Oversight
Play of the Day: The DEA Warns Against Stoner Bunnies
Late night shows highlight a federal warning against unintended consequences of Utah's forays into medical marijuana.
Nextgov
House Committee Prods Energy Department to Use More Supercomputers
The House Committee on Science, Space and Technology approved a bill that would require the Energy Department to invest in supercomputing research.
Nextgov
Senate Offices Want New System to Track Website Vulnerabilities
The Senate wants commercial, off-the-shelf software to scan, identify and help resolve vulnerabilities across 140 different Senate office websites.
Nextgov
EXCLUSIVE: Energy Department Gets New CIO
Michael Johnson, an official with the White House science office, is stepping into the role.
Route Fifty
The FCC Has Ruled on Net Neutrality; Do States Get a Say?
How much states can get involved has a lot to do with whether the FCC decides broadband inherently crosses state lines.
Management
Clinton Mum on Email Controversy, Hits Republicans Instead
The soon-to-be presidential candidate stayed on message in her Tuesday night address at an EMILY's List event.
Management
How the State Department Is Defending Hillary Clinton's Personal Email Use
The former department chief is largely letting her former colleagues handle the controversy.
Nextgov
Rollout of New CIO Powers Could be 'Uneven,' DOJ CIO Says
At a recent conference, Justice Department Chief Information Officer Joe Klimavicz said some agencies will be quicker to enact the federal IT reform.
Tech
White House: Don’t Ask Us About Hillary Clinton’s Email Use
Josh Earnest said Tuesday that it’s up to the State Department to handle how its employees use email correspondence to conduct official work.
Nextgov
Feds Say They Finally Have a Database of Every Cyber Job in Government
Federal cyberwarriors hail from more than 100 different job categories scattered across agencies.
Nextgov
Why Big Data Gets a Bad Rap in Government
Believe it or not, big data is not all fire and brimstone, surveillance and mass spying.
Tech
Hillary Clinton Not Alone in Using Private Emails to Govern
Government Executive survey shows a third of high-level executives see it done.
Management
Hillary Clinton Used Private Email While at State
Former Secretary of State didn't use state.gov account to conduct official business during her tenure at Foggy Bottom.
Nextgov
6 Biggest Blunders in Government's Annual Cyber Report Card
The White House has released its yearly assessment of agency compliance with the governmentwide cyber laws.
Tech
Funding Impasse Is Already Disrupting DHS Operations
Plans for new technologies and equipment remain up in the air.
Nextgov
When Congress and Cloud Collided
A lawmaker came up with a new meaning for the term “cloud.” But DOD’s chief information officer isn’t smiling.
Nextgov
New Tool Aims to Make Government Financial Disclosures More Transparent
From January 2016 and onward, OGE plans to require Senate-confirmed appointees to use the online system, called Integrity.
Nextgov
Clapper: Maintaining Phone Call Surveillance is Like Buying Insurance
The nation's top spy said keeping logs of U.S. citizens' phone calls is a preventive measure for discerning potential threats.
Nextgov
When IRS Tech Projects Start to Slip, Congress is the Last to Know
A few key tech projects at IRS are running over budget and behind schedule, and lawmakers are being left out of the loop, GAO said.
Management