Digital Government

NASA clamps down on travel spending

Employees cancel speaking engagements as agency moves "aggressively" to deal with sequestration.

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

SEC nominee makes tech a priority

Mary Jo White, speaking to a Senate panel, laid out the areas she sees most in need of attention.