Cybersecurity
GoDaddy says outage was no hack
This is the first time GoDaddy has given any information at all about what happened
Modernization
The ever increasing iPhone sales expectations
The previous edition in the iSeries sold more than a million in the first 24 hours.
Emerging Tech
Video: Marine Corps brings back the cavalry with DARPA's 'robot horse'
The Legged Squad Support System is intended to act like a pack mule and think like a trained animal.
Digital Government
GoDaddy outage briefly took down FedBizOpps, three other GSA sites
GSA didn’t directly contract with GoDaddy, spokesman says.
Emerging Tech
Swabbing and hoping: How NASA keeps germs from colonizing Mars
The agency tries to keep humans from inadvertently populating other planets.
Modernization
How candidates are selling the hashtag election
The 2012 party conventions were a kind of coming-out party for Twitter as a political advertising platform.
Digital Government
Commission leaders call for emergency communications network
The attacks revealed the problems posed by a patchwork of emergency radio networks and devices that often do not work with each other.
Modernization
Feds reject counterterrorism reporting apps over privacy, security concerns
Some states, meanwhile, offer citizens smartphone tools for alerting authorities to suspicious behavior.
People
NIH makes leadership adjustments at technology acquisition center
IT contracting program director takes on a new role.
Cybersecurity
One person is claiming credit for GoDaddy's massive outage
The site's DNS servers had been disabled as a result of this large-scale hack.
Modernization
How the iPhone 5 could help re-elect Obama
Economists estimate the new phone, which Apple will release soon, could add between a quarter and a half of a percentage point to the country's GDP.
Digital Government
A continental network to monitor how we're trashing the environment
The National Ecological Observatory Network will feature dozens of monitoring stations to document land use patterns and ecosystem changes.
Acquisition
Administration amps up strategic sourcing push
Concerned that agencies are slow to adopt strategic sourcing approaches, administration officials are turning up the heat -- and hinting that a mandate may be coming.
Cybersecurity
House targets cybersecurity, transparency in 2013 continuing resolution
An expected spending agreement would keep the government functioning, add some funding for high-priority programs.
Cybersecurity
Federal IT workforce needs training investment, expert says
Technology aids the workforce, but the government's IT security personnel need investments in training and development opportunities to truly thrive.
Cybersecurity
9/11 haunts debate over cybersecurity
Some doubt whether a cyberattack could cause the same loss of life and physical destruction.
Modernization
The password fallacy: Why our security system is broken, and how to fix it
Our password system is broken, and it's about time we change it.
Digital Government
Al Qaeda’s No. 2 in Yemen killed in airstrike
U.S. drone is believed to be behind the killing, officials said.
Digital Government