Digital Government
FCW Insider: Nov. 19
Top stories, quick hits and more from FCW's reporters and editors.
Emerging Tech
Facebook Is Launching a Career-Development Site, Taking on LinkedIn
It's designed to give people another reason to visit the social network.
Cybersecurity
With elections over, CISA focus shifts to risk management center
DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen signaled that her newly minted cybersecurity agency will shift its focus to a number of longer term initiatives around risk and supply chain.
Cybersecurity
DHS Aims to ID Critical Functions to Protect from Cyberattacks by Year’s End
After the Homeland Security Department identifies the critical functions, it plans to map out all their dependencies.
Acquisition
DOD's failed audit shines a light on IT woes
Longstanding deficiencies in the Defense Department's tech portfolio emerged as a leading cause for the failure of the organization’s first completed audit report.
Cybersecurity
How Hackers Are Stealing High-Profile Instagram Accounts
In the Wild West of “influencer” marketing, there are few protections and plenty of easy marks.
Modernization
VA Officials Reluctant to Say When G.I. Benefit Delays Will Be Fixed
Lawmakers grilled Veterans Affairs Department officials about the IT issues that prevented tens of thousands of veterans from receiving education and housing stipends on time.
Emerging Tech
When the Tech Mythology Collapses
The industry’s fall from grace may feel unprecedented, but we have a model for what happens when a beloved industry fails us.
Emerging Tech
IRS Spent Millions to Set Up Virtual Assistance Centers That No One Is Using
Of the millions of taxpayers looking for help last year, only 2,700 used the Virtual Service Delivery stations.
Modernization
Effective acquisition: A key enabler for successful IT modernization
Fostering effective communication goes a long way in driving change needed for IT modernization.
Emerging Tech
The Tech Products Consumers Rate As The Creepiest
Which ones are listening to you right now?
Ideas
NIST Experiments with Critical Infrastructure Protections
Over in the IT world, this is fairly basic stuff, though it has rarely been tried for operation technology.
People
Reaching in to teach procurement
Lesley Field, the government's top acquisition officer, talks about the challenge of communicating with 40,000 procurement specialists across government.
Digital Government
Kirstjen Nielsen’s Ugly Legacy at Homeland Security
Nielsen’s future will be decided “shortly."
Digital Government
FCW Insider: Nov. 16
Top stories, quick hits and more from FCW's reporters and editors.
Digital Government
How Wearables Could Help NIH Fight Cancer
The agency aims to better monitor and personalize treatments for chronic conditions using the health data the gadgets collect.
Cybersecurity
Survey: Most Employees Unaware of Travel Security Threats
A lot of employees are flouting common security measures while traveling.
Cybersecurity