Cybersecurity
Past surveillance programs could predict Prism's path
Remember Clipper Chip? Carnivore? The current debate over domestic monitoring isn't the first such controversy.
Digital Government
This Month's Other Crucial Privacy Debate: The Rocky Future of Arrestee DNA Collection
The ruling is poised to have broad legal implications, since 28 states have a similar law that permits DNA collection upon arrest.
Digital Government
Why Should We Even Care If the Government Is Collecting Our Data?
Kafka, not Orwell, can help us understand the problems of digitized mass surveillance, argues legal scholar Daniel J. Solove.
Digital Government
Google, Facebook to DOJ: Let Us Publish the Number of FISA Requests You Make
FISA requests currently come with gag orders.
Digital Government
Analysis: Government’s Vast Lockers of Data Threaten Basic Individual Freedoms
Freedom is a joke when a life's history resides forever in a vast database.
Cybersecurity
Security beyond the firewall
In a mobile world, device-level encryption and digital rights management are essential to securing sensitive data.
Cybersecurity
Forget privacy. What about design principles?
NSA taken to task for abominable PowerPoint slides.
Digital Government
What the NSA can't do with your data (probably)
Data mining experts explain what predictive analytics on a massive scale would entail.
Emerging Tech
Think That Government Prize Contest Was Fixed? Take It To Court.
GAO lacks jurisdiction over the competitions, agency says.
Digital Government
Agencies Aren't Honest About Tech Spending and Risks, Auditor Says
The Pentagon doesn't regard any of it's IT program 'high risk,' despite contrary GAO assessments.
Digital Government
Senate panel pushes budget authority for CIOs
Should federal IT leaders have a seat at the budget table? Witnesses say yes, but caution that one approach does not fit all.
Digital Government
Oops, VA Deletes 464,000 Home Loan Files
Sen. Ron Portman, R-Ohio, wants to know why.
Digital Government
Company Drops its Protest of Forest Service Airtanker Awards
Aircraft may not be ready before fire season winds down.
People
Whistleblowers then and now
What motivates a Bradley Manning, or someone else in a similar position, to release secret information?
People
Could internal whistleblower platforms prevent public scandal?
New tools promise to protect employees making internal complaints -- and divert some away from public disclosure.
Acquisition
Can feds harness the global workforce?
Steve Kelman wonders if vendors offering vastly lower prices thanks to global competition would capture the government's attention.
Digital Government
Demand for Tech Pros Continues to Climb
More candidates are rejecting offers than were six months ago.
Digital Government
Family of Slain Navy Cryptologist Sues NSA, Verizon for Massive Snooping Operation
Class Action lawsuit seeks $12 billion in damages.
Digital Government
The art and science of data
Using big data well takes creativity and an understanding of the goals.
Digital Government