Management

How Washington Bungled the Solyndra Story

The former head of the Energy Department loan program corrects the record.

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Why We Need an ‘M-Government’ Movement

The time has come for governments globally to take a hard look at their capacity to provide effective mobile-oriented services.

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State Department Hacked at Same Time as White House

The State Department's unclassified email system was compromised in recent weeks, at the same time as a White House network.

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More Transparency in the Works at OSC

OSC's open government plan touts several initiatives to increase transparency – from digital tweaks to broader changes.

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Former Microsoft CEO Invests Big In Harvard’s Computer Science Faculty

The field of computer science is undergoing rapid change, Steve Ballmer says.

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Amazon's Cloud Chief: Government Data Centers Will Be a Thing of the Past

Think of it as government service by the gigabyte, with cloud replacing today's federal data centers.

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Lawmakers Hopeful FITARA Finish Line In Sight

Architects of the Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act are hopeful the legislation will be wrapped up in the National Defense Authorization Act.

Defense

Five Things You Could Buy for the Price of an F-35

How $180 million could improve national security.

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Risky Business at IRS When It Comes to IT Security, IG Finds

Risk-based decision-making describes the tradeoffs an agency makes -- or doesn’t make -- when confronted with a potential cyber vulnerability.

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Policing the Cloud: We Should Expect More from Law Enforcement Cloud Providers

What controls exist to protect privacy and secure records from unauthorized access?

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DHS Drafts Blueprints for Self-Repairing Networks as Hacks Mount

Resiliency is the key to preventing the attackers from finding sensitive information or disrupting activities, experts say.

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Of Asteroids and ETs: How Cloud Innovation is Driving Space Exploration

In just a few years, cloud computing could help aid the search for extraterrestrial life.

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Keystone State Aims to Kill the Password

The commonwealth's login network could help secure online shopping and other e-commerce services worldwide.

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Federal Customer Experience 'Downright Bleak'

Six federal agencies earned an average of “very poor." HealthCare.gov scored the lowest.

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Why Big Data Needs ‘Dummy Data’

Instead of original data, a structurally similar but obscured version of the data, or “dummy data”, is used for development and testing environments.

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Telework on Trial? House Committees to Probe Patent Office Telework Fraud

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee and the House Judiciary Committee team up for a joint hearing next week.

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Why Veterans Make Good Cyberwarriors

Putting returning warfighters back to work as cyberdefenders makes sense, advocates say.

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Are Federal Employees the Bull in the China Shop When it Comes to Cybersecurity?

Employee-triggered cyberincidents stem from a variety of security and policy breakdowns.

Oversight

Sen. Johnson Speaks on Aligning Public-Private Sector Pay, Keeping Hearings Polite

Likely Homeland Security panel priorities also include securing border, cyber safety, regulatory rollback.

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Postal Employees, You've Been Hacked. What Now?

The FBI and DHS are still investigating an intrusion into USPS personnel systems.