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

Worry: Shutdown discourages talented students

Pay freezes, sequestration and shutdown-related furloughs tarnish the government's image as a good place to launch a career.