Cybersecurity
Measuring what never happened
Determining the value of cybersecurity and risk management can be difficult. When not all the variables can be controlled, experts say more than simple math is required.
Digital Government
This Stem-Cell Cloning Breakthrough Is Going to Revive the Same Old Debate
Researchers in Oregon are creating perfectly matched human tissues through the process of cell cloning.
Digital Government
Here’s a Sign Mass-Market Drones Are About to Take Off: Google Just Invested in Their Future
The tech company's venture-capital arm believes non-lethal uses for drones are spreading.
Digital Government
Ten Tips to Attract the 'Sheldons' to Your Agency
Agencies already hold critical tools to recruit and retain highly-skilled workers.
Digital Government
VA Takes a Brute Force Approach to the Claims Backlog
The department is requiring some staff to work overtime through September.
Modernization
Cloud Computing Could Transform Foreign Aid
International assistance agency seeks a platform to build and share new technology.
Digital Government
OPM Advertises Vacant CIO Position
The salary for the Senior Executive Service job ranges from $120,000 to $180,000.
People
Economic effects of open data policy still 'anecdotal'
At FOSE, VanRoekel touts examples and potential of open government efforts to date, while warning against letting commercial demands for federal data overwhelm the government's resources.
Digital Government
The skinny on SEWP
The NASA-run GWAC for tech products is being revamped -- and the agency wants others in government to know what's available.
Digital Government
Lawsuit Says IRS Illegally Seized 60 Million Health Records
Agents scooped up e-records in a tax case, violating health privacy laws, California suit alleges.
Digital Government
APIs help agencies say 'yes'
Census Bureau's approach to data garners singular praise at FOSE trade show.
Digital Government
VA seeks input on new standards for veteran-owned small businesses
Public notice cites challenge of balancing fraud prevention with business-friendly process.
People
Is the old-school agency hierarchy doomed?
Agency org charts probably will look the same for a while, but experts from both the public and private sectors say the new rules of innovation and sharing are rapidly changing things.
Digital Government
House Spending Panel Backs Joint Defense-VA Electronic Health Record
Committee will withhold funds unless both departments sign on to project.
Modernization
Android Might Own 75% of the Smartphone Market But All the Action is Still on the <span>i</span>Phone
Phones running iOS use much more data than those with Android. How much exactly?
Cybersecurity
There Are 12.5 Unprotected Versions of the Average American’s Personal Information on the Web
Safe Shepherd is a company that searches the web for all the public records available on its clients.
Digital Government
Syria's Internet Is Offline Again
For the second time in as many weeks, the Internet usage in Syria disappeared mysteriously.
Digital Government
How Drug Companies Keep Medicine Out of Reach
The promise of delinking research and development from the actual manufacture of drugs, and why the pharmaceutical industry rejects an idea that could turn neglected diseases into profit.
Modernization
What the AP Subpoena Scandal Means for Your Electronic Privacy
Telecom operators that cooperate with feds are protected from lawsuits.
Acquisition