Cybersecurity
Software alert claiming to be from Cyber Command aims to steal money
Homeland Security warns users about new ransomware popping up on computers.
Digital Government
House panel launches investigation of VA conferences in Las Vegas and Arizona
Lawmaker questions the department’s decision to hire a contractor to analyze spending.
Modernization
Army North deploys first responder teams to four Gulf Coast states
Defense liaisons to FEMA are coordinating efforts from SUVs stuffed with communications gear.
Emerging Tech
TSA seeks technology to make screening easier on travelers
Agency seeks upgrades to boost security and increase ‘passenger comfort.’
Modernization
The first victims of Twitter's slow takeover of its own service
witter has now made it absolutely clear that developers should stop even trying to comply with its new API rules because the social media site wants to own everything that happens on it.
Digital Government
MIT scientists devise Qurk to make data crowdsourcing easier
System could be used to help NASA, NOAA farm out data processing.
Modernization
Air Force seeks software to monitor iPads for electronic flight bags
Mobile device software will manage access and security for thousands of smartphones and tablets.
Modernization
Vet health progress propelled by partnership, vision and IT
The DOD and VA are focused on finding the right technology to serve troops over a lifetime -- even with bumps along the way -- and those closest to the effort say the stumbles are leading to progress.
Emerging Tech
Engineers face hurdles making advanced chips for complex machines
Technology could limit innovations in computers, weapons systems
Emerging Tech
Curiosity Rover busts out the telephoto lens
Even better photographs of Mt. Sharp, the rover's eventual science destination.
Modernization
Interior seeks to safeguard mobile devices
The Interior Department seeks ways to protect information and networks when employees carry agency mobile devices to foreign lands.
People
GSA's crackdown on spending saves millions
Acting Administrator Dan Tangherlini promises more savings yet to come in his quest to curb waste.
Cybersecurity
GAO overrules Justice on ID smart card contract, again
Office of Justice Programs is told to reevaluate vendors' proposals for securing computers with ID cards.
Digital Government
Mass consumption in China
A Harvard professor encounters China's burgeoning consumer culture.
Digital Government
VA held nearly 1,000 conferences during the past three and a half years
Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki ordered a comprehensive review.
Modernization
FAA revisits mobile electronic devices on aircraft
Current FCC regulations require aircraft operators to determine whether interference from a given mobile electronic devices could cause safety risks before allowing such devices to be used.
Modernization
Interior seeks ability to wipe mobile devices of employees abroad
Technology would help the department keep its networks secure.
Emerging Tech
Hardware makes resurgence in Silicon Valley
As the costs of prototyping fall, hardware startups grow.
Digital Government