Digital Government
Air Force scrambling to protect cyber, other priorities from budget ax
Service eyes reorganization among other strategies to shield its top priorities from spending cuts.
Cybersecurity
7 ways to build your cybersecurity team
New report offers tips on recruiting and organizing internal cyber-staff.
Digital Government
Shooting at Navy's largest system command
Fatalities are confirmed as one or more gunmen open fire at the Navy Yard.
People
Obama nominates deputies for VA, Navy
If the nominees gain Senate approval, they will fill roles vacant since spring.
Cybersecurity
Is the U.S. ready for cyber war?
Syrian conflict could pose real-world test for nascent politics and programs.
Digital Government
Outlook bleak for fiscal 2014 defense funding
Jobs, military assets, R&D and technological superiority are all at risk.
Cybersecurity
The other Syria debate: cyber weapons
A cyberattack on Syria could crash enemy systems, interfere with air defenses and spare civilian lives.
Digital Government
More bad news for DOD audit-readiness
The latest in a string of audits and reports critiquing DOD financial management shows deficiencies in the department's risk-management planning.
People
Army swears in new cyber command leader
Lt. Gen. Edward Cardon takes over from Maj. Gen. Rhett Hernandez.
Cybersecurity
Even with disclosures, cyber-spending tough to track
Spending on cybersecurity is tucked away in many different budget line items, not always clearly labeled, and has come to pervade spending accounts and areas of attention throughout varying agency levels.
Cybersecurity
NIST cyber framework depends on you
The Institute is trying to maximize opportunities for public participation in developing its guidelines.
Cybersecurity
NIST issues preliminary cybersecurity draft framework
Sources say draft is a a 'solid gauge' of what the final framework is likely to look like.
People
Air Force nominee prepping at the Pentagon
SAIC executive Deborah Lee James, nominated to be the next Air Force Secretary, is preparing for her upcoming Senate confirmation hearing.
Modernization
JIE's murky progress raising questions
Complex systems, unclear timelines compound challenges for Pentagon's shared operational network.
Acquisition
New report reveals Army's troubled IT acquisition program
A program designed to fast-track network capabilities for troops is too often letting inferior technologies advance, GAO finds.
Digital Government
Getting the hang of mobility
Navy and Justice CIOs say savings and benefits are real -- though sometimes hard to measure.
People
VA touts progress on claims backlog; critics say it's not enough
Officials at the Veterans Affairs Department say the number of backlogged compensation claims has shrunk by 20 percent since its March peak, but critics are maintaining a full-court press on the White House to further reduce the VA's claims inventory.
Cybersecurity
If not Clapper, then who?
A reader confirms the sense of uncertainty not only over who should lead an intelligence review, but who should be involved.
Digital Government
Leadership of intell review group remains unclear
A high-level group of independent experts will review federal intelligence and communications technologies as a step in advancing the debate over U.S. surveillance activities, but who will lead the group and determine its membership remains unclear.
Modernization
DISA plans analytic cloud; looks to NSA's model
DISA's planned 'Acropolis' cloud environment will provide situational cybersecurity awareness, data analysis to detect threats.
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