Digital Government

Families of Iraq and Afghanistan Vets: PBS Wants You

The Public Broadcasting Service is working on a documentary about veterans' return home.

Cybersecurity

Turkey's Government Doesn't Understand Its Digital Enemy

The Turkish government has incurred the wrath of Anonymous and the Syrian Electronic Army.

Modernization

Should We Blame Social Media for Graffiti in National Parks?

Many park personnel believe the Internet encourages vandals.

People

Rising Star nominations open

Nominate bright young federal employees, the up-and-comers, for this year's Rising Star awards.

Digital Government

Are You Ready to Telework in a Hurricane?

OPM issues severe weather guidance as active storm season begins.

People

Sequestration pushing agencies toward shared services

As much pain as Washington's budget clampdown is causing, it is also encouraging agencies to look harder for ways to economize.

People

Rating the performance of Performance.gov

A GAO report offers suggestions to improve the government's performance data clearinghouse.

Acquisition

A big win for Big Blue

GAO has upheld IBM's protest of the cloud-services contract that the CIA had awarded to Amazon.

Digital Government

Lightsabers Can Save Your Life

A new plasma-based scalpel could revolutionize surgery.

Digital Government

House Panel Backs East Coast Antimissile Site in Defense Bill

Lawmakers voted 33-27 in favor of the funding pushed by Representative Michael Turner, R-Ohio.

Modernization

More firms get FedRAMP nod

Two major players in federal contracting join other providers in the ranks of the cloud-approved.

Digital Government

NSA Forced Verizon To Turn Over Data on Millions of Customers

Big data sets can be used to uniquely identify individuals.

Digital Government

Manning Used Dell Computers With Expired Warranties in Highly-Secure Iraq Facility

Security blogger tracked the hardware serial numbers identified in court martial proceedings.

People

GSA conference probe: No big deal?

A reader suggests our coverage of some recent developments in GSA's conference-spending investigation was unwarranted. Is that a fair criticism?

Digital Government

VA Executives Face Big Pay Cuts if Claims Backlog Isn’t Fixed

Senior officials’ pay would be slashed by 25 percent under legislation passed by the House.

Cybersecurity

China’s PLA Among 8 State-Sponsored Groups to Hack VA, Ex Official Says

Attackers had ‘unchallenged and unfettered’ access to VA systems.

Digital Government

The Drawbacks of Data-Driven Medicine

Hospital interns spend more time interacting with hospital information systems than with patients.

Cybersecurity

NATO Wants to Fight the Spectre of Cyberwar But It’s Doing It Half-Heartedly

The alliance's new cyber-strategy will likely be ineffective under certain types of attacks

Digital Government

Turkey Is Now Arresting Dozens for Using Twitter

At least 25 people have been arrested this week for messages of protest, perhaps centered on a few videos or one photo, that they've posted on the social network.

Modernization

OPM: Telework plans should be part of disaster prep

Mobile Work Exchange advises: The time to discover your plans are inadequate is before you need them to work.