Digital Government
Pentagon Will Soon Count Contractors – At a Cost
Defense comptroller does not specify how high the price-tag will be.
People
Did the GSA IG put communications at risk?
A reader opines on whether an inspector general's report about meddling managers could harm OFPP's 'Myth-Busting' campaign.
Digital Government
Intel showcases big data efforts
Technology firm's initiatives hint at efficiency gains available to agencies.
Acquisition
Issa seeks to standardize contractor suspension process
A bill inching closer to reality would phase out agency suspension/debarment offices.
Digital Government
Drone Builders Prepare to Create Immigration Reform’s Lucrative Border Panopticon
Congress is moving toward a more drone-based border system.
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