Cybersecurity
Farenthold: Cyber Will Be Next Administration's Greatest Challenge
Reports of self-radicalized terrorists could force lawmakers to draw boundaries for what citizens can consume on the internet.
Cybersecurity
Watchdog Knocks State Department for Thousands of Zombie Accounts
Most of the inactive accounts have been dormant for more than a year -- in violation of agency policy.
Ideas
The Essential ‘Soft Side’ of Running a Security Operations Center Investigation
Some of the best practices can be learned from other criminal, terrorism incidents and law enforcement organizations.
Digital Government
House Oversight Probes Obama’s Tech Teams: ‘Why Do We Have 18F and USDS?’
18F and USDS were questioned today during a House oversight hearing.
Cybersecurity
IRS Turns Hacked Application Back On -- This Time with Added Security Features
The announcement came just a day before the release of a new report that revealed the IRS did not identify all taxpayers whose sensitive tax information may have been improperly accessed by cybercriminals.
Modernization
18F's First Agile Award Is For FedRAMP Dashboard
The new contracting approach had been halted by multiple protests.
Digital Government
House Passes Bill Mandating Agency Software-Savings Plans
The MEGABYTE Act requires federal agencies to maintain comprehensive software license inventories.
Artificial Intelligence
White House Adviser: AI Could Make Criminal Justice System Fairer
But first, we need better data.
Digital Government
Census Names New Top Tech Official as Agency Prepares for 2020 Count
The hires comes less than a month after lawmakers pressed the agency to appoint a permanent CIO, following a nearly yearlong vacancy.
Modernization
Survey: More People Want to Access Government Services on Their Smartphones
A new survey finds the majority of millennials want to access government services on their phones.
Ideas
5 Things to Watch for When Alliant 2 Hits the Streets
The final request-for-proposals will be issued later this month.
Digital Government
EXCLUSIVE: 18F Tech Team Struggles to Cover its Costs, Draft Report Shows
Per its own projections, 18F is not expected to break even until at least fiscal 2018.
Digital Government
Does Your HR Office Really Get Cybersecurity?
Cybersecurity as a discipline doesn’t get respect in some quarters, according to a new survey.
Digital Government
Lawmakers Press Census to Appoint Permanent CIO Amid Prep for 2020 Count
The agency’s’ IT shop has been officially leaderless since last July.
Digital Government
Spy Chief Finally Moves Ahead with Using Social Media in Federal Background Checks
Publicly available social media postings may soon be incorporated into government background investigations.
Digital Government
Navy’s NGEN Recompete Could Go Out to Bid in January
The next iteration of NGEN will allow the Navy and Marine Corps to acquire more commercial capabilities in addition to the 34 service areas under the current contract.
Digital Government
Inefficient Federal IT Like Paying 400 IT Specialists to Maintain a Single iPad
“We're paying a lot of money for fixed capacity that we invested in 10, 20 years ago,” U.S. CIO Tony Scott says. “Call it crazy, I think it's time to bring an end to this."
Digital Government
Survey: More Than Half of Feds Want to Unleash As Much Data As Possible
These effort should “go beyond basic sharing," 60 percent of the survey respondents said.
Digital Government
Watchdog: FEMA Needs Better Plan for ‘Cobbled Together’ IT Systems
By its own admission, FEMA’s IT environment is a tangled morass of systems and applications.
Digital Government