Cybersecurity
ID thieves poke through court system site to retrieve up to 160,000 SSNs
Government (U.S.) // Washington, United States
Digital Government
Auditors Tell Congress to Halt Maritime Worker Biometric ID Rules
Testing to ensure control over employee access to secure locations was flawed, GAO reports.
Digital Government
Commercial Radios Are Better, Cheaper Than JTRS, Army Official Says
That's good or bad news if you're a radio-making contractor.
Emerging Tech
New Tool Could Free Syrian Rebels From Reliance on State Internet
The Commotion project also kept some Brooklynites online during Hurricane Sandy when larger Internet providers were overloaded.
Digital Government
VA Says it Deferred 2012 Bonuses for Some Health Execs
The deferrals are in addition to an earlier announcement cancelling bonuses in the department’s benefits arm.
Cybersecurity
Easing into FISMA and FedRAMP? It's possible.
The FedRAMP program that took effect in 2012 and a FISMA reform being considered by Congress are combining to raise agency concerns over compliance.
Digital Government
Hospital billing data release grabs headlines
The data set reveals a wide variance in hospital billings for similar services.
Digital Government
Commentary: The Diminishing Returns of Big-Data Campaigning
What if we were wrong about the Obama campaign’s technological advantage?
Digital Government
Key Lawmaker Wants to Ban VA Bonuses for Five Years
The department paid out $17 million in bonuses to senior executives from 2007 through 2011.
People
Fight against improper payments shows results
The use of big data and analytics helped the federal government reduce the rate of improper payments last year, but officials think more can be done to stem the more than $100 billion wrongly paid annually.
Digital Government
CIOs Say They Want Creative Employees, But Most Rate Their Own Staffs Poorly
Budget cuts and pay freezes are causing major problems in IT shops across government, survey shows.
Cybersecurity
Massive Hacker Strike Against US Government and Banks Turned Out to Be a Dud
All the sites on the group’s #OpUSA target list seem to still be up and running.
Acquisition
Why not 'functionally better' instead of 'technically acceptable'?
IAC Chairman Dale Luddeke says fiscal pressures dictate that agencies get more from their acquisitions by shifting their focus from price to excellence.
Digital Government
Air Force Yanks 17 Officers From Nuclear Missile Launch Posts
The ICBM unit faces internal 'rot' and a state of 'crisis,' official says.
Digital Government
Getting to the Right Relationship Between Doctors and Drug Companies
There is a way to cultivate, not demonize, collaboration between physicians and pharma.
Digital Government
Surveillance Tech Fills a Void for Cash-Strapped Cities
Municipal police forces are shrinking.
Modernization
Technology from Africa Ensures the Cloud Works When Your Connection Doesn’t
For large swathes of the globe, reliably accessing remotely-stored files is a problem.
People
TechAmerica's Kerber joins Government Transformation Initiative
As executive director, Kerber will guide the non-profit organization, a coalition of corporations, nonprofits, academics and others.
People
NOAA seeks comment on 5-year R&D plan
Where should NOAA put its research dollars? Now is your chance to guide the decision-making.
Acquisition