Cybersecurity
Fallout from Snowden Leak Should Be Greater Transparency
We must find a way to protect privacy and promote our innovation economy beyond our borders.
Emerging Tech
Turns Out the CIA Really Is Trying to Control the Weather
Conspiracy theorists, rejoice! The Agency backed a $630,000 scientific study on controlling global climate.
Digital Government
Good News for the Tinfoil Hat Crowd
The Air Force has shut down its high frequency research transmitters.
Emerging Tech
What Do George W. Bush and World Wrestling Have in Common?
Researchers used Wikipedia to examine the nature of all-digital collaboration.
Digital Government
Veterans Outreach Project to Spend $1 Million on Facebook Ads this Year
The Make the Connection campaign spent $2 million to lure Facebook followers last year.
Cybersecurity
Officials testify on cyber order progress
DHS and NIST detail successes and challenges stemming from the recent cybersecurity executive order.
Digital Government
NASA Kepler repair begins
Scientists are undertaking a long-shot effort to fix a space telescope that has confirmed the existence of 134 planets outside of our solar system.
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