Digital Government

Jeh Johnson: 'Time Will Tell' Whether US Comes Under Chinese Cyberattack

Johnson said he has recently met with senior Chinese officials to discuss pulling back cyber intrusions and cybercrime.

Digital Government

Director: DARPA's Cyber Strategy So Far Has Been 'Patch and Pray'

DARPA needs to adopt commercial technology and re-purpose it for military use, Arati Prabhakar said.

Emerging Tech

Q&A: How Games are Changing Federal Disaster Response

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is using a point system to motivate first responders.

Emerging Tech

DARPA Looking for Tech to Protect the 'Internet of Things'

The program's goal is to detect attackers on the Internet of Things by monitoring electronic devices' emissions.

Digital Government

What Big Data Means for Human Subjects in Federal Research

A group of agencies is trying to update the consent process for human test subjects in federal research.

Digital Government

NIH Wants to License Out a Mobile App to the Private Sector

The app would combine users' location data with their answers to questions about their psychological wellbeing to predict their future mental health.

Digital Government

EPA Needs to Get Better at Recording IT Spending

A recent audit recommended EPA issue new policy for tech investment reporting.

Cybersecurity

Federal Cybersecurity Second Only to Finance Industry, New Report Says

Despite the OPM hack, federal cybersecurity isn't so bad -- especially compared to the education industry.

Digital Government

What Facebook’s ‘Lean In’ Guru Can Teach Troops

"If the U.S. military can get this right, other industries will follow," Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg said.

Digital Government

5 Tech Projects from HHS' Accelerator Demo Day

One is a mobile app that would help FDA researchers inspect fresh meat for bacteria at local grocery stores.

Digital Government

VA Looking for 'Agile' Contractor to Design New Vets.gov in 2 Months

Vets.gov is intended to be a Web portal with a single sign-on veterans can use to access any VA services.

Digital Government

18F's Startup-Friendly Agile BPA Hits First Hurdle -- a Protest

GSA has received multiple protests on its new contract vehicle, Nextgov confirmed.

Digital Government

Classified Smartphones, Silicon Valley Worker Swap and 3 Other Takeways from the Pentagon CIO Briefing

During a media call, Pentagon CIO Terry Halvorsen told reporters how the department plans to learn from the private sector.

Digital Government

CIOs: Tell Your Legacy IT Horror Stories

Shocking anecdotes about outdated technology could be the key to growing IT budgets, according to one government official.

Digital Government

Can Social Media Tracking Make Medication Safer?

FDA is considering analyzing social media data to learn more about product safety.

Emerging Tech

How 3-D Printing Could Make Criminals Harder to Catch

Advanced technology could encourage criminals to be better educated, a new report claims.

Modernization

DHS App Aims to Help First Responders Find Missing People

The "Lost Person Behavior App" is available for $9.99 from iTunes.

Emerging Tech

The Internet of Things Might Force You To Restructure Your Team

Organizations taking several months to make decisions are "not thinking about the future."

Digital Government

Marine Corps Wants to Wipe Out 'Evil Twin' Social Media Impostors

The agency is looking for technology that could help weed out and report fake accounts.