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
Google Tells Glass Users Not to Be 'Creepy or Rude'
Google's new etiquette guidelines highlights the ongoing debate around privacy and their technology.
Digital Government
Pentagon to Ask for More Cyber Spending in Next Budget
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said the department would focus more on intelligence gathering, reconnaissance.
Digital Government
U.S. ranks sixth in use of digital government
Singapore, Norway and the United Arab Emirates were the top three in Accenture’s digital government survey.
Modernization
Moon Lasers Are Creating the Galaxy’s Fastest Internet
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Digital Government
Energy Department to Approve Billions in Nuclear Backing
Nuclear power accounts for about 20 percent of the nation's electricity.
Digital Government
GSA offers prizes for travel data tool
The top three entries in the Travel Data Challenge will share $90,000 in prize money.
Cybersecurity
Australian blunder exposes asylum seekers’ identities
Government (Foreign) // Australia
Ideas
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We’re launching quarterly surveys to chart the evolving priorities, roles and responsibilities that underpin the technologies supporting agency missions.
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