Ideas
How Agencies Can Avoid Breaches from Leaking Cloud Storage Buckets
Don't let human error cause a data breach.
Digital Government
Tech Lessons Learned From the Devastation of Hurricane Maria
Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands' CIOs discussed data security, relationships with wireless carriers and next-level training at NASCIO’s midyear conference.
Modernization
IT modernization: Four ways to pay the tab
The Modernizing Government Technology Act can help bridge the budget gaps, but agencies need other funding sources to fully address decades of “technical debt.”
Digital Government
Radar Satellites Spying on Farms From Space Is a Taste of the Future Economy
Images are created by synthetic aperture radar can 'see' through clouds.
Emerging Tech
Internet of Things Security is a Marathon Not a Sprint, says DHS Cyber Expert
Adversaries that continuously improve their attacks push agencies to proactively defend.
Digital Government
Net Neutrality Officially Dies Any Day Now. It May Get a Second Life.
Public sentiment is changing faster than FCC rule-making.
Cybersecurity
Report: Insecure Contractor Emails Leave Government Vulnerable
Federal IT contractors aren’t using an email security tool that’s now mandated for agencies.
Modernization
Federal CIO: Modernization Board Wants More Proposals and Here’s What It Needs
Suzette Kent shares just what kind of ideas the board is looking for.
Emerging Tech
Amazon Can Now Deliver Packages To Your Car
You might want to clean out your trunk before you sign up.
Modernization
JEDI Will Be Just One of Many Clouds, Says Pentagon’s No. 2
The giant and groundbreaking IT contract may cover just a fraction of the cloud-services orders to come.
Cybersecurity
DHS: No Evidence of Russia Targeting 2018 Elections Yet
That doesn’t mean that they won’t, though.
Emerging Tech
Pentagon Innovation Group Aims to Protect Military Bases From Rogue Drones
DIUx awarded Dedrone a contract to test the group’s drone detection technology at military bases across the country.
Cybersecurity
Senator pushes for answers on scope of 2016 Russia voting probes
A DHS official acknowledged that more than 21 states could have been targeted by Russian hackers in the lead-up to the 2016 election.
Ideas
How Sharing Could Accelerate Reform
Active best practice sharing across government makes things better, faster and cheaper.
Digital Government
Facebook Has Revealed the Hyper-Specific Internal Rules It Uses to Police Content
The company is publishing updated “Community Standards” that spell out for users exactly what they are allowed to post, and what is forbidden.
Artificial Intelligence
Experts Say AI Could Raise the Risks of Nuclear War
A new RAND report says ideas like mutually assured destruction and minimal deterrence strategy offer a lot less assurance in the age of intelligent software.
People
OPM chief looks to elevate CHCOs
In a new memo, Office of Personnel Management Director Jeff Pon wants to make sure agency human capital chiefs have a seat at the top table.
Cybersecurity
Agencies look to get smart on IoT
As connected devices proliferate, management and security prove challenging for agencies.
Digital Government
House Dems push to subpoena Commerce over census question
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee are seeking documentation behind a controversial decision made by Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross to include a citizenship question on the 2020 population survey.
Cybersecurity