Websites likely culprit when citizen satisfaction with government dwindles
The FAFSA portal is one federal website citizens were satisfied with. Satisfaction with federal services has dropped in the last year and government websites may be to…
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BREAKING: More management shakeups at VA
OAO’s leadership roster currently shows four of the top eight positions are vacant. Recent departures of senior executives from the Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Acquisition…
FedWire: Honoring Apollo 1, WMDs and PDF liberation
FedWire is FedScoop’s afternoon roundup of news and notes from the federal IT community. Send your links and videos to tips@fedscoop.com. GSA is moving toward the future…
Threat Matrix: Episode 9 — DHS wants to mimic biological defenses in network security
Threat Matrix brings you weekly insight into the latest news and trends impacting the cyber and national security communities. https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2014_01_Threat_Matrix_Episode_9.mp3 This week, Dan Verton takes a look…
Obama turns to cryptologist, IT pro to lead NSA
Navy Vice Adm. Michael S. Rogers (Photo: U.S. Navy) Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Thursday announced the president has accepted his recommendation to nominate Navy Vice Adm.…
Hudson departs BAE Systems with warning for US STEM leadership
“The first lady of defense” Linda Hudson, departing CEO and president of BAE Systems. (Photo: BAE Systems) In one of her last official appearances as president and…
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Network outages come at high cost to agencies
In a work environment where mostly everything is done via the Internet, the same technology that makes things possible can also cause major delays. A recent NetApp…
FedWire: ‘Green’ Army vehicles, cyber-incident disclosures and Data Privacy Day
FedWire is FedScoop’s afternoon roundup of news and notes from the federal IT community. Send your links and videos to tips@fedscoop.com. Fuel-efficient Army vehicles. GSA’s Throwback Thursday,…
Snowden leaks ‘most massive and most damaging’ in history, intelligence chiefs say
Senate Intelligence Committee hearing Jan. 29 (l-r): NCTC Director. Matthew Olsen; FBI Director James Comey; Director of National Intelligence James Clapper; CIA Director John Brennan; and DIA…
Using tech to monitor failing infrastructure
An example of the VOTERS,Versatile Onboard Traffic Embedded Roaming Sensors, project at Northeastern University, funded by NIST.(Image: Birken, Vines-Cavanaugh/NEU) The U.S. has about 4 million miles of…