Cybersecurity
Leading tech firms seek stronger surveillance rules
Open letter urges Congress and the president to ensure U.S. surveillance efforts are "restricted by law, proportionate to the risks, transparent and subject to independent oversight."
Cybersecurity
Pentagon exploring methods to mitigate insider threats
The Defense Department wants contractors to offer up ideas on combatting espionage, sabotage, treason and terrorism.
Cybersecurity
Congress still awaiting IT security answers from VA
Hill sources say the House Veterans' Affairs Committee has received only a single response to its multitude of inquiries.
People
Telework Week 2014 aims higher
The Mobile Work Exchange wants to exceed 2013's record number of 112,000 federal employee participants.
Digital Government
Latest GOES-R instrument ready for installation
SEISS is the third of six major instruments that will fly with GOES-R when it is launched in early 2016.
Modernization
Could state law curtail NSA’s massive Utah data center?
A coalition of anti-surveillance activists wants to use local utilities as leverage to halt data collection.
Digital Government
GAO: NASA needs to reflect IT investments in EA
NASA officials said their failure to comply with the PortfolioStat directive does not translate to a lack of oversight.
Digital Government
NASA begins exploring quantum computing
Scientists face numerous challenges in testing the D-Wave Two’s capabilities, beginning with mapping problems to quantum models.
Cybersecurity
Global study reveals lack of IT preparedness
In the public sector, 59 percent of respondents said funding was the biggest limiting factor in their organization’s tech project success.
Digital Government
Survey says platform-as-a-service can save $20.5 billion in IT
By reducing software development time by 31 percent, the government can boost efficienty at cheaper costs.
Digital Government
Can privacy exist in a big data world?
As agencies' ability to capture and store vast datasets grows, experts differ on the best ways to keep big data from enabling Big Brother.
Acquisition
Can IT procurement be saved?
The problems with large federal IT projects are deep, broad and mostly immune to quick fixes. So what's to be done?
Digital Government
Got awesome tech concepts? Call NASA
Seed funding program seeks "revolutionary concepts with the potential to transform aerospace endeavors."
Modernization
Study details challenges in government cloud contracting
An analysis of five public-sector contracts yields best practices for avoiding cloud pitfalls in a new report from the IBM Center for the Business of Government.
People
Review team recommends ‘gap-filler’ satellite program
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration needs to begin work immediately to help mitigate a pending gap in polar-orbiting weather satellite coverage.
Digital Government
NOAA satellite programs earn mixed reviews
Independent review team notes progress on most recommendations, but concerns linger of a gap in coverage "that could be months or years in duration."
Modernization
Autonomic gets DOD FedRAMP OK
The first cloud provider to achieve compliance has now become the first to pass the additional security controls DOD requires.
Acquisition
DISA cloud contract deadline extended again
The Enterprise Storage Service II contract will be worth up to $427 million.
People
Federal agencies still lagging on telework programs
Three years after the Telework Enhancement Act, agencies still struggle to allow remote work, survey shows.
Digital Government
White House announces big data partnerships
Big data has become a 'super-big deal' over the past 18 months, official says.
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