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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.
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Why a Hack on Education Department Would Be Worse than the OPM Breach
Despite housing tens of millions of people’s sensitive information and 180-plus databases, the agency doesn’t "even have the most basic of tools” to protect them against breaches, Chaffetz said.
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Congressional Probe Says OPM Hackers Arrived in 2012 And We Will Never Know What They Took
The breaches were avoidable, according to the report.
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Download Our New State and Local Law Enforcement Ebook
The challenges police agencies face are immense. The threats and dangers are real. And the solutions are not simple.
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Spy Agency To Pilot Insider-Threat Hunting Tech
NGA intends to sole-source a contract for technology that analyzes employees' text.
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Did Clinton Officials Obstruct Justice? House Oversight Asks Court For Review
Rep. Jason Chaffetz sent two letters calling for investigation of deleted emails.
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Okla. Shutters Disposal Wells Following Big Quake; Ill. Gov. Fires 29 State Transportation Employees
Also in our State and Local Labor Day Weekend Digest: Judges rule Mo. must reveal source of lethal injection drugs; Justice Department to decide whether to retry McDonnell; Scottsdale firefighters wrangle exotic snakes.
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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.
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Report: Federal Government Has 'Near Monopoly' on Worst Customer Experience
Uncle Sam finished dead last among 21 major industries.
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Military Supermarket Chain's Encryption Setup is 'Unacceptable,' Commissary Says
Computer-generated passwords essentially are stored underneath the doormat, beside personal and financial data, contracting documents show.
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Anonymous NYPD Cops Bet on Violence; Pennsylvania Fines Uber $11.4 Million
Also in our State and Local Daily Digest: Food-borne illness up in Texas; L.A. tries to legalize granny flats; and Oklahoma's gov. eyes criminal justice reform
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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.
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Facebook’s DC Office Seeks Analyst to Combat Hate Groups, Terrorist Content
Candidates should "be excited to delve into the details of understanding and mitigating propaganda networks employed by militant organizations.”
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Will Austin Become Texas' First 'Sanctuary City'?; Maine Gov. Swears Off Press
Also in our State and Local Daily Digest: S.C.'s 'freight train' of a pension problem; Idaho wants feds to let it regulate pollution; N.C. misappropriates half a million dollars
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Secret Service's New Threat Tracker Underway
The agency is trotting out a new system that replaces two old ones.
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An Extraordinary Fed: Katharine Blodgett Gebbie, 1932-2016
The astrophysicist and NIST lab director nurtured four Nobel laureates, two MacArthur "genius" grant awardees and countless world-class scientists.
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