Cybersecurity
PreCheck program goes international
Air Canada is the first non-U.S. carrier to participate, but TSA says others are lining up to join the security preclearance program.
Cybersecurity
Security hole in Syrian opposition site used to spy on dissidents
Government (Foreign) // Syria
Digital Government
Recent TSA Scanner Upgrade Protected Your Privacy but Didn't Improve the System
False alarms may cause screening officers to conduct unnecessary pat-downs.
Emerging Tech
OPM Innovation Lab Can't Say If It's Actually Helpful, GAO Finds
The two-year-old lab is prepping to launch several deep dive projects.
Digital Government
Elizabeth Warren: Internet 'Fast Lanes' Will Help 'Rich and Powerful'
The liberal senator bashes the FCC's net-neutrality proposal.
Cybersecurity
Feds Would Have a Hard Time Keeping Zero-Days Under Wraps
The White House has established an interagency process to vet the pros and cons of disclosing future vulnerabilities.
Digital Government
Is It Time for Obama to Intervene in Missile Range Power Line Dispute?
Citing national security, New Mexico governor asks the president to direct a new route.
Cybersecurity
How the NSA Undermines Cybersecurity to Protect You
As part of its push for mass surveillance, the spy agency has taken steps to sabotage cybersecurity.
Digital Government
Cyber Education Gets a Nonprofit Boost
(ISC)2 provides educational resources to colleges and universities.
Digital Government
House seeks details on VA's health record push
Three-fourths of agency's IT funding would be contingent on Congress getting a granular explanation of the plan for VistA.
Digital Government
A Fake Toilet Company Raises Legitimate Questions About Government Data-Tracking
Even the most intimate spaces are becoming public.
Acquisition
Pentagon ponders making IT subject to same rules as weapons
Defense Undersecretary Frank Kendall and Sen. Joe Donnelly used an Armed Services Committee hearing to discuss the possibility of using the same cost guidelines for IT and weapons systems.
Emerging Tech
Want More Renewable Energy? Send in the Drones
Out in the desert it's hard to know when one solar panel among millions has failed. Unless you're a drone.
Digital Government
Science council approves big-data privacy report
“Technology alone can't reduce privacy risks,” says computer science professor Susan Graham, one of the authors of a White House report on big data. “There has to be policy as well.”
Modernization
FCC Chief Vows No Internet 'Slow Lanes'
Tom Wheeler defends his proposed net-neutrality rules.
Cybersecurity
Tech council blasts IT acquisition report
GSA's product- and service-centric approach ignores how those products and services would be used, argues the Information Technology Industry Council.
Digital Government
Coping with Congress
Lawmakers have given agencies long-term funding clarity for the first time in years. But the lack of budget drama could open the door to other conflicts.
Digital Government