People
Agencies have a long way to go to fix security clearance problems, GAO says
A GAO audit found that many federal agencies have yet to implement years-old recommendations to reform and speed up their security clearance processes.
Modernization
Contractor agrees to new security protocols after exposing sensitive DISA data to Russia
Netcracker Technology Corp. signed an agreement to keep U.S. customer data in U.S. systems, settling a case that goes back to the Bush administration.
Digital Government
Can NTIA figure out if social media breeds hate?
A new bill would task two federal agencies with supplying Congress with insight into the connection between social media and hate crimes.
Digital Government
Is the FBI investigating Georgia's wiped election server?
Director Christopher Wray declined to answer questions from lawmakers about whether the FBI retained data on a Georgia election server before it was wiped clean by state election officials.
Cybersecurity
Feds look to get creative about cyber hiring
Policymakers are keeping an open mind when it comes to improving the cybersecurity workforce.
Digital Government
Senate Intel chair doesn't plan legislative push on election cyber
Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) dropped some hints about what the Senate Intelligence Committee will recommend to protect election infrastructure.
Digital Government
Pentagon boosts emerging tech spend
The Department of Defense spent $7.4 billion in fiscal year 2017 on cloud computing, big data and artificial intelligence technologies, according to a recent Govini report.
Cybersecurity
House Intel committee advances spy bill
The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence passed a bill to reauthorize the government's spying powers 13-8 on a party-line vote.
Cybersecurity
Is a coming stock trading audit system ready for prime time?
At a House hearing, lawmakers tussled over cybersecurity concerns and the need to prevent market crashes triggered by automated trading.
Digital Government
Senate bill would establish new higher-ed data system by 2020
A bipartisan bill would revamp the way the Department of Education collects higher-education data and relies on an obscure cybersecurity method to protect student data.
Cybersecurity
Senate appropriators ramp up cyber at DHS
In response to growing threats to federal information systems, a draft funding bill for DHS looks to elevate the agency's cybersecurity mission.
Modernization
Security firm reveals another NSA leak
The data, including a virtual hard drive containing classified Army documents, was for a time unsecured and available for anyone to download.
Digital Government
GAO: OMB, federal CIO need to be more involved in high-priority IT projects
An audit found that the Office of Management and Budget has discontinued or de-emphasized regular reporting and oversight on high-priority IT projects and could be passing up billions in cost savings across the federal government.
Cybersecurity
Fallout from Twitter summons reveals widespread CBP violations
The Customs and Border Protection's attempt to out a rogue employee on Twitter earlier this year has revealed other abuses of authority, a watchdog finds.
Digital Government
Congress keeps IRS spending on a short leash
Senate appropriators are continuing a series of spending restrictions and reporting requirements for the IRS in FY2018, even as planned IT modernization lags.
Digital Government
How AI can make use of DOD's data stockpile
The Pentagon is sitting on a hoard of data but doesn't know what to do with it. A new report makes the case that artificial intelligence is the solution.
Digital Government
What are voting machine companies doing about cyber?
Five voting machine companies responded to questions from Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and largely downplayed the threat to their products, pointing to other dangers in the election system.
Cybersecurity
White House goes public with bug disclosure policy
The Trump administration is pulling back the curtain a bit on the secretive process by which the government discloses (or retains) computer vulnerabilities.
Cybersecurity
DHS finds Kaspersky software at 15 percent of agencies
A DHS official told Congress that 96 out of 102 federal agencies have complied with a directive aimed at banning Kaspersky Lab products, with a handful of small agencies still working to do so.
Cybersecurity
House panel advances FISA reform
The Judiciary committee passed a bill to require federal law enforcement to obtain a warrant before querying spy databases, but some are worried about potential loopholes.
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