Modernization
Pentagon Buys Untested Mobile Security System for 300,000 Users
Contract did not require a past performance evaluation of vendors tapped to configure smartphones and tablets.
Digital Government
Congressional Picks for DHS Head Include Backers of Mass Surveillance
Names floated include lawmakers, a former New York Police Department commissioner and a former Coast Guard commandant.
Digital Government
Iris Recognition Specs for DHS Employee IDs Are No Longer Hypothetical
NIST has finalized guidelines for exchanging eye images between cameras and card readers.
Cybersecurity
Hacker Conference to Feds: Stay Home
Many in the community are 'uncomfortable with this relationship' after NSA revelations, says event founder, himself a DHS adviser.
Emerging Tech
Ground-Attack Aircraft Radar to Outmaneuver Overcast Skies
L-3 Communications secures a $2.6 million Pentagon deal to build sensors that use extremely high frequency radio technology to see through clouds.
Digital Government
Finalists Exhibit Tech for $465 Million Virtual Border Fence
The installation of more surveillance towers has drawn rare bipartisan support in the immigration reform debate.
Digital Government
Commerce Trashes $170,000 Worth of Tech to Disinfect Imaginary Viruses
IG: Computer Incident Response Team member assigned to handle the perceived malware wasn't trained, lacked critical skills.
Digital Government
TSA Blacks Out ‘Mission’ of $56 Million Sole-Source Contract Without Cause
IT deal is for Federal Air Marshal support, other fed websites reveal.
Cybersecurity
Fourth of July Rallies Protest NSA Surveillance
Marchers demanded freedom from the agency's 'unreasonable searches and seizures.'
Cybersecurity
Federal Standards Body Proposes Cyber Protocols for Private Sector
The NIST preliminary guidelines are slated to be finalized this fall.
Cybersecurity
Manager Likely Rubberstamped Snowden’s Foreign Travel
Intelligence community employees must report overseas travel in advance, but a trip to the Far East wouldn't necessarily be scrutinized, officials say.
Cybersecurity
Pentagon Spent Millions to Counter Insider Threats After WikiLeaks Fiasco
That didn't stop Edward Snowden from downloading highly classified data at NSA.
Cybersecurity
NSA Networks Might Have Been Missing Anti-Leak Technology
Former agency official says a Defensewide system aimed at countering insider threats was not installed as of summer 2012.
Cybersecurity
Pentagon Signs $5 Million Deal for Cyber Battleground
The contract with Apogee Research is part of Plan X, a DARPA program for developing cyberattack gear.
Digital Government
NSA Chief Delivers Pep Talk to Spy Staff
An agencywide memo from Gen. Keith Alexander states he will 'take the heat' for the controversy over ongoing domestic surveillance.
Cybersecurity
Facebook Failed to Notify Federal Social Media Community about Data Leak
A programming error allowed users to see other users’ confidential email addresses and phone numbers.
Digital Government
Senate Champion of NSA's Mammoth Data Center Is Now Silent
Republican Orrin Hatch welcomed the $1.2 billion Utah complex as a tool to protect computer systems from cyber threats, but its role is actually much broader.
Cybersecurity
$11,000 for Anyone Who Spots an Internet Explorer Bug Before Dot-gov Hackers
Microsoft will pay hard cash to coders who tell the company about the software holes
Cybersecurity
Auditors and IRS Pan Tax Regulations for Bitcoins
The agency lacks time and money for formal rules on collecting revenue for income earned through the virtual currency.
Cybersecurity
IG: DHS Does Not Track Security Training of System Administrator Contractors
Department relies on companies to perform work historically done by government employees.
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