Cybersecurity
5 things agencies get wrong about infosec
A GAO report finds persistent weaknesses in how federal agencies protect their data and their IT systems.
Digital Government
FAA looks to 2016 for drone rules
The aviation regulator missed a Congressional deadline to develop rules of the sky-ways for drones.
People
Wynn takes the CIO reins at NASA
The space agency's new top tech official takes over two months ahead of schedule.
People
DOE tech officer set to leave
Associate CIO and CTO Peter Tseronis is leaving the Energy Department at the end of the month.
Cybersecurity
U.S., China find some common cyber ground
No deal was reached on major cybersecurity issues, but the two nations established a formal structure to keep on talking.
Acquisition
GWACs pull in billions on IT orders as fiscal year winds down
NITAAC, SEWP V and other government-wide IT contracting vehicles are doing a booming business as the end of fiscal 2015 looms.
Modernization
EIS RFP might spill into October
GSA says it will set the fees agencies pay to use the telecom contracting vehicle “significantly” lower than originally planned.
Modernization
Connecting the cyber and the physical
NIST is looking for feedback on its evolving framework for systems that connect the real world and the computer world.
Acquisition
Johnson: DHS makes good on CDM promise
DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson says new contracts will spread CDM coverage to 97 percent of civilian federal workers, as promised in July.
Modernization
Papal security shines spotlight on information sharing
DHS set up Multi-Agency Communications Centers to coordinate the security work of dozens of agencies.
Acquisition
Acquisition: Knowing enough to ask the right questions
Agency heads, acquisition officers and even CIOs don't need to be hard-core techies. FCW's four-part look at the expertise that's really required to make federal IT run.
Digital Government
Detection test hunts nuclear traces with data
The new nuclear forensics system was tested earlier this summer after a two-year research and development effort.
Cybersecurity
DOD looks to Silicon Valley to automate cyber response
Boosting automated capabilities would make more IT personnel available for other critical jobs, says CIO Terry Halvorsen.
Modernization
Adopting new tech can lead to sleepovers
FCC CIO David Bray compared his agency's move to the commercial cloud as akin to Apollo 13 – "everything was cool – at first."
Digital Government
FAA drone deadline looms as apps bloom
The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International said its study of FAA exemptions shows "a commercial market waiting to be unleashed."
Acquisition
Clearing a federal path for small IT firms
GSA is reviewing the two-year minimum corporate experience requirement for its Schedule 70 IT GWAC.
Cybersecurity
'Aggressively non-regulatory' NIST offers a cyber helping hand
The director of NIST's Information Technology Laboratory says it can help develop innovative technologies that both industry and agencies can use.
People
Soloway leaving PSC
After 15 years leading the Professional Services Council, Stan Soloway is making time for another act in his career.
Cybersecurity
DOE CISO heads to Commerce
Rod Turk is returning to the Commerce Department after a year at Energy.
Cybersecurity