Cybersecurity

Intel Firm Links Ukraine Energy Debt With Potential Cyber Assault

Recorded Future drilled into a wide range of Web data to create a speculative timeline of potential network attacks.

Science & Tech

White House Looks Toward a Big Data Future

The Obama administration wades into the growing debate on big data. By Patrick Tucker

Digital Government

Congress to Feds: You're On the Hook for Spending Transparency

The DATA Act won’t live up to its potential if the executive branch doesn't live up to its responsibilities, lawmakers say.

Modernization

Facebook’s Mobile User Base Has Crossed the 1 Billion Threshold

Roughly 341 million people only use their mobile device to access Facebook.

Digital Government

New Website Helps Vets Find Jobs, Employers Search Resumes

Employment center includes a “military skills translator” to help veterans create more effective resumes.

Emerging Tech

How Government Data Could Make College Cheaper

The Education Department is asking developers how they could use APIs to make college a better value for students.

Modernization

Feds to Facebook: Hands Off WhatsApp Data

FTC warns the social-media titan to uphold the privacy promises made to users of the mobile-chat app.

Ideas

How Big Data Could Help Law Enforcement Catch Bulk Cash Smugglers

We currently intercept less than 1 percent of the billions smuggled across our southern border every year.

Cybersecurity

DHS Quietly Delivers Hacker Footprints to Industry

A little-known firewall-protected website exchanges sensitive cyber intel between companies and agencies.

Ideas

U.S. Cloud Services Companies Are Paying Dearly for NSA Leaks

The agency could consider economic impacts of its practices.

Digital Government

NSA 'Time Machine' Includes Spying on Americans' Phone Conversations

Program collects '100 percent' of an unnamed foreign country’s calls, including content from Americans abroad.

Digital Government

Administration Calls for Program to Continously Probe Personnel

After Navy Yard Shooting, officials want to connect computer systems used for issuing security clearances and ID cards.

Modernization

Cloud Security Frees Up NOAA's Workforce

Centralizing networks lets human eyes cover more than 1 billion cyber transactions a day for signs of hacking.

Digital Government

The Government Already Has the Technology to Monitor Cleared Employees

A few coding tweaks are all that's needed to stop the next Snowden, former official says.

Emerging Tech

Google Fears FCC's New Internet Powers

The Web giant's lobbyists are quietly fretting about a recent court ruling.

Digital Government

How Technology Will Topple the World's Biggest Drug Cartel

After El Chapo's capture, the nation's financial intelligence agency faces a key IT upgrade.