Cybersecurity
Pentagon cyber-threat sharing program lost participants
Moves highlights challenges to securing critical infrastructure.
Digital Government
Army expands telebehavioral health care in Afghanistan
Service connects troops on the battlefield with counselors elsewhere.
Modernization
Think twice before you click that dot-gov link from your cellphone
Symantec reports 15 percent of clicks on 1.USA.gov sites take users to bogus pages.
Cybersecurity
Confused by Defense cyber threat alerts? A translation is on the way
Added context will help 2,600 companies understand virus warnings.
Modernization
ICE drops BlackBerry in favor of iPhone
Justification questions RIM’s long term viability.
Emerging Tech
Pentagon to fund new ways to detect explosives
DARPA is seeking different approaches to identifying IEDs.
Modernization
FCC official downplays spectrum estimates from auctions
Incentive auctions were first proposed by the FCC two years ago in its National Broadband Plan as one of the ways to free up more spectrum for wireless broadband.
Emerging Tech
Claremont BioSolutions joins forces with In-Q-Tel
Company makes DNA extraction technology.
Modernization
In praise of the BlackBerry
Why the New York Times is wrong to dismiss BlackBerry users as "uncool" and "embarrassing."
Cybersecurity
Pacific Command repels hackers with cyberwar Xbox
Pentagon and allies practice protecting communications during simulated attack.
Modernization
Outdated regs hinder investment in new tech, FCC commissioner says
Ajit Pai calls for telecom task force to transform infrastructure.
Digital Government
Defense-VA electronic health record stumbles at Chicago hospital
Prescription management problems created ‘unacceptable patient safety risks,’ IOM reports.
Digital Government
Open data policy coming in November
Data.gov will be central repository for federal information.
Modernization
What happens when staff use their own devices for work? They do their jobs.
How BYOD works in one low-security office.
Emerging Tech
Feds pilot ‘rapid DNA’ to potentially identify casualties, immigrants
Portable genetic scanners spark privacy concerns.
Emerging Tech
DARPA to shift away from applied battlefield tech
Agency should recommit to traditional mission of long-range research, director says.
Modernization
GAO blasts location-tracking privacy policies
Report says companies aren't providing consumers with clear information.
Cybersecurity
Panetta: Intruders ‘successfully gained access’ to critical control systems
The Pentagon is finalizing offensive rules of engagement to protect civilian cyberspace
Modernization