Digital Government
Evidence that Syria used chemical weapons is stacking up
Reports suggest the Assad regime has already crossed Obama's "red line," an offense offensive enough to spur a U.S. military intervention.
People
Agencies learning to measure social media impact
Nearly every agency has embraced at least one of the 60 federally approved social-media platforms, and many have joined several. Now, agencies are turning to analytics to glean meaningful insights, improve their social media outreach and monitor the effectiveness of their platforms.
Digital Government
FBI joins TV’s ‘White Collar’ to uncover real fraud
Campaign seeks viewer tips to help solve actual open cases.
People
Waste in IT spending takes many forms
Committee hearing covers redundant systems, failed programs and lapses in oversight, all of which contribute to billions in misspent funds.
Cybersecurity
Title: East Europeans ransack NASA, U.S. computers with bank password-stealing virus;
Government (U.S.), Financial Services // U.S., Europe
Emerging Tech
A 2006 battery fire destroyed Boeing 787 supplier’s facility
A dismissed whistleblower lawsuit alleged the batteries were unsafe.
Digital Government
Budget authority and executive titles come in for scrutiny in IT reform debate
Lines of authority need to be clearer in federal IT shops, says federal Chief Information Officer Steven VanRoekel.
Digital Government
Boeing at end of space station battery supply chain
NASA bought batteries from maker of those implicated in Boeing 787 Dreamliner fires.
Modernization
Congressional commission to look closer at China cloud computing
Group plans study on security risks of Chinese cloud.
People
Issa turns again to IT reforms
Resuming an effort he started last year, Darrell Issa is pushing legislation centered on improvements to technology acquisition.
People
Federal Acquisition Service gets a new leader
Tom Sharpe, former senior procurement executive at the Treasury Department, will take the reins of GSA's acqusition operation.
Digital Government
France wants to tax data mining
The French government would target American companies like Google, Facebook, or Amazon.
Digital Government
Secret Service mulls bionic ears to detect gunfire at large events
Camouflaged technology could link to other surveillance systems.
Modernization
Verizon's massive loss reveals scope of damage from Hurricane Sandy
Verizon reported a quarterly loss of $4.23 billion.
People
How to prepare for natural disasters
The federal government should use the latest technology to make information and lessons from previous disasters available to state and local responders nationwide, writes Keith Rhodes.
Cybersecurity
What the future without passwords could look like
The brains at Google are experimenting with new authentication technologies.
People
Air Force expects to hire cyber pros
Despite the government's budget austerity expectations, the Air Force anticipates hiring hundreds of cyber specialists in the near future.
People
After the inauguration, some forecasts for the next four years
Steve Kelman takes the occasion of Barack Obama's inauguration to ask some friends what good and bad things they consider most likely to happen during the president's second term.
Digital Government