Cybersecurity

This Is What a Destabilizing Cyberattack on Financial Markets Would Look Like

More than half of security exchanges have faced cyber attacks in the last year.

Acquisition

Multiprong support comes for strategic sourcing

Legislation and a new GSA contract could bolster practices intended to amplify federal buying power.

Digital Government

How the US Government Uses Information From Spying on Foreign Companies

US officials insist they don't use the information gleaned from industrial espionage to help US corporations.

Cybersecurity

The Creepy, Long-Standing Practice of Undersea Cable Tapping

The newest NSA leaks reveal that governments are probing "the Internet's backbone." How does that work?

Digital Government

Most CIOs Aren't Planning to Hire People Fresh Out of School

New IT grads can make themselves stand out in the competitive job market by demonstrating business and personal skills.

Digital Government

IG to audit Census' budget reductions

As the Census Bureau prepares for the next nationwide Census in 2020, its cost-cutting efforts will be under close watch.

Cybersecurity

Congress Needs a Lesson in Passwords

Anonymous claims to have the 'current valid credentials' of more than 2,000 people.

People

Cyber EO successes and struggles

Deadlines for the first two sets of deliverables under Obama's cybersecurity executive order have come and gone, meaning agencies are now ready to ask: Can the government actually get this done?

Modernization

Pentagon Denies Inadequately Vetting Defensewide Smartphone Security Service

Testing the technology would have required too much time and effort for contractors and Defense.

People

DOD systems block feds from reading about NSA leaks

Even when it has been widely published, classified information must still be treated as if it were secret.

People

Can 4.9M people keep secrets?

With millions of people holding security clearances, are more Edward Snowdens waiting in the wings?

Digital Government

How PayPal Almost Erased the National Debt and Ruined the Global Economy

World's 1st quadrillionaire wanted to pay off the national debt. But it was just a terrible mistake.

Digital Government

Navy Buries News of Second X-47B Drone Carrier Landing Flub

Two out of four landing attempts have failed.

People

Agencies pledge IT readiness for Obamacare

With one key witness a no-show, IRS and CMS officials promise they will be ready for the Affordable Care Act's data-sharing requirements.

Digital Government

Face Time or Flex Time?

Flexible work arrangements are becoming the norm.

Digital Government

What Happens When Everyone Makes Maps?

OpenStreetMap and other free, online tools have allowed anyone to become a cartographer.

Modernization

Brutal Smartphone Market Is Clobbering Former Stalwarts

NEC has decided to exit the smartphone business entirely