People

Sharing contractor performance data in eight easy steps

OFPP pushes agencies to embrace the Federal Award Performance and Integrity Information System and improve the quality of its data.

Digital Government

Are You More Productive With a Tablet?

Should agencies issue the portable computers or support BYOD?

Emerging Tech

China’s Leadership is Upping Pressure on Western Tech and Media Companies

China’s just-installed president Xi Jinping and his cabinet seem to be becoming hostile to US tech companies as a way of championing their domestic rivals.

Digital Government

Mapping the Growth of OpenStreetMap

Looking back over the history of the crowdsourced digital street map, a familiar pattern emerges.

Cybersecurity

DHS Cyber Czar Mark Weatherford to Step Down

He built bridges with the Pentagon and corporate leaders to improve network security.

Cybersecurity

Ocean's 11 wannabes hack casino surveillance cameras to swipe $32M

Entertainment // Hospitality // Australia

Cybersecurity

North Korea says America engaging in cyberwar

Government (Foreign) // North Korea

Cybersecurity

Passwords stolen from office of Poland's president

Government (Foreign) // Poland

Cybersecurity

GSA Database May Have Leaked Contractor Banking and Proprietary Information

‘Security vulnerability’ could have allowed vendors to see competitors' registration and past performance accounts.

Cybersecurity

Hackers penetrate NIST software flaw database

Government (U.S.) // United States

Digital Government

State Department Awards Website Where Nukes Meet Pop Culture

A graduate student this month won a prize for her website, Bombshelltoe.com

Digital Government

Open Data is a '21st Century Natural Resource'

Canadian lawmaker Tony Clement is at the forefront of the country's most important IT reforms.

Digital Government

Pentagon to Field Additional Ballistic Missile Interceptors in Alaska

The 14 new interceptors at Fort Greely in Alaska and a planned radar installation in Japan are intended to counter the missile danger posed by North Korea.

Cybersecurity

Make Way for the Lone Cyber Ranger and Online Vigilantism

Independent operators may soon be driven to wage their own private cyber wars.

Digital Government

Bipartisan Team Introduces FOIA Reform

The bill would mandate a common online portal for all government FOIA requests.

Emerging Tech

The Copyright Rule We Need to Repeal If We Want to Preserve Our Cultural Heritage

The anti-circumvention section of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act threatens to make archivists criminals if they try to preserve our society's artifacts for future generations.