OpinionHow the government came to embrace good-faith hacking of its networksFederal agencies are inoculating public IT infrastructure by not only listening to the Internet’s Immune System, but proactively inviting healthy input.By Casey Ellis2 weeks ago
OpinionHow to boost customer experience with secure cross-agency data sharingThe Federal Data Strategy directs agencies to assess and proactively address the procedural, regulatory, legal and cultural barriers to sharing data.By Evan Davis4 weeks ago
US government surveillance tool should face limits, privacy panel saysMany Democratic and Republican lawmakers say they won’t vote to renew Section 702 when it expires at the end of the year without major changes.8 months ago
OpinionsCongress should seek ‘poison pills’ for any US-Saudi nuclear agreementThe U.S. should link any Saudi nuclear deal to end-use monitoring of all weapons transferred to Riyad, the authors argue.By Eric Gomez, Jon Hoffman and Jordan Cohen8 months ago
OpinionsSacrifices for military readiness are a family affairA 2021 Department of Defense survey reported an unemployment rate among active duty military spouses of about 21%.By James D. Rodriguez9 months ago
Misplaced Navy ship spurs last-minute request for Census correctionCalifornia officials believe more than 5,000 crew members of the USS Abraham Lincoln were wrongly assigned to San Diego’s population total.10 months ago
Employment proposal may help military spouses, but it could hurt, tooWould giving military spouses USERRA protections help them, or discourage companies from hiring them?By Karen Jowers11 months ago
From Civil War to mattress sales, Memorial Day full of contradictionMemorial Day is a time to mourn the nation’s fallen troops, but has also been about taking time off, since the 1860s.12 months ago
Republicans bring back bill to make firing federal workers easierThe Public Service Reform Act would also dismantle the Merit Systems Protection Board.By Molly Weisner12 months ago
US defense companies sued by Yemenis over weapons used in civil warThe weapons were sold to Riyadh and Abu Dhabi during a proxy war between a coalition of Gulf States and Iranian-backed Houthi rebels.By Zamone Perez13 months ago
US has planes, boats on call for emergencies, why not satellites?The Space Force is in the early phases of designing a Commercial Augmentation Space Reserve to provide services in a time of conflict or crisis.By Courtney Albon13 months ago
Class complaint of inequity for deaf Air Force employees moves forwardThe decision is a win for Air Force employees who say it failed to provide the services they need at work, like American Sign Language interpreters.By Rachel S. Cohen13 months ago