Cybersecurity
What Does It Really Matter If Companies Are Tracking Us Online?
A scholar argues that the real issue is protecting consumers from corporations that are developing ever more sophisticated techniques for getting people to part with their money.
Cybersecurity
DHS works to get classification tools in line
The Homeland Security Department plans to deploy an electronic document classification management tool designed to match up with other federal intelligence networks.
Digital Government
GSA redesigns .gov sites with mobile in mind
The new look for USA.gov and its Spanish-language version, GobiernoUSA.gov, is aimed at improving how users access government from any device.
Digital Government
CIO authority figures into House and Senate defense bills
The House and Senate versions of the defense authorization bill include different provisions that have major implications for federal CIOs’ authority.
Digital Government
Leaked NSA Audit Found Agency Broke Privacy Rules 'Thousands' of Times
New information raises fresh concerns about surveillance oversight.
Digital Government
A peek at big data under immigration overhaul
A year-old deportation relief program for foreign-born, U.S.-raised students could provide a glimpse of the kinds of big-data demands that some federal agencies would have to deal with if comprehensive immigration legislation is enacted.
Cybersecurity
Biometrics head to toe
Agencies' use of biometrics for identity management has centered on fingerprints and iris scans, but the options do not stop there.
Digital Government
Navy’s Use of Biofuels Could Trigger Private-Sector Adoption
From medical devices to space technology, the Pentagon has often been an incubator for the private sector.
Cybersecurity
If not Clapper, then who?
A reader confirms the sense of uncertainty not only over who should lead an intelligence review, but who should be involved.
People
Coaching and training in a time of lean budgets
Now more than ever, it is vital for federal managers to invest in their own professional development.
Cybersecurity
A careful biometrics strategy
John Klossner illustrates a way to move toward biometrics without a major resource commitment.
Cybersecurity
Hacks on energy department personnel continue . . . yawn
Energy // Government (U.S.) // United States
Cybersecurity
Hackers Threaten a Texas Baby, Hit Miss Teen USA with Sextortion, Target an Indian Telecom
Just another harrowing week in ThreatWatch, our compendium of notable data breaches.
Digital Government
Largest U.S. Wind Farm to Power Nuclear Weapons Work
Pantex wind farm aims to generate 47 million kilowatt hours of clean energy annually.
Digital Government
U.S. and Australian Troops Relied on Internet Chat Rooms to Conduct Joint Exercise
Backpack satellite radios also played a key role.
Digital Government
Hilton Sets Up Website to Match Vet Skills with Promising Jobs
Opportunities range from entry level positions to six-figure engineering jobs.
Digital Government
How Drones Fundamentally Alter the Nature of Combat
The weapons, like all significant advances in warfare, are essentially unfair.
Emerging Tech
Google Is Preparing for Screenless Computers
The tech giant is moving rapidly to enable voice commands in all of its products.
Digital Government
Vietnam Taps Big Data to Avoid China’s Traffic Catastrophe
IBM has signed a deal with the city of Da Nang to create a high-tech traffic management system
Digital Government