Digital Government
Obama to host second 'fireside hangout' after speech
Want to ask the president a question? Submit yours by Feb. 13 and he may answer it on a Google+ event following the State of the Union address.
Acquisition
DOD struggles to justify sole source awards
A law that took effect in 2011 requires written justification for sole-source contracts when they're worth more than $20 million. Why is DOD finding that a hard rule to follow?
Digital Government
Responsive design: Planning for future-friendly websites
A new design technique allows developers to design one website that adjusts to a variety of mobile platforms.
People
SBA leader to step down
SBA's Karen Mills announces she will leave her post when her successor is confirmed.
Emerging Tech
Are Spy Drones Being Used to Find Fugitive Christopher Dorner?
If it's true, Dorner wouldn't be the first human target on American soil.
Digital Government
'Shooting Therapy' Did Not Kill Navy SEAL Chris Kyle
Reintroducing patients with PTSD to whatever triggers their symptoms -- gradually, in a clinical setting -- can be effective. Veterans Chris Kyle and Eddie Ray Routh were not at a shooting range as part of exposure therapy on the day Routh killed Kyle.
Digital Government
Is a 1 Percent Pay Raise Enough?
Even with the pay freeze lifted, if could still be hard to keep pace with private sector IT salaries.
Cybersecurity
DHS offers IT career path guide
CIO Richard Spires announces the release of a document that explains how IT professionals can have a successful career at Homeland Security.
Acquisition
NASA open source project back on track
The incumbent vendor, who lost the latest competition, has withdrawn a protest that had threatened to stop the space agency's efforts to move to an open-source content management system.
Cybersecurity
Hackers execute sophisticated strike on government cybersecurity contractor Bit9
The two-step supply chain attack echos earlier assault on security vendor RSA.
Cybersecurity
Kuwait hackers' throw shoe at Iraq PM on his official site
Government (Foreign) // Iraq
Cybersecurity
RSA-like sophisticated attack strikes another security contractor
Defense Industrial Base // Energy // Financial Services // Government (U.S.) // Government Contractor // Social Media // Web Services // Other Critical Infrastructure
Cybersecurity
Peeping Tom employee breaches driver's license records
Government (U.S.) // Minnesota, United States
Digital Government
New York's Real-Time Snow Plow Map to Get its First Major Test This Weekend
With a foot of snow in New York City all but assured by Saturday morning, PlowNYC is about to hit the big time.
Modernization
GSA Seeks Governmentwide Mobile Device Management Contracts
The government hopes to save on MDM and other mobile services by buying in bulk.
Emerging Tech
Though It Might Take Out a Couple Satellites, This Asteroid Will Not Destroy Earth Next Week
The asteroid DA14 is half the size of the International Space Station.
Digital Government
Did Bing Just Reveal the Location of the Secret Saudi Drone Base?
The base's hangars bear a remarkable resemblance to similar structures on other American drone outposts.
Modernization