Cybersecurity
Hackers Threaten a Texas Baby, Hit Miss Teen USA with Sextortion, Target an Indian Telecom
Just another harrowing week in ThreatWatch, our compendium of notable data breaches.
Digital Government
Largest U.S. Wind Farm to Power Nuclear Weapons Work
Pantex wind farm aims to generate 47 million kilowatt hours of clean energy annually.
Digital Government
U.S. and Australian Troops Relied on Internet Chat Rooms to Conduct Joint Exercise
Backpack satellite radios also played a key role.
Digital Government
Hilton Sets Up Website to Match Vet Skills with Promising Jobs
Opportunities range from entry level positions to six-figure engineering jobs.
Digital Government
How Drones Fundamentally Alter the Nature of Combat
The weapons, like all significant advances in warfare, are essentially unfair.
Emerging Tech
Google Is Preparing for Screenless Computers
The tech giant is moving rapidly to enable voice commands in all of its products.
Digital Government
Vietnam Taps Big Data to Avoid China’s Traffic Catastrophe
IBM has signed a deal with the city of Da Nang to create a high-tech traffic management system
Digital Government
Kepler’s planet-hunting days are over, says NASA
NASA has ended attempts to restore the malfunctioning $550 million Kepler spacecraft to full working order and are considering new missions.
Digital Government
New Rules on Federal Bonuses Could Affect Efforts to Boost IT Skills
The incentives are designed to help recruit, retain and relocate skilled employees.
Cybersecurity
Another step toward automated customs checks
New interactive screens at O’Hare help travelers speed their way through customs by eliminating the need to have border agents process their passports and declaration paperwork.
Digital Government
Good News, Future Colonists! Mars Meals May Feature Nutella
And also seafood chowder ... and curried noodles ... and Spam.
Modernization
Interior making big moves to the cloud
The Interior Department is making a big push to the cloud in the midst of transforming its IT capabilities by awarding 10 contracts valued at as much as $10 billion over the next decade.
Cybersecurity
Readers divided about VA theory on stolen laptops
Readers offer a mixture of criticism and praise for Acting Assistant Secretary for Information and Technology Stephen Warren's response to VA data breaches.
People
The key to better IT portfolio management
Federal leaders need to balance their spending on operations and new projects to support strategic IT priorities and budget plans
Digital Government
Gartner study shows CIO budgets improving
Gartner researchers say even a small infusion of cash will put CIOs in a better position to deliver and manage IT services.
Emerging Tech
Why We’re a Long Way From Computers That Really Work Like the Human Brain
No machine has yet been able to replicate the brain's interconnected nature.
Cybersecurity
A tipping point for biometrics?
Nearly a decade after HSPD-12 was issued, the Department of Homeland Security is beginning to make real progress on linking ID cards to their holders.
Modernization
Identity management heads for the cloud
The Federal Cloud Credential Exchange should simplify online credentialing of citizens, but systems that authenticate agency employees might be tougher.
Cybersecurity
Hackers exploit weakest link at The Washington Post: a sports writer
Media // Washington, DC, United States
Digital Government