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?
People
The story of Carl S. English Jr.
Steve Kelman, while visiting Seattle, stops to smell the roses.
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?
Cybersecurity
Student president-elect rigged his win by cribbing coeds’ keystrokes
Education // California, United States
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.
Digital Government
Navy To Launch 2nd Broadband Satellite, Despite Lack of Terminals to Use It
Without terminals, the $7.3 billion system can only run at 10 percent, report finds.
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
What Happens When Everyone Makes Maps?
OpenStreetMap and other free, online tools have allowed anyone to become a cartographer.
Modernization