Cybersecurity
Feds Skeptical About Security of Their Agencies’ Internet-Connected Devices
Major challenges prevent government from adequately securing the smart devices it relies on, including inadequate funding and a procurement process unprepared for digital-age challenges.
Ideas
When Can Your Tweet, Text or Calls Cost You Your Job?
Feds do not have a legally recognized expectation of privacy with respect to the government-owned equipment they use in and/or outside of the workplace.
Digital Government
Employers Are Creepily Analyzing Your Emails and Slack Chats to See if You’re Happy
AIR, a Tokyo-based software company, is marketing software that scans conversations on workplace communication tool Slack to gauge team morale.
Digital Government
The Case Against Federal Chief Innovation Officers
An executive with another title could make more impact, analysts say.
Digital Government
GAO: Army Needs More Virtual Training
The watchdog recommended the Pentagon adjust policies to allow virtual training to be used more broadly.
Digital Government
DOD Tech Chief Talks Data Centers, Modernization and Cyber Workforce
The Defense Department’s top techie discussed the Pentagon’s most pressing IT issues.
Digital Government
With Job Website, Spy Agencies Try to Reach Younger Applicants
The intelligence community’s new website includes a “job exploration” function that tells high school students how to get involved in government work.
Digital Government
How the Computer Revolution Changed US Cities
After 1980, metros with an “abstract” labor base thrived, while those without one didn’t.
Cybersecurity
After USPS Phishing Hack, Audit Shows Postal Workers Still Click on Links
Aquarter of agency employees fell for a simulated email scheme, according to an internal watchdog.
Cybersecurity
Census Wants Employees Prepared for Phishing Attacks
The training program is meant to make sure the bureau’s employees are armed with the appropriate knowledge and skill set to defend themselves against future attacks.
Cybersecurity
Don’t Fall for This USAJobs Phishing Scam
The Office of Personnel Management is warning job seekers about email scams purporting to come from the federal government’s jobs site.
Cybersecurity
DHS Alerts Public to OPM-Related Phishing Scams
Emails claiming to come from the agency and contractor CSID might be after money, U.S. secrets or both, say experts.
Digital Government
10 Charts That Paint Fascinating Portrait of Modern-Day Programmer
Stack Overflow, a Q&A site for programmers, recently came out with its 2015 developer survey, which included responses from more than 26,000 people in 157 countries,
Digital Government
Is the Digital Wave Creating a ‘Never-Ending Work Day’ for Feds?
While federal managers are enthusiastic about the power of digital technology in the workplace, others worry it’s actually upended a healthy sense of work-life balance.
Digital Government
Among Best Federal Agencies to Work, NASA Continues to Soar
This is the third year in a row the agency was named the top place to work among large federal agencies.
Digital Government
This Defense Contractor Is Repeatedly Spear-Phishing 68,000 Innocent People
The exercise is meant to teach employees how to identify and report network intrusions.
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