Digital Government
More Money Won’t Win the War on Cancer
A broken grant structure, turf wars, and an exodus of scientists for other professions are bigger barriers to progress than a lack of funding.
Digital Government
Scientists Learn to Grow 'Mini' Human Brains in a Lab
A team at the Institute of Molecular Biotechnology in Austria have developed a method for growing human brain tissue from stem cells.
Digital Government
Test Your Techie Trivia Skills: Where Are Those 90s Terms Now?
Will twerk and phablet go the way of e-tailing and palmtop, or endure like geek and LOL?
Cybersecurity
Administration Previews Optional Industry Cyber Standards
The release of a rough copy coincides with a Dallas meeting next week to flesh out the protections with companies.
Acquisition
Sourcing restrictions: prudent or punitive?
Rules limiting procurement from China are only part of the international picture.
People
Report: Modular projects are more successful
A two-part study examines the benefits 200 federal IT managers attribute to using modular development methods over the traditional waterfall approach in IT projects.
Cybersecurity
Hacker reroutes Syrian Web surfers to U.S. and German telecom sites
Telecommunications // Syria
Cybersecurity
Reality TV mom Kate sues ex-hubby Jon over hacked emails
Entertainment // United States
Cybersecurity
Hacker fesses to pawning U.S. supercomputer logins
Energy // Government (U.S.) // United States
Cybersecurity
NIST issues preliminary cybersecurity draft framework
Sources say draft is a a 'solid gauge' of what the final framework is likely to look like.
Acquisition
OASIS sparks cheering, challenges
The General Services Administration is being simultaneously praised and pummeled by organizations interested in its $60 billion One Acquisition Solutions for Integrated Services multiple award contracts.
Cybersecurity
TSP Board, New Contractor Tighten Security for Federal Retirement Plan
The Thrift Savings Plan bounces back from the theft of personal data on thousands of beneficiaries.
People
Air Force nominee prepping at the Pentagon
SAIC executive Deborah Lee James, nominated to be the next Air Force Secretary, is preparing for her upcoming Senate confirmation hearing.
Digital Government
A Scientist Used Some Electrodes, a Magnet, and a Swim Cap to Play a Video Game Using His Colleague’s Brain
Researchers at the University of Washington have completed the first experiment demonstrating human brain-to-brain communication.
Cybersecurity
How the Syrian Electronic Army “Hacked” the New York Times, Twitter and the Huffington Post
Unlike previous attacks by the SEA, it seems more likely that this time, the SEA didn’t manage to filch passwords from anyone within the Times itself.
Digital Government
Twitter and Facebook’s Global Impact as Told Through Which Governments Want Their Data
The United States requests more user data from each company than any other country—by far.
Emerging Tech
NASA's Satellites Are Watching the Rim Fire Creep Into Yosemite
Nighttime images show the gradual spread of the tremendous wildfire, which is burning brighter than the city lights of Reno.
Modernization