Modernization
Cloud vendors worry small businesses are shut out of the federal market
Report calls out the Obama administration for certifying existing large contractors before newcomers.
Cybersecurity
Justice computer ID contract snagged by second protest
GAO ruled in favor of 2011 protest.
Cybersecurity
Possible Iranian hack of NASA stresses need for site certification
A computer analyst who retraced the attackers’ self-reported steps says the space agency’s login Web page likely was unprotected.
Cybersecurity
Budget and staff pressures are reshaping the federal cybersecurity market
A shortage of skilled cyber experts is driving some contract decisions.
Cybersecurity
Thrift Savings Plan hackers could be targeting other government data
Attackers may have struck a federal retirement plan contractor to obtain more sensitive information.
Cybersecurity
No More Dot-Mil Accounts on Dating Sites
The Pentagon is banning use of dot-mil email addresses on personal social media.
Modernization
Clouds don’t need real-time threat reporting tools to win federal stamp of approval
Providers slated to gain certifications to deliver Web-based services governmentwide by Dec. 31.
Cybersecurity
Al Qaeda video calls for electronic jihad on government computers
Senators release segment to generate urgency around a cybersecurity bill.
Digital Government
Researcher: Alleged breach of dating site shows flaws in military’s social media policies
Guidelines called inadequate to safeguard sensitive data that soldiers share online.
Digital Government
First online immigration application now available
New ‘ELIS’ website lets visitors request extensions to stay in the country, a step toward digitizing the largely paper-based immigration process.
Cybersecurity
Phone hacking problems? Defense, intel agencies have an app for that
A download is letting soldiers and secret agents abroad make calls on popular smartphones and skirt eavesdropping adversaries.
Cybersecurity
Tricky to win U.S.-China cyber blame game
Doublespeak on assessing blame for cyber-strikes originating in China.
Digital Government
Customs and border agency tries new twist on industry days
Seminar is designed to guide company investments in new technologies.
Digital Government
Tough times make shared services a necessity
Some agencies missed the deadline for coming up with acceptable unification plans, OMB officials say.
Cybersecurity
U.S. must strut cyber might to stop attacks, Cartwright says
Adversaries need to see the nation has the goods and the guts to execute a successful cyberattack if provoked, retired general says.
Cybersecurity
An ambiguous FBI cyber alert raises more questions than it answers
Warning about malware aimed at U.S. business travelers abroad fails to provide critical information, including where the attacks have occurred.
Digital Government
Pentagon opens classified cyber program to all defense contractors, ISPs
The White House is under pressure to increase voluntary information sharing.
Emerging Tech
Customs and Border Protection wants to e-cycle sensitive electronics
Homeland Security is undergoing a departmentwide communications upgrade that could send loads of security devices to the shredder.
Digital Government
Treasury: Uncloak true business owners to disrupt terror-financing
The top intelligence official at the department warns that al Qaeda offshoots are soliciting money through kidnappers and shell companies.
Digital Government