Digital Government

US Digital Team Reaches Across Pond to Share Code, Best Practices

The administration plans to send members of the U.S. Digital Service to meet with their British counterparts in the Government Digital Service.

Digital Government

A Wish List for the New Federal CIO

Agency IT officials and tech implementers are sharing some items they think should be at the top of the as-yet-unknown federal CIO’s to-do list.

Digital Government

Get Ready to Hear More About the Low-Profile US Digital Service

Thanks to an infusion of new funding from Congress, the U.S. Digital Service is ready to scale up. These are the projects the team of innovators plan to tackle first.

Digital Government

Agencies, Want a New Website? Talk to GSA

The General Services Administration is now in charge of a 4-year-old effort to streamline thousands of extraneous federal websites.

Digital Government

Agency Leaders are Gung Ho about Going Digital. So, Where are Their Plans?

More than two-thirds of federal leaders in a recent survey were unsure whether their agencies had a documented strategy for harnessing the power of digital technology.

Cybersecurity

Federal Buildings are Vulnerable to Hacking and DHS Isn’t Doing Enough to Protect Them

High-tech access-control systems that regulate federal facilities’ electricity use, heating, air conditioning, closed-circuit security cameras and even the operation of elevators are increasingly being hooked up to the Internet, making them vulnerable to cyberattacks

Digital Government

The Man from Google Who Came to Fix Federal IT Still Doesn’t Have His Own Website

Nearly six months after the launch of the U.S. Digital Service, the agency still has no discernible Web presence.

Digital Government

GSA Wants to Make It Easier for Agencies to Buy Agile

The plan is to come up with a new contracting vehicle that will eventually allow agencies to purchase software and services from agile-certified vendors.

Digital Government

DISA Aims for Next-Gen System to Secure Millions of Connected Devices

A Jan. 5 request for information queries contractors on a “next-generation” system that would allow the agency to better configure, secure and keep tabs on millions of devices connected to DOD’s networks.

Cybersecurity

US Digital Service Hauled in to Shore up White House Security After Hack

The U.S. Digital Service -- the newly minted federal IT fix-it shop headed by former Google engineer Mikey Dickerson -- has been dispatched to look at shoring up security on the White House networks.

Modernization

The Mobile Wave Still Looks Like a Trickle in Government

With thousands of federal websites that haven’t yet been optimized for miniature screens, agencies are making a slow go of making government services mobile-friendly.

Digital Government

How a New Social Network Could Help Close the Cyber Worker Shortage

By this spring, organizers aim to have 10,000 registered users participating on the CyberCompEx site, a partnership of the U.S. Cyber Challenge and Monster.com.

Cybersecurity

The Year of the Breach: 10 Federal Agency Data Breaches in 2014

While private-sector cyberincidents stole the spotlight, the feds proved to be a tempting target for hackers as well.

Digital Government

From FITARA to FISMA Reform: 5 Key Tech Bills Passed by Congress in 2014

When it comes to a few key pieces of technology and cybersecurity legislation, the 113th Congress was surprisingly fruitful.

Emerging Tech

There’s Still No Governmentwide Definition of the Internet of Things

Key questions about the emerging technology remain unanswered, and the government is still firming up the basics.

Cybersecurity

What did Federal CIOs Learn about Cybersecurity in 2014?

After a tough year, agency CIOs say it’s time for new approaches to rooting out and responding to cyber incidents.

Digital Government

FITARA Analysis: Will CIOs Use Their New Powers for Good?

The fate of IT reform now lies almost squarely on the shoulders of agency chief information officers.

Digital Government

6 Tech Takeaways in the New Spending Bill

From the Pentagon’s cloud efforts to a new $35 million cybersecurity center, read some of key tech takeaways of the bill.

Emerging Tech

Will Government Regulation Kill the Internet of Things?

The government needs to update regulations to accommodate the Internet of Things. But those rules shouldn’t be written in stone.

Digital Government

Agencies Under the Gun to Meet Data Transparency Deadlines

The Obama administration has six months to prove its implementation of a sweeping new data transparency law is on track.