Digital Government
Does the big data era demand new rules of the road?
The gray area for those developing guidelines lies in the purpose behind a data collection, and the issue of subsequent, unforeseen use.
Digital Government
Sooner or Later, Security Drones Will Be Hovering Over Major Marathons
Sprawling, citywide events such as marathons present a particularly thorny security problem.
Modernization
How Africa Beat the West at Reinventing Money for the Mobile Age
Mobile money exploded because the continent’s cash economy was ripe for disruption.
Emerging Tech
Space Isn’t Just the Final Frontier -- It’s a Dangerous Venue for Geopolitical Brinksmanship
Senior officials are not paying enough attention to potential problems in orbit, security analyst says.
Modernization
DARPA seeks to redefine autopilot
ALIAS project aims for portable and configurable automation that can be plugged into a wide range of aircraft.
Cybersecurity
Beware of the self-inflicted data breach
Verizon report finds more than a quarter of cyber incidents involve internal errors, not outside attacks.
Modernization
Verizon sells Federal Network Systems unit
The telecom giant's federal systems integration shop will become part of Jacobs Engineering Group, a diverse, global engineering and construction company that has interests in IT.
Cybersecurity
Government Employees Cause Nearly 60% of Public Sector Cyber Incidents
Misfired emails and other errors account for most of the compromised data.
Cybersecurity
None of 20,000 patients affected were ever notified of 911 computer breach
Healthcare and Public Health // Ohio, United States
Cybersecurity
ID theft at prominent medical center leads to 788 fraud incidents
Healthcare and Public Health // Pennsylvania, United States
Digital Government
Want to Know How Developers Use Your Agency's Data? Ask Them.
An upgraded HealthData.gov site will ask users to volunteer what they’re using HHS data for.
Digital Government
White House: No Deportation for Justin Bieber
Obama administration declines to comment on anti-Bieber We the People petition.
Emerging Tech
How China Will Dominate the U.S. Electric-Bus Market
The country is emerging as an innovator in green tech.
Digital Government
The Electronic-Medical-Records Email(s) of the Day, No. 2
The pricing of voice-recognition software as one sign of distortions of the medical market, and other inside insights.
Acquisition
HealthCare.gov -- more agile, please
Draft requirements for the site's next contract stress open source, iterative development and maintaining the financial back-end platform.
Cybersecurity
Guarding against Heartbleed not so simple
As DHS discusses the ongoing assessment, cybersecurity experts warn that "you never know when you're done."
Digital Government
Americans wary of domestic drones, wearable computers
A new Pew survey found overall optimism but strong concerns about the effect of specific technologies.
Cybersecurity