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.
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
Let Government Scientists Tweet More, Report Says
Federal agencies are improving social media policies but have a ways to go.
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