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
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