Digital Government

Holy cow! FCC live-tweets baseball playoff game

The Federal Communications Commission put on a sportscaster's hat for a few hours while it live-tweeted a baseball game affected by the Fox-Cablevision dispute.

People

Accountability, transparency and their unintended consequences

Organizations that emphasize accountability and transparency often find it difficult to improve performance, writes blogger Steve Kelman.

Digital Government

Microsoft: Java worse than PDF as security threat

Java should be considered a top software security threat, even more so than Adobe PDF files, according to Microsoft's announcement issued today.

Cybersecurity

Cyber incident responders lack a shared playbook

Three existing systems fail to identify the roles, structures or processes needed for cyber incident response, writes Kevin Coleman of Technolytics Institute.

Ideas

FCC Live Tweets Phillies-Giants Game

Cybersecurity

Army cyber unit guards computer networks

The Army's Cyber Command, which reports to the overall Cyber Command, is now fully operational.

People

Air Force lab finds a simple way to support telework

The open-source Lightweight Portable Security tool provides trusted endpoints for remotely accessing DOD IT resources from untrusted environments, enabling secure Internet browsing and telework on sensitive systems.

People

GAO: Documentation, communication key to management success

Without management plans and documentation, agencies can lose control of well-run operations, GAO says.

Digital Government

Demand Up for Temp Techies

Digital Government

Inspector general slams FBI IT program; bureau officials defend it

The FBI and its Office of Inspector General duke it out over the troubled Sentinel case file management system IT program.

Digital Government

Americans give low marks to Obama transparency effort at agencies

But White House itself gets higher score than several U.S. industries.

Digital Government

FCC backs more conditions for Sirius-XM merger approval

Order is part of the ongoing conditions set by the FCC when it approved the merger of the nation's only satellite radio providers in 2008.