Modernization
18F builds cloud platform, FirstNet tweaks RFP and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Cybersecurity
Shutdown guide, CTO study, US/UK cyber ties and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Cybersecurity
For NGA, key to open source might be embracing uncertainty
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has made a point of hitching its operations to the boom in open source data. The next step could be philosophical -- a willingness to accept uncertainty.
Cybersecurity
Cyber problems at HealthCare.gov, cyber sharing at the Pentagon and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Cybersecurity
Streamlined-hiring bill, overarching cyber defense and local IT budgets
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Digital Government
Wi-Fi for the Pentagon, Data Act as management tool
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Cybersecurity
What the military learned from OPM
Civilian agencies have been publicly scouring the OPM breach for lessons, but military cyber leaders are also getting in on the act.
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.
Cybersecurity
Demystifying cyber intel, Marines get real, ITI signs Palo Alto and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
People
Library of Congress names new CIO
Bernard A. Barton Jr. fills a position that has been vacant since 2012.
Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity: 6 schools with the right stuff
The federal government craves more cybersecurity professionals. These six schools are helping meet that demand.
Modernization
New DISA deputy wants to fortify networks
A few weeks into the job, Maj. Gen. Sarah Zabel is calling on the Defense Information Systems Agency to do a better job of making Pentagon networks more resilient and secure.
Cybersecurity
Halvorsen wants to change economics of cyberspace
The Defense Department CIO wants the private sector’s help in making it more costly for hackers to do harm -- and cheaper for the Pentagon to stop them.
People
DOD’s chasm between what's needed and what's possible
DOD acquisition chief Frank Kendall sees a wide gap "between our national security needs and how we meet those needs."
People
DOD seeks funds for OPM response, WH mulls China sanctions and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Cybersecurity
Shielding innovation from DOD bureaucracy, mapping feds' local impact and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Digital Government
DOD pledges $75M for hybrid electronics
The Defense Department is awarding a grant for manufacturing hybrid electronics to a consortium of firms, universities and nonprofits.
Cybersecurity
Yelp redux, NSA's balancing act, new cyber paradigms and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
People
Brubaker joins IT Cadre
Former DOD executive and two-time Fed 100 winner had recently left AirWatch.
Modernization