Digital Government
Contractor Work on $2 Billion NSA Computer Compounds Is Kept Quiet
Construction crews are speeding toward completion of a mammoth data center in Utah and computing facility in Maryland.
Cybersecurity
Senate questions NSA head
Gen. Keith Alexander answers questions about information gathering, security clearance process.
Digital Government
VA Reaches ‘Tipping Point’ in Processing Backlogged Disability Claims
Department reduced pending claims by 74,000 since March.
Cybersecurity
NIST reports progress on cyber framework
Halfway to the executive order's deadline, best practices and clear standards are taking shape.
Digital Government
Senator Slams Pentagon for Its Electronic Health Record Strategy
Patty Murray says the ‘best option’ would be an open source system with VA.
Modernization
NIST seeks comment on draft cloud security guidelines
Document aims to 'demystify the process of selecting cloud-based services.'
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