Digital Government
FCC Finally Unveils Net-Neutrality Rules
The next step is the Federal Register—then federal court.
Digital Government
Wikipedia Is Suing NSA
"By tapping the backbone of the Internet, the NSA is straining the backbone of democracy.”
Digital Government
Why the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency Has Eyes on the Arctic
NGA’s focus on the North Pole could allow the agency to go even more open source.
Digital Government
Isis -- No, Not That One -- Wins $7 Million Pentagon Cyber Contract
The Pentagon has hired a little-known Virginia startup with an unfortunate name to work on a big data project.
Digital Government
Commerce Department Launches Private Sector Data Brain Trust
The members of the newly created Data Advisory Council stem from some of the private sector’s leading tech companies.
Cybersecurity
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.
Digital Government
Meet FTC's Chief Geek
Ashkan Soltani is the new chief technologist at the Federal Trade Commission—the tech industry's biggest privacy watchdog.
Emerging Tech
CIA’s New Big Data Hub Will be Hosted in the Cloud
CIA Chief Information Officer Doug Wolfe confirmed Wednesday the intelligence agency will start using Cloudera’s Enterprise Data Hub platform by April.
Cybersecurity
Spy Research Agency Is Building Psychic Machines to Predict Hacks
Using publicly available Internet data, supercomputer-like systems will estimate when a prowler might try to breach a system.
Ideas
Moving Beyond the PDF Era: 3 Reasons to Embrace Financial Transparency
President Barack Obama's 2016 budget request reflected the values of data-driven government.
Cybersecurity
The IRS Knows What Computer You Are Using -- and That Might Be a Good Thing
One counter-fraud measure the agency is piloting will capture identifying data from the PC used to file a tax return. Multiple returns from the same device could signal fraud.
Emerging Tech
The Social Science Behind DARPA’s Plan to Map Out the Dark Web
DARPA’s state-of-the-art search engine, called Memex, would mean little without the guiding hand of social science.
Cybersecurity
The Two Acronyms That are Key to Obama’s New Plan to Fight Hackers
The terms are essential for explaining how the government will expand information sharing with the private sector.
Emerging Tech
Senators Consider Congressional Role in Internet of Things
How can lawmakers regulate the Internet of Things without stifling innovation?
Cybersecurity
Obama’s New Cyber Agency Puts Spies in Charge of Sharing Threat Tips with Agencies
The new Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center will be patterned after the intelligence fusion center stood up in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
Modernization
CIA is Bringing Amazon’s Marketplace to the Intelligence Community
In the coming months, Amazon Web Services will launch an IC-only cloud marketplace that aims to shake up the way spy agencies purchase software.
Modernization
British Access to NSA Spying Was Illegal, Court Rules
The surprising rebuke could portend further legal challenges in Europe to the U.S. government’s international surveillance programs.
Ideas
Wearables Bring New Sense of Fashion to Public Sector
There is a new generation of technology coming that will rock the boat in terms of how we live our lives and do our jobs within any industry – wearables.
Emerging Tech
Emerging Tech Trends in 2015? It's All About the Data
Deltek has highlighted three emerging tech innovations for the coming year.
Digital Government