Digital Government
NASA clamps down on travel spending
Employees cancel speaking engagements as agency moves "aggressively" to deal with sequestration.
Cybersecurity
iPhone robber sends photo identifying himself to his victim's Facebook page
New York, United States
Cybersecurity
Financial details on first lady, Beyonce other celebs exposed
Entertainment // Financial Services // Government (U.S.) // United States
Cybersecurity
Chinese malware hacks Australia's central bank to cull G20 intel
Financial Services // Government (Foreign) // Australia
Emerging Tech
Measuring Open Government
A new proposal aims to replace 'stale stories' with numbers and detailed assessments.
Digital Government
The Anti-Domestic Drone Company
Start-up promises 'non-offensive' countermeasures to stop unmanned aircraft from completing their missions.
Digital Government
F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Not Ready for Combat Until at Least 2019, GAO Says
Software won’t be completed until 2017, followed by tests through 2019.
Digital Government
From the mail to McDonald's, big data is all around us
Big data helps mail your letters, it makes your burgers better, and it allows intelligence agencies to piece together disparate pieces of data into insights that might help them foil the next terrorist attack.
Cybersecurity
Cyber threats top the list of military, intelligence concerns
Gen. Keith Alexander warns senators that the strategic landscape "is getting worse."
Digital Government
Senate's funding bill includes cyber plans, CIO spending reviews
Continuing resolution includes IT provisions for DHS, Agriculture and Veterans Affairs in addition to avoiding March 27 shutdown.
Emerging Tech
There Could Have Been Life on Mars
NASA's Mars Curiosity rover drilled into a rock and found that it contained a clay-like material.
Digital Government
Senate CR would cancel federal raise
Like a House bill already passed, the Senate's proposed measure to fund the government would also eliminate a pay increase for the federal workforce.
Emerging Tech
Bipartisan Bill Aims to Beef Up FOIA Compliance
Legislation would require a single online portal for Freedom of Information Act requests.
Cybersecurity
Federal Cybersecurity Misses Targets in Annual Report
Agencies lose ground on awareness training, while personnel costs sap the government’s $14.6 billion cyber budget.
Digital Government
Could an idea imported from Britain help feds through tight financial times?
An approach showing some success in state government could ease agencies through tighter budgets, if it is transferable to the federal level, writes Steve Kelman.
Emerging Tech
The Best Intelligence Is Cyborg Intelligence
The best services arise from the combination of machine and human intelligences.
People
GSA misses cost avoidance goals
An IG report shows that several factors contributed to GSA's failure to achieve the savings that it could have attained.
People