Science & Tech
This Is How America's Spies Could Find the Next National Security Threat
A recent breakthrough in online prediction markets promises a better glimpse of the future – paid for by U.S. intelligence. By Patrick Tucker
Digital Government
FCC Moves to Revive Net-Neutrality Rules
The agency will try to protect access to Netflix, Google, and other websites.
Modernization
Now Your Phone Can Help Cure Cancer
Harness your smartphone's incredible processing power to help conduct scientific research.
Cybersecurity
U.S. Spied on More Than 300,000 AT&T Customers in 2013
Like Verizon, the telecom titan received far more requests for customer data than Internet companies did.
Cybersecurity
Feds: NSA ‘Probably’ Spies on Members of Congress
The admission is hardly surprising, but expect lawmakers to feign outrage anyway.
Cybersecurity
Senators Launch Probe of Massive Data Breaches
Lawmakers agree that further legislative protections are needed to prevent the kind of breaches that brought Target and Neiman Marcus to their knees.
Emerging Tech
Long-Shot Net-Neutrality Bill Introduced
The legislation would save the open Internet rules, but has little hope with Republicans.
Digital Government
Senator 'Won't Back Down' Despite White House Efforts to Weaken Federal Spending Transparency Bill
Obama officials want to roll back a DATA Act requirement for common spending codes across agencies. Mark Warner, D-Va., disagrees.
Digital Government
Colorado Terror Suspect Is First to Challenge Warrantless NSA Surveillance in Court
Muhtorov was accused of aiding an Islamist militant group overseas.
Cybersecurity
The NSA Finally Names Its Internal Privacy Advocate
Rebecca Richards, a DHS official, has been selected as the agency's first civil liberties and privacy officer.
Modernization
White House: Terrorists, Like All of Us, Might Enjoy Playing Angry Birds
Says Jay Carney: "I mean, look. Terrorists, proliferators, other bad actors, use the same communcations tools that others use."
Ideas
Op-Ed: This Is the Year Agencies Will Turn to Big Data to Fend Off Cyber Threats
From employee stress to kill-chain and log analyses, it’s all about the data.
Cybersecurity
Why Companies Want Congress To Tell Them What To Do After Data Breaches
Reeling from high-profile hacks, retailers are asking lawmakers to require them to notify customers when shoppers' information has been put at risk.
Ideas
Obama Establishes Big Data Privacy Panel as Part of NSA Reform
Podesta tapped to lead 'comprehensive review,' consider international norms.
Emerging Tech
How iPhones are Forcing Banks to Rethink Brick-and-Mortar Branches
The biggest banks are reshaping how they interact with retail customers and in many cases shrinking their expansive branch networks.
Digital Government
Experts Say HealthCare.gov Could Be Hacked
Security consulting firms have identified 20 weak points on the site.
Digital Government
Congress Cracks Down on Purchases of Chinese-Made IT
Spending bill bars NASA, Commerce, Justice, and NSF from buying systems from China until vetted by authorities and restricts supercomputer acquisitions.
Modernization
Court Strikes Down Net Neutrality
But the three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit sided with Verizon's lawsuit, saying the FCC acted outside its authority by enacting the rules.
Digital Government
Costs Could Climb for $1.5 Billion Terrorist Tracking System
A planned upgrade of a DHS database at the heart of the nation's effort to thwart foreign threats keeps going back to the drawing board.
Digital Government