Cybersecurity
Pentagon Warns CEOs: Protect Your Data or Lose Our Contracts
Deputy Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan says cybersecurity should be a top priority for its contractors.
People
Trump names new ethics chief
The Trump administration has nominated Emory Rounds to head the Office of Government Ethics.
Modernization
EIS vendors show progress on testing
Major carriers on the government's $50 billion telecommunications contract are advancing on required systems testing.
Cybersecurity
Christopher Krebs picked to lead NPPD
The current acting undersecretary brings both federal and private sector cybersecurity expertise to a position that is becoming increasingly important to the DHS mission.
Emerging Tech
The Marines Are Giving Quadcopters to Every Squad
The Corps says new robots, tech, and video games will keep Marines on the tactical edge.
Modernization
SEWP Boosts Customer Experience While Cutting Its Fee
The vast majority of customers seem to be happy with NASA’s IT acquisition vehicle but the quest for better customer experience never ends.
Policy
Senate Homeland Leader Proposes Panel to Fix DHS Oversight
The panel, which is tied to reauthorizing the department, would pare back overlapping committee jurisdictions.
Cybersecurity
Two Charged With Jackpotting Theft
The Justice Department announced charges against two for making a Connecticut ATM spit out cash.
Modernization
DOD Awards $950 Million Cloud Contract to REAN Cloud
The Defense Department makes another cloud move.
Digital Government
DHS Needs More Cybersecurity Workers—It Just Doesn’t Know Where Or What Kind
The government’s primary cybersecurity agency is missing congressional deadlines to identify and categorize its cyber workforce, a congressional watchdog said.
Cybersecurity
DHS reauthorization remains a heavy lift in Senate
A Senate hearing on reauthorizing the Department of Homeland Security made some headway, but long-running jurisdictional disputes threatened to once again derail the process.
Policy
Senate Leaders Announce Two-Year Budget Deal to Boost Spending by $300 Billion
Schumer says agreement will send sequester caps to "ash heaps of history."
Cybersecurity
How Long Did the US Government Know about Spectre and Meltdown?
The largest CPU bug in history caught the Defense Department by surprise. Or not.
Digital Government
Senate leaders strike two-year budget deal
Senate leaders struck a budget deal Feb. 7, paving the way for a spending bill to avert another shutdown.
Emerging Tech
The Symbolism of Elon Musk Sending a Car Into Space
The decision to launch a Tesla into an orbit around the sun marks yet another shift in American spaceflight business.
Modernization
Protest Filed on $7 Million DOD Cloud Support Contract
The bid protest could slow down the Pentagon’s cloud acquisition effort.
Digital Government
What Inclusivity Really Means, From the Woman Who Held the Highest Tech Job in America
Megan Smith on how to enact “radical inclusion" and why high-level leaders should seek collaboration.
Cybersecurity
DHS lags in classifying cyber positions
Despite legislation, the Department of Homeland Security hasn't taken steps to make it easier to monitor progress in building and managing a cybersecurity workforce.
Cybersecurity
Popular Browser Extension Grammarly Patches Major Bug
Users were worried about more than just typos.
Cybersecurity