Digital Government

Make Your Telework Week Pledge

Next week marks the third anniversary of the 2010 Telework Enhancement Act.

Digital Government

New FCC Chairman: Regulating the Internet Is a 'Non-Starter'

Spectrum auctions will be the top line item on the regulator's agenda in 2014, Tom Wheeler says.

Emerging Tech

Drone-Delivery Expert on Amazon's Plans

"We’re convinced that it’s going to be the next big paradigm in transportation."

Digital Government

Commentary: Now That the Obamacare Website Works. . .

HealthCare.gov mostly works for consumers now. Next it needs to work for insurers. And then healthy people need to sign up.

Cybersecurity

IG dings DHS on internal cybersecurity

A Republican critic claims gaps in the department's defenses "would be obvious to a 13-year-old with a laptop."

People

Obama appoints acting deputy Defense secretary

Christine Fox, DOD's former director of cost assessment and program evaluation (and a real-life inspiration for "Top Gun"), will temporarily replace Ashton Carter.

Modernization

Pentagon Disconnects iPhone, Android Security Service, Forcing a Return to BlackBerry for Some

The Defense Department's new mobile device management system isn’t yet ready to protect Apple or Android smartphones and tablets.

Digital Government

HealthCare.gov Performs Well After Making White House’s Repair Deadline

Engineers have put many insurance seekers in an online queue to avoid overwhelming the site.

Digital Government

Three more China observations

Back in Shanghai, Steve Kelman reflects on hostility to Japan, a pipeline disaster and how linguistics can shape politics.

People

Addressing 'second-generation' gender bias

Women are woefully rare in IT management positions, and fixing that demands a concerted effort.

Cybersecurity

Students’ vision tests and personal data eyed online

Education // Healthcare and Public Health // Illinois, United States

Cybersecurity

Australian government data found on for-sale thumb drives

Government (Foreign) // Manufacturing // Australia

Cybersecurity

Malware accesses data on 90,000 patients

Healthcare and Public Health // Washington, United States

Digital Government

Report: HIPAA is a hindrance to health care info sharing

Some of the problems with the health care privacy law echo complaints about the intelligence community in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks.

Digital Government

NARA looks to bring agency records into the 21st century

NARA's goal is to simplify the process for transferring agency records to the archive.

Emerging Tech

We the Ukrainian People

The White House site has been flooded with petitions related to violence in the former Soviet state.

Cybersecurity

Seizure Sunday Precedes Cyber Monday

ICE seized nearly 300 websites selling phony goods before the online shopping spree.

Digital Government

Grunt With Me at the Bataan Memorial Death March

It’s the 25th anniversary of the commemorative march.

Cybersecurity

Pentagon ponders going mobile with CAC

Any solution in this "very complicated field" will have to reach beyond the Defense Department.