Cybersecurity
American privacy values vs. European perceptions
As law enforcement and intelligence agencies struggle to balance security against civil liberties, it's important to distinguish caricature from reality.
People
Agile in government is alive (and well?)
Steve Kelman offers a non-techie's take on agile in agency IT.
Modernization
'Buy and buy once,' urges DOJ CIO
New CIO Joe Klimavicz wants the Justice Department to adopt a service broker model for IT acquisition.
Emerging Tech
Watch the First Self-Folding Robot Use Origami to Crawl
From flat to 3D, all by itself.
Digital Government
Chinese Government Puts the Kibosh on Instant Messaging
China claimed they confirmed terrorism related messages were passed using the platform.
Digital Government
Email Is Ruining Us: A Brilliant Solution
What was designed to make us work more efficiently, now takes up all of our time.
Modernization
Watch the Dialup, Broadband, and Mobile Internet Revolutions—as Told by Three Products
Some revolutions are bigger than others.
Cybersecurity
Infographic: Data Breach Costs -- How You Get Stuck with the Tab
If a company gets hacked, you might have to open your wallet.
Cybersecurity
The IC wants a peek at the future of your brain
An IARPA RFI seeks answers on what brain structures could be used to determine future job performance.
Emerging Tech
Government-as-a-Platform: Why Agencies Must Embrace the Strategic Value of Open Data
Open data provides governments an opportunity to become innovation catalysts.
Digital Government
A Revolutionary Drone-Based Delivery Network Is Being Tested—in Bhutan
This drone project could save lives in far-flung rural communities—and perhaps pioneer the system globally.
Digital Government
The Infrastructure Africa Really Needs Is Better Data Reporting
The terrible state of statistical reporting in most of Africa means that it will be nearly impossible to gauge how effective recent infrastructure deals are.
Cybersecurity
Phased retirement, contractor performance, buying cyber threats and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Digital Government
Russia Grants Edward Snowden 3 More Years of Safe Harbor
The fugitive leaker will be able to travel abroad and in five years apply for Russian citizenship, according to his lawyer.
Cybersecurity
A CyberVor silver lining for feds?
While federal websites were likely in the mix of targets, experts said agencies complying with FISMA and other cybersecurity guidelines should be OK.
Modernization
DOT Plan to Make Skies No-Call Zone Might Cost Fliers a Pretty Penny
Airlines are opposing a ban on in-flight cell-phone calls—and they could make you pay for the right to travel in peace.
Modernization
EPA’s cloud computing conundrum
An IG report critical of the agency’s handling of its cloud services shows a “business as usual” approach to managing assets, says a Deltek analyst.
Acquisition
Innovation, the devil and the details
Industry representatives want more information from federal officials supporting their claims that new procurement programs won't compete with the private sector.
Cybersecurity
Spyware Maker Accused of Peddling to Autocrats is Gutted By Hacker
Clients, prices and tools of FinFisher-manufacturer Gamma Group leaked online.
Cybersecurity