Cybersecurity
Navy honors Cieslak, others for IT excellence
Seven of FCW's Fed 100 winners came from the Navy, including Navy Cyberspace/IT Person of the year Randall Cieslak.
Digital Government
The Obamacare Enrollment Crash Is Coming
They've been counting everyone who chooses an insurance policy under the law, even those who haven't paid for it.
Emerging Tech
Coming Soon: Free Internet From Space
Outernet wants to use tiny satellites to take the whole world online—even in countries where dictators wish they wouldn’t.
Digital Government
Nuclear Site Project Official Fired After Airing Safety Concerns
'The Energy Department's overall safety culture is broken,' the government contractor says.
Modernization
Time to raise networking expectations in government
Agencies need to stop relying on 20th-century solutions and create networks than can move a terabyte of data per hour, says DOE official Greg Bell.
Acquisition
ICE license plate-reader solicitation canceled
The DHS agency was seeking a company to build a smart phone-accessible database of license plate information that agents could use in the field.
Emerging Tech
DHS Wants Facial Recognition Border Surveillance System
The department is exploring technology that would use various biometric matching techniques to track the exit of foreign visitors.
Cybersecurity
Hacker raids in Singapore vandalize possibly more than 180 sites
Nonprofit // Singapore
Digital Government
Pentagon to Detail Plans for Spectrum Auction
Fittingly, the news will be streamed live via the Pentagon Channel.
Digital Government
Radiation Levels Spiked for Navy Responders to Japan Nuke Disaster, Report Says
Officials maintain the worst-case exposure for crew members was less than 25 percent of the annual radiation exposure from natural sources.
Digital Government
DHS Taps Contractors to Continue Supplying Biometric IDs
Temporary move comes as department reevaluates $103 million award to HP for developing iris and facial recognition credentials.
Digital Government
U.S. Ranks 8th in Citizen Satisfaction With Digital Government
Nonetheless, online services for Americans are the most mature in the world, researchers say.
Digital Government
FCC Moves to Revive Net-Neutrality Rules
The agency will try to protect access to Netflix, Google, and other websites.
Cybersecurity
The cyber framework: What's next
Some in the private sector argue that legislation will be needed to provide the incentives necessary for the NIST standards to be widely adopted.
Digital Government
NASA ups ante on crowdsourcing patents
NASA now has 35 patents on its Marblar page, where it invites the public to propose practical applications of the agency's technology.
Digital Government
Analysis: DHS Explores Mass Surveillance of Car Trips
The government wants a national database noting where license plates were spotted. Congress should regulate the runaway data-collection industry instead.
Digital Government
FCC plans new basis for old network neutrality rules
The goal is to provide a legal rationale that does not ban certain activities, but Republicans on the commission are skeptical.
Modernization