Palantir Software Engineers: How Much They Make Nick Kolakowski, November 12, 2019 5 min read In the wake of various tech “unicorns” (i.e., startups valued at over a billion dollars) crashing and burning on...
JEDI Contract: The United States’ Newest Space Race? Dice Guest, October 25, 2019 9 min read It’s become increasingly difficult to keep up with the Pentagon’s massive cloud computing deal, given all the...
Microsoft Blames NSA for ‘WannaCry’ Ransomware Nate Swanner, May 16, 2017 5 min read WannaCry ransomware WannaCry, ransomware that disables a PC user's file access until hackers are paid, has come back...
China Gets App Store Oversight. Are We Next? Nate Swanner, January 17, 2017 9 min read Mac App Store WWDC 2016 The Cyberspace Administration of China, which bills itself as the “office of the central...
Code.gov Launches as Government’s GitHub Nate Swanner, November 7, 2016 3 min read Government building with flag || code.gov The U.S. government is now letting you take a look at what it’s doing, at...
Pros and Cons of Working Federal Cybersecurity Leslie Stevens-Huffman, August 31, 2016 5 min read If you’d like to expand your experience in the cybersecurity field, don’t reject the idea of working for the...
Breaking Into Government Tech Elisabeth Greenbaum Kasson, February 22, 2016 5 min read Public sector technology (a.k.a. “government tech”) has been a potential disruption target for years. There’s a...
DC Is Desperate for STEM, Cybersecurity Pros Don Willmott, April 6, 2015 4 min read What's New This Quarter Tech employment in the Washington, D.C. metro area continues to flourish, according to most...
Federal IT Hiring Looks Bright in Washington DC Don Willmott, January 10, 2015 5 min read What's New This Quarter Concern about an aging federal workforce may have alleviated a bit in October, when data...
D.C.’s Aging Tech Workforce Needs Millennials Don Willmott, October 10, 2014 7 min read In September, Google executive Megan Smith became the third Federal Chief Technology Officer—an appointment that...
