People
Managing SLAs: Software tools are starting to catch on
The options for monitoring service-level agreements come in endless variety. The trick is figuring out which one to use.
Digital Government
Someone Was Warned, Denial of Service and Other HealthCare.gov News
Follow key reporting on the Obama administration’s signature policy initiative.
Digital Government
Spanish Obamacare Website Will Accept Enrollments by End of the Month
CuidadoDeSalud.gov currently contains educational materials, but does not accept applications for coverage.
Cybersecurity
White House considers ending dual NSA, Cyber Command leadership
After Gen. Keith Alexander retires next year, the leadership of the two organizations could fall to two people.
Emerging Tech
HealthCare.gov’s Silver Lining: Everyone Cares About IT Procurement Now
The website’s troubles have pushed IT reform onto the national stage.
People
Tallying the cost of the shutdown
OMB report counts lost work hours, salaries paid to idle workers and details the effects of the shutdown on government programs.
Digital Government
NOAA's satellite data hub will be a 'one-stop shop' for priority users
A project under NOAA's National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service would change the way priority users can access satellite data, making it much more useful.
People
10 HealthCare.gov bugs you might have missed
There's even more to the Obamacare launch's stumbles than you know.
Digital Government
Lawmakers Shift Attention From Obamacare Website to Law
Even Republicans assume HealthCare.gov will be fixed; both sides turn to more-lasting impacts of reform.
Digital Government
Homeland Security Will No Longer Assess GPS Risks
More unintended consequences of sequestration and tight budgets.
Cybersecurity
Pondering the pros and cons of an ID hub
A single federated ID would make tracking, verifying and authenticating identities easier, but it also could make the public nervous, said some IT managers participating in the hub project.
Cybersecurity
Big Data Is a Good Place for Hackers to Hide
In five to 10 years, expect attackers to game threat-detection analytics by creating bogus malicious activity.
Modernization
SAM, the cloud, and the new environment
Cloud computing presents new challenges to software asset management, so SAM strategies should be adapted to fit the nature of individual agency networks.
Emerging Tech
What Do All Those Earth-like Planets Mean? Let's Fund NASA and Find Out
How can we not try to find out if any of them really are like us?
Digital Government
Document Shows Contractor Warned That HealthCare.gov Couldn’t Handle High Traffic
The troubled site could only manage 1,100 simultaneous users a day before launch.
Modernization
CIA-backed Cloud Security Firm Buys Encryption Company to Help Spy-Wary Industry
To address corporate concerns about storing information at data centers accessible by intelligence agencies, HyTrust acquires HighCloud.
Cybersecurity
After breach at customer loyalty service, deal winners might lose money
Hospitality // Ireland
Cybersecurity
A wrong number sends doc’s patient files to Canadian homeowner
Healthcare and Public Health // Saskatchewan, Canada
Digital Government