Cybersecurity
Changes Coming to GSA’s Breach, Identity Protection Offerings
Interested parties have until the end of the month to chime in on changes to the Data Breach and Identity Protection Services special item number.
Digital Government
Microsoft Threatened to Stop Hosting the Alt-Right’s Favorite Social Network
The company didn't want to host language that could incite violence.
Digital Government
Lawmakers Call for Broad Changes at VA After Report of Mar-a-Lago Members’ Influence
One top committee member launches investigation into alleged undue policy-making involvement.
Modernization
A closer look at DOD’s cloudy JEDI contract
A government-reform watchdog warns that the Pentagon's massive cloud procurement is on the wrong path.
Cybersecurity
DHS, FBI again point to North Korean malware
Days after the DHS secretary vowed to take a harder line on attributing cyber attacks’ origins, the agency said it has found new North Korean efforts.
Policy
How The Space Force Took Over Washington
Blame a potent mix of national security concerns, space spectacle, and pork-barrel spending.
Digital Government
It Just Got Cheaper for Agencies to Run Training Programs
The General Service Administration and Office of Personnel Management lowered the access fees on the $11 billion training vehicle.
Digital Government
Federal CIO: 100 Percent of Agencies Classify Data As an Asset
The government’s top IT official said all agencies have submitted their lists of high-value assets, which now include data.
Digital Government
The Pentagon's Startup Outreach Office is No Longer an Experiment
Officials renamed the Defense Innovation Unit Experimental to show the permanence of the program.
Digital Government
3 Essential Skills for Setting Work-Life Boundaries
A former FBI hostage negotiator offers tips on setting boundaries at work.
Cybersecurity
NIST pushes on next version of Risk Management Framework
The National Institute of Standards and Technology looks to release the final version of RMF 2.0 early next year.
Emerging Tech
Google’s Larry Page Thinks We’ll Soon Be Soaring Over Traffic in These Cute Flying Cars He’s Building
For now, the Flyer is clearly a novelty, meant to appeal to the ambitions and pocketbooks of wealthy hobbyists.
Digital Government
DOD releases 4-part plan for Space Force
Vice President Mike Pence announced the Defense Department’s plan to create the military’s sixth branch.
Digital Government
DIUx gets rebranded
The Defense Innovation Unit Experimental is no longer experimental, Deputy Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan announced.
Digital Government
Here’s How to Stop Your iPhone from Listening to You
... and tracking where you're going.
Cybersecurity
NARA is doing great at email, website security. Maybe
An audit finds the National Archives and Records Administration is well on its way to complying with a DHS directive to boost email and website security, but the agency's measurements need improvement.
Modernization
Are agencies really ready for EIS?
The telecom contract has the potential to reinvent IT infrastructure, but finding the bandwidth to take full advantage could prove difficult.
Ideas
The Key to Government’s Digital Transformation is Data Literacy
Without data literacy, the prospect of quickly meeting the administration’s data and IT modernization goals is simply not feasible.
Digital Government
FirstNet to Offer Emergency Drop Kits Creating a ‘Connected Bubble’ to First Responders
AT&T’s team is also working with states to get a liaison in every emergency operations center.
Modernization