People
Space-based backup guards Weather Service systems
Because even the forecasters of the weather are vulnerable to it, the National Weather Service is escaping the atmosphere altogether.
Emerging Tech
Westboro Baptists Are Broadly Reviled, White House Shows
Map shows signatures of people who see controversial church as a hate group.
Cybersecurity
Schambach to leave CSC
The TSA's first CIO tells current colleagues he'll retire in August.
Cybersecurity
Federal Standards Body Proposes Cyber Protocols for Private Sector
The NIST preliminary guidelines are slated to be finalized this fall.
Emerging Tech
Customs and Border Protection Wants to Arm Drones
Agency is close to finalizing payload standards, documents show.
Digital Government
State Department Spent $630K to Buy Facebook 'Likes'
Employees thought money was wasted on 'buying fans,' IG found.
Digital Government
Air Force Deploys Air Tankers to Battle Arizona Forest Fires
All four C-130s will be ready to fly Wednesday.
Emerging Tech
Infographic: See Every Manned Space Flight Since 1961
From Mercury to the space shuttle, all manned flights in one graphic.
Digital Government
We’ll Just Have to Wait for Good News on VA Claims Backlog
The system that crunches claims data is ‘undergoing operational repair.’
Cybersecurity
Manager Likely Rubberstamped Snowden’s Foreign Travel
Intelligence community employees must report overseas travel in advance, but a trip to the Far East wouldn't necessarily be scrutinized, officials say.
Emerging Tech
Russian Rocket Failure Destroys Three Navigation Satellites
This is the satnav system’s second major crash in three years.
Cybersecurity
Issa lobbies for data act
The chairman of the House Oversight Committee tries to build a broader constituency for his bipartisan open data legislation.
Cybersecurity
What's wrong with cyber training? Apparently, a lot.
Our recent story headlined “What’s wrong with cyber training?” provoked quite the reaction.
Digital Government
Next-generation polar satellites pass key reviews
The Joint Polar Satellite System's first new satellite -- JPSS-1 -- is on budget and on schedule toward its 2017 launch.
Modernization
The Meteoric Rise of Cellphones in One Chart
The number of mobile-cellular subscriptions will reach a projected 6.8 billion by the end of 2013.
Cybersecurity
New defense cyber policies are in the works
DOD's two-year-old cyberspace strategy is due for an update, general says.
Digital Government
Interactive Gettysburg: Using Modern Mapping Tools for a New Look at the Historical Battle
Seeing how Gettysburg played out on a map can help us understand why, in the end, it turned out as it did.
Digital Government
Meet the Hacktivist Who Wants to Warn Syrians About Incoming Missiles
A new service provides an alert system for SCUDs fired by the Syrian government. Assad is already trying to take it down.
Emerging Tech