Digital Government
6 questions for IBM, Amazon and the CIA
Arguments have begun in the Amazon Web Services-IBM dispute over the CIA's cloud services contract.
Digital Government
Obamacare Software Failures Confirmed
Healthcare.gov gets coding touch-ups after bugs and glitches in its first week.
People
Feds' personal tweets give insight to #ShutdownLife
Justin Herman's 'shutdown beard' updates and Dan Munz's political opinions are among the interesting tweets that the shutdown is inspiring.
Digital Government
Big data is big loser in priorities survey
More than half of government IT leaders expect no increase spending on big data in 2014, survey reveals.
Modernization
Commentary: Would the Government Have Shut Down Without Twitter?
The echo chamber at the heart of Washington's problems.
Digital Government
The FBI Plans to Sell What Could Be Millions of Dollars in Bitcoins
The size of the Silk Road seizure of the alternative currency has yet to be determined.
Emerging Tech
Rein In Solar Subsidies, Power Companies Say
Utilities target state solar regulations.
Cybersecurity
Many Coast Guard furloughs could end
A law that puts DOD employees back to work despite the shutdown also applies to the Coast Guard, says DHS head.
Cybersecurity
Biometrics go mobile
The iPhone's fingerprint scanner could usher in a new era of authentication for mobile devices, but agencies are a long way from abandoning pass codes.
Cybersecurity
Bitcoin community site penetrated by mischief-makers
Financial Services // Web Services
Emerging Tech
Guess When the Shutdown Will End and Win $100
The crowds are saying 18 days, according to a model futures market for government outcomes.
Cybersecurity
How NSA Uses Attack Servers Shows How It Thinks About Secrecy and Risk
First, the FOXACID basics.
Digital Government
Pentagon Seeks to Design Virus-Fighting Protein 'Cocktails'
'Monoclonal antibodies' could protect against Ebola and 'alphaviruses,' such as Venezuelan equine encephalitis.
Digital Government
Lawmaker Blasts Shutdown of DHS Chemical-Security Program
Industry site visits have been suspended indefinitely.
Digital Government
When standardizing data is not enough
A DOD instruction to make information more shareable and accessible has a serious limitation.
Digital Government
Congress moves on back pay
Furloughed federal workers assured they will get paid once furloughs end.
Cybersecurity
300 TSA ID card enrollment centers ready to go
System will become the foundation of a unified platform supporting other TSA identification efforts.
Digital Government
Why Cutting Science Funding Would 'Break' Cancer Research
Author Siddhartha Mukherjee and others call the budget situation in Washington 'depressing.'
Modernization
The 9 Ways That Twitter Could Fail, According to Twitter
Befitting any young, undeveloped, and unprofitable company, the list of risks is long and wide-ranging.
People