People
DOD's shrinking civilian workforce
Education, training and small agencies are hit hardest by efforts at DOD to reduce overhead.
Policy
Blaming States, Trump Dissolves Election Integrity Commission
The body struggled to compile concrete evidence of widespread voter fraud, wracking up lawsuits over voter suppression in the process.
Emerging Tech
How the Battle for Net Neutrality Will Continue in 2018
Proponents of net neutrality are pursuing several different paths to prevent internet service providers from tampering with website access.
Cybersecurity
Most Processors Produced Since 1995 Have a Flaw That Could Let Hackers Steal Sensitive Information
There's no proof that these flaws have been used by anyone in the wild yet.
Cybersecurity
Iran’s Cyberwar on Dissidents Could Infiltrate Your Mailbox
Tehran’s agents are busily working against the protesters — and anyone who may have contacted them from abroad.
Cybersecurity
Mitt Romney Is the Latest Political Target of Russian Trolls and Bots
Social media activity linked to Russia has increased massively
Policy
Trump May Deport Thousands of Indian H-1B Visa Holders as They Wait for Green Cards
The proposal could drastically impact the IT business.
Emerging Tech
Need a New iPhone Battery? It'll Cost You $29
It could be considered a consolation prize for iPhone users.
Cybersecurity
Data Breach Affected More Than 240,000 Homeland Security Workers, IG Confirms
The breach also affected non-DHS employees who communicated with the department’s inspector general.
Modernization
GSA’s $50 Billion IT Contract Delayed Again
A pair of companies is challenging General Services Administration’s Alliant 2 contract vehicle in court.
Digital Government
Congress requires mobile-friendly websites
The Connected Government Act requires all new or redesigned federal websites to scale to mobile screens.
Cybersecurity
Will 2018 be the year for blockchain for government?
Government application of the ledger technology lags behind the hype, but expect more experiments to take off in the coming months.
People
White House names acquisition leaders at DOD, Air Force
The Trump administration announced picks for assistant secretary of defense for acquisition and acquisition head at the Air Force.
Cybersecurity
IARPA awards translator tech contracts
The intelligence community's research arm taps major research universities, NIST to create a universal text translator for analysis work.
Ideas
Compliance Isn’t Security—But It Helps
For more secure networks, federal IT teams should balance compliance exercises with risk management strategies.
Digital Government
Iceland Has a Simple Solution for Closing Gender Pay Gap: Make It Illegal
“We need to make sure that men and women enjoy equal opportunity in the workplace."
People
Karen Mummaw named acting CIO at State
A longtime State Department tech official is leading the agency's Information Resource Management Bureau.
Emerging Tech
Half of Puerto Rico Still Doesn’t Have Power—104 Days After Hurricane Maria
Data on the extent of the outage has been hard to come by.
Cybersecurity
Now It's Industry's Turn to Come Up with Botnet Fighting Ideas
A Commerce Department center is seeking partners to make internet-connected devices more secure.
Emerging Tech