Digital Government
What Are Broadband's Socioeconomic Impacts? Commerce Wants Your Input
The federal government is creating a national research plan for broadband.
Digital Government
18F To Agencies: Think Before Creating a Citizen Login System
The group is also overseeing the production of Login.gov.
Cybersecurity
White House Names First Chief Information Security Officer
The White House selected Gregory Touhill, a retired Air Force general, for the new role.
Cybersecurity
Senator to Twitter: Help Us Fend Off Russian Spambots
A top Democrat on the homeland security committee today wrote a letter to Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey.
Modernization
Report: Government Mobility Spending Lags Behind Private Sector
Agencies are held back by security concerns, an IDC analyst said.
Digital Government
Watchdog: DOD Needs Better Insight Into National Guard’s Cyber Response Capabilities
The Pentagon doesn't have full visibility into what the national guard could do, a GAO report finds.
Cybersecurity
Spy Agency To Pilot Insider-Threat Hunting Tech
NGA intends to sole-source a contract for technology that analyzes employees' text.
Digital Government
Biggest Benefit of Going Paperless? Saving on Salaries
Agencies should take the long view when determining whether to digitize a process, according to a new report.
Cybersecurity
Report: Backups May Not Be Enough Protection from Ransomware
Threat intelligence firm CrowdStrike warns criminals are ramping up the frequency and cost of ransomware attacks.
Digital Government
Secret Service's New Threat Tracker Underway
The agency is trotting out a new system that replaces two old ones.
Emerging Tech
How the Federal Government is Thinking About AI
Artificial intelligence's first forays into federal government operations won't be decision-making.
Artificial Intelligence
Obama to Host Tech Conference in Pittsburgh
The president is also scheduled to guest-edit an issue of Wired magazine.
Digital Government
HHS Posts Draft Electronic Health Record Standards
The department is collecting comments until October.
Digital Government
IARPA's New 3-D Mapping Effort: Drones, Sensors and No Humans
The intelligence agency wants technology that can automatically recreate a geographic scene, including buildings, from sensor data.
Cybersecurity
Ransomware 101: FBI's Education Effort
The bureau has seen an uptick in this type of cyberthreat over the last couple months.
Digital Government
HHS Revises Open Gov Policy to be More Open
The agency published the fourth draft of its open government plan.
Modernization
Help FBI Catch Bank Robbers With Your Phone
The bureau launched a mobile app that lets users send tips about robberies.
Emerging Tech
Why Agile is Still So Hard for the Government
Pockets of the federal government want to change the buying process so technology can be acquired in sprints, preventing large-scale failures like the HealthCare.gov rollout.
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