 3 that really don't apply)
Tech entrepreneurs' leadership goals are strikingly similar to those of agency IT executives. But the obstacles to getting there can be very, very different.
Digital Government
Healthcare.gov Is on Track to Miss Its Enrollment Deadlines
Users are still experiencing issues with the federal exchange.
Digital Government
World to US: You are destroying yourself!
As the world watches the government shutdown and the debt ceiling debate, America's reputation sinks.
Digital Government
Some inconvenient shutdown truths
Do the shutdown politics and Healthcare.gov coverage make your head spin? Alan Balutis offers a reality check.
Modernization
How Apple Might Bridge the Gap Between Tablets and Laptops
What will the company unveil something on Oct. 22?
People
What's so special about federal fellows?
A reader wonders if a recent article on the effects of the shutdown on federal fellowships means FCW is not concerned about the rest of the federal workforce.
Cybersecurity
South African banks roiled by hacked KFC credit card terminals
Financial Services // Food and Beverage // South Africa
Digital Government