Emerging Tech

Feds Seek Verizon's Data Nearly 15 Times More Often Than Google's

The telecom giant has released its first report on government data requests.

People

TechAmerica hires state/local VP

Russ Guarna comes to the industry group from the California Department of Technology.

Digital Government

The Biggest Land Rush in the History of the Internet Starts on February 4

Get ready for .museum, .游戏 and .شبكة to join .gov, .com and your other favorite URL enders.

Digital Government

Estimate Your Snow Day Savings Using the New Telework Toolkit

Agencies need not reinvent the wheel when it comes to measuring telework return on investment.

Modernization

A surprise turn in the spotlight

Margie Graves has been a behind-the-scenes force for DHS since 2003. Last year, however, brought newfound visibility -- not all of it welcome.

Cybersecurity

Chinese Censors May Have Accidentally Hacked Themselves and Caused a Major Internet Outage

Some 200 million Web users were mysteriously rerouted to site owned by an anti-censorship group.

Modernization

Cloud offers a taste of Silicon Valley on the Potomac

DHS’s Keith Trippie says the cloud can boost government innovation while cutting up-front costs.

Emerging Tech

3D Printing and Legos: Perfect Together

New software allows designers to "legofy" their prototypes, eliminating hours of time spent waiting for 3D printers to churn out their widgets.

Digital Government

Data collection up at ports of entry

CBP said it processed more than 360 million travelers at U.S. air, land and sea ports in fiscal 2013.

Digital Government

What makes Chinese students optimistic (and pessimistic) about the future of China?

Steve Kelman details what's really on his students' minds.

Cybersecurity

Herding the stray cats of federal IT ambitions

The upcoming NIST cyber framework will provide some structure, but a new report says additional measures will be needed to implement a comprehensive management plan for federal IT security.

Digital Government

Poll: Most Americans Oppose Sweeping Data Collection, Few Heard About Obama's Speech

Democrats, Republicans and independents are all souring on data sweeps, survey finds.

Digital Government

The Future of the Army: Fewer Soldiers, More Robots, More 'Lethality'

If Google is doing it, DARPA is also doing it, but with more lethality.

Cybersecurity

Two Arrests May Be Linked to Target Data Breach

Could provide clues about what happened to credit card info stolen from 110 million of the store's customers.

Digital Government

Hunting Licenses to Shoot at Drones: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

Voters in Deer Trail, Colo., will decide on the initiative in April.

Modernization

DISA piloting DOD cloud security model

DOD agencies are testing framework with controlled unclassified information.

Cybersecurity

Gates: NSA ‘primary weapon in this conflict’

The former Pentagon chief decried Obama administration leaks and privacy advocates who downplay the need for security.

Cybersecurity

VA Software Upgrade Bares Beneficiary Medical and Financial Data

Officials took the joint Defense-Veterans Affairs e-Benefits website offline while they address the problem.