Digital Government

Fraudsters exploit leaked dot-mil addresses

Scammers are using Pentagon email accounts that were exposed when hackers cracked a defense contractor's computer system to make fake online orders.

Digital Government

FCC names new managing director

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Cybersecurity

Federal data breach legislation stalls

California strengthens its breach notification requirements, as federal legislation that would replace state laws goes nowhere in Congress.

Ideas

The TSA App and Flying Pie

Modernization

Kundra: 'IT cartel' holds back government efficiency

Former Federal CIO Vivek Kundra provoked an outcry with an editorial claiming that major federal contractors are holding back progress in updating federal technology.

Acquisition

DOD: Wartime contracting reforms underway

Defense officials say they have toughened prosecution of fraudulent contractors and boosted the department’s overall acquisition workforce, including contract managers.

Ideas

Weed the People?

Digital Government

White House opens up to the public's petitions

A new online forum lets the public create, and also sign, petitions tht seek action from the government.

Acquisition

Defense Department revisits its acquisition history

The department is seeking a fact-checker and editor to undertake major revisions of a book series titled "History of Acquisition in the Department of Defense."

Digital Government

e-Records Group Lobbies CMS

Digital Government

Let's argue procurement. It's healthy.

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