Digital Government
Defense IG: TRICARE Acquisition Staff Lack Required Certification and Training
None of 32 key personnel meet all mandates for their jobs.
Digital Government
Many CIOs Support IT Reform Legislation
Tech chiefs also praised PortfolioStat in survey, but have moved on from the 25 Point Plan.
Cybersecurity
Agencies shore up social media security
After hackers faked a tweet appearing to be from the Associated Press, agencies wasted no time taking steps to keep it from happening to them.
People
CIOs seek best side of sequestration
Expanding on a CIO survey, IT leaders discuss budget constraints and the road ahead.
People
CTO talks tech role in fighting sex trade
A White House effort to stem the tide of child sex trafficking is beginning to get results, CTO says.
People
Integrated health record effort adds to VA's troubles
The Integrated Electronic Health Record program is not the Department of Veterans Affairs' only lightning rod, but it is a major one.
People
DOD furlough decision expected soon
The expected number of days that DOD employees will have to take off without pay has dropped from initial estimates, but no final decision has been made yet.
Digital Government
IT Grads Command $60K in Starting Salaries; That's a Problem for Feds
Federal employees are now in their third straight year of frozen pay.
Digital Government
What We Don't Know About the Deadly New SARS-like Virus
The disease has a mortality rate to 16 deaths among 24 known infections.
Emerging Tech
Take Off Your Rose-Colored Google Glass Eric Schmidt: The Entire World Won’t Have Internet by 2020
There's a reason to think complete global connectivity is a longer ways off.
Cybersecurity
Labor Department investigating hack
A compromised Labor website off-line as officials determine problem's scope.
Cybersecurity
Chinese Spy or Not, Don't Download Porn Onto a NASA Laptop
Bo Jiang was fired in January for taking a NASA laptop on holiday to China and shortly afterwards named a threat to national security.
Modernization
Obama's FCC Pick Has Some Surprising Allies
Tom Wheeler may be a former telecom lobbyist, but industry critics are backing him.
People
In the Senate, a search for solutions
The new chairman of the Senate's key oversight committee is a welcome voice of reason as he seeks progress on complex budget and federal IT issues, including cybersecurity.
Cybersecurity
Labor’s Toxic Exposure Website Serves Up Spyware to Energy's Nuclear Workers
Council on Foreign Relations, NBC and renewable energy firm Capstone Turbine were previously hit by similar assaults.
Cybersecurity
Lights out on Energy Star site after breach
Energy // Government (U.S.) // United States
Cybersecurity
Labor's toxic exposure site serves up spyware to Energy's nuclear workers
Energy // Government (U.S.) // Government Contractor // Healthcare and Public Health // United States
Cybersecurity
PLA wiretaps Bond-like defense contractor in U.S.
Defense Industrial Base // Government (U.S.) // Transportation // United States
People
What keeps federal CIOs up at night?
The latest TechAmerica CIO Survey reveals the effects of new budget realities, cyber vulnerabilities and the pressures of an aging workforce on agency CIOs.
Cybersecurity