Cybersecurity
Should risky employees be allowed to hang around?
A reader takes issue with the notion that terminated government employees need to be ushered out the door quickly.
Modernization
Survey pinpoints data-storage concerns
Data security and downtime are two of the major worries for IT decision makers.
Modernization
Moving to the cloud? Learn from CBP's mistakes
CTO Wolf Tombe's four years of early-adopter experience provides a host of hard-learned lessons.
Cybersecurity
What feds can learn from Coca-Cola's data breach
The beverage giant's breach, which involved a former employee stealing laptops with unencrypted data, is a teachable moment for federal agencies.
Modernization
Highlighting some lessons learned by federal cloud users
Migration to the cloud yields real benefits, but only when thought through and managed properly, say federal IT leaders who have made the move.
Cybersecurity
Cryptography experts sign open letter against NSA surveillance
President has still not addressed compromised security standards, cryptographers warn.
Digital Government
Latest breach at VA has Congress asking more questions
Agency officials blame a "software defect," but oversight committee demands more specifics.
Acquisition
What happens after the FedRAMP deadline?
Non-compliant cloud providers could cause an oversight problem for the agencies they serve, but beyond that the repercussions remain in flux.
People
Report says telework could save $14B annually
Telework is underused by the federal government and could boost employee productivity, argues a new study.
Modernization
NOAA satellites helped save 253 lives in 2013
The orbiting craft are part of a network that detects and locates distress signals from emergency beacons.
People
Initiative aims to find and fix federal inefficiencies
Legislation would create a Government Transformation Board empowered to impose its will on recalcitrant agencies.
Modernization
Cloud offers a taste of Silicon Valley on the Potomac
DHS’s Keith Trippie says the cloud can boost government innovation while cutting up-front costs.
Modernization
DISA piloting DOD cloud security model
DOD agencies are testing framework with controlled unclassified information.
People
New report details federal best practices in telework
The Mobile Work Exchange has released a guide to telework success, developed in conjunction with OPM.
Modernization
Social Security seeks software for private cloud
SSA was an early cloud computing adopter and is one of the few non-intelligence agencies to put big data to use.
Digital Government
Getting in the big-data game
Government faces a multitude of challenges in using big data effectively -- including legal obstacles and cultural barriers -- but experts say the reward is worth the risk.
Cybersecurity
VA still dragging feet in answering congressional inquiries
Veterans Affairs has not fully responded to questions from Congress about data breaches dating back almost two years.
Digital Government
Report reveals feds’ mobile security gaps
Federal employees are much more likely to play fast and loose with mobile security than with a desktop computer, a new study says.
People
GAO: Agencies need to improve IT Dashboard data
Of 80 investments reviewed, 27 had ratings that were inconsistent with investment risk, according to the Government Accountability Office.
Modernization
Data center closures continue apace -- or do they?
OMB is close to achieving its original target for FDCCI, but that goal was set before the actual number of data centers was revealed to be more than double the initial estimates.
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