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How Facial Recognition Technology Is Unearthing China's Artificial Islands
NGA is using "broad-based change detection" tools to calculate where in the water the Chinese might next break ground, so to speak.
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NSA’s Grand Plan to Snowden-Proof Its Data Using the Cloud
No one in the intelligence community wants to face another leak. With NSA’s widespread adoption of cloud computing, the spy agency may not have to.
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Planning for Next Rainy Day, States Look at Revenue Volatility to Guide Savings Strategies
But there are limitations. “There is no one single formula or tool that can give you all the answers,” says the executive director of the Utah Governor’s Office of Management and Budget.
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HHS Cracks Down on Hospitals Hoarding Patient Information
An HHS agency is trying to ensure patient information flows seamlessly between health systems.
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Hackers Cripple Global French-Language Broadcaster, Hit Linux Event Participants and Run Up Hospital Bills
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
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California Bill Would Extend Health Insurance to Undocumented Immigrants
A bill proposed in the state senate would allow income-eligible undocumented immigrants to get coverage through Medi-Cal.
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After White House Hack, State Incidentally Offered Spearphishing Training
For months, State has struggled to squelch suspicious activity on its networks.
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The Next Stop on the Route Fifty ‘Roadmap’ Series: Arlington County, Virginia
The county was one of the first local governments in the nation to leap into the cloud. And that IT strategy continues to help the county be ahead of the curve.
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Could the South Carolina Police Shooting Be the Last Push for Body Cameras?
Advocates say the technology is an important tool, but not a cure-all.
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Can These 40 People Fix Federal IT in 6 Months?
Federal Chief Information Officer Tony Scott on Thursday officially launched the IT Solutions Challenge at the White House.
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Kansas's Failed Experiment
The state's budget problems didn't go away after Governor Sam Brownback's reelection—they got worse. Will the lesson of tax-cuts-gone-awry give Republican candidates pause in 2016?
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New York City Residents Getting Direct Say in How $25 Million Is Budgeted
“We, as a representative government, should respond and should listen to that vote,” the City Council speaker says.
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First Draft Big Data Framework Seeks to Tackle the Big Questions First
It's part of NIST's efforts to standardize global conversations about big data.
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The Dot-Gov Rejects: The 1,000 Government Websites Shuttered Over Past 10 Years
Some of the websites clearly never caught on.
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Why Some Agencies Need to Be More Smartphone-Friendly
About 40 percent of smartphone-toting Americans have used their devices to look up government and services.
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Army Turns to IBM’s Hybrid Cloud to Take on Logistics Challenges
The Army has secured the hybrid cloud computing services of IBM to bolster services provided by its Logistics Support Activity.
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Navy’s Forthcoming Cyber Strategy Aims for Global Capability
A soon-to-come cyber strategy will focus on building the force’s capacity to conduct cyberattacks from anywhere around the Earth.
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Foreign Tech Firms Seemingly Unfazed By NSA Surveillance Revelations
Still, 90 percent took steps to encrypt their data, protecting it from government observation or intelligence gathering.
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How Quickly Did D.C.-Area Agencies and Utilities Relay Power Outage Info?
A power surge led to widespread but temporary disruptions across the National Capital Region.
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