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.

Digital Government

A Brief History of Applause, the 'Big Data' of the Ancient World

Once, people measured their leaders -- and themselves -- one clap at a time.

Digital Government

George W. Bush White House Website Frozen in Time

The 1996 election also interesting for website design historians.

Digital Government

Which agencies let their scientists speak freely?

The Union of Concerned Scientists finds that policies at some agencies inhibit the freedom of scientists to express opinions.

Cybersecurity

House Oversight Committee floats FISMA update

New bill reprises measure that passed the House but stalled in the Senate in 2012.

Emerging Tech

Digg Has Made an RSS Reader Its Top Priority After Google Reader Died

A little light at the end of a dark Google reader tunnel.

Acquisition

IT acquisition bill would push 'bid-to-price' selection process

Latest draft of FITARA puts a new twist on the 'lowest price technically acceptable' versus 'best value' debate.

Digital Government

Telework Bans Don't Address the Problem

Yahoo and Best Buy could learn from the best telework example out there: the federal government.

Digital Government

John Podesta Channels Rand Paul to Undercut Obama on Drone Warfare

Liberal ally says Americans can't be "kept in the dark" any longer on targeted killings.