Digital Government
Could WikiLeaks story put a damper on battlefield intell?
Maybe we need to rethink what secret and secure really means in this age of rapid communication.
Digital Government
Senate confirms Clapper as intell chief
The Senate has voted to confirm retired Air Force Lt. Gen. James Clapper as the country's fourth director of national intelligence.
Modernization
Dead government Web sites haunt the CyberCemetery
Defunct government Web sites can be found at the CyberCemetery, a project of the University of North Texas and the Government Printing Office.
Digital Government
Cloud might let users bypass IT -- for a while
How the IT department’s role will change from builder to buyer in the age of cloud computing.
People
Grassley questions NSF's efforts to keep employees off adult Web sites
Employees at the National Science Foundation are accessing adult Web sites and not being disciplined, a whistleblower alleges.
Digital Government
Certification Boards Endorse EHRs
Two large medical certification boards declared on Thursday their intention to make physicians' use of health information technology a standard by which those boards will assess and certify the competency of doctors.
Cybersecurity
Infosec Lawyers at a Premium
For many unwelcome reasons, information technology security professionals need lawyers, but it's not always easy to find one that understands the nature of intricate infosec topics. In fact, many security practitioners report that the vast majority of lawyers they encounter are intimidated by computers. The question arises: Is there a kind of lawyer or law firm that focuses solely on infosec topics?
Digital Government
Yes, Canada is different
Globetrotter Steve Kelman's travels take him to the Great White North.
Digital Government
Do federal employee unions earn their keep?
The weakening leverage of unions in the private sector was apparent this week when Ford announced that over the next several years it would begin to hire about 2,000 new workers—under a 2007 union-negotiated contract—at $14 an hour, about half the wages of current workers.
Cybersecurity
DHS wants more teams that respond to cyber threats
The Homeland Security Department wants to expand its cadre of teams that help factories and power plants protect against cyber threats to their supervisory control and data acquisition systems.
People
Contractors vs. staff: You do the math
The latest phase of the debate about the role of contractors in government shows that even the obvious is less obvious than it seems.
People
Secrecy bested by point, click
Before the Internet, no one could imagine how easy it would become to steal and publish classified documents.
People
The best of the federal blogosphere
This week: TSA chief opens a can of worms; Fun with taxes; The votes are in…
Cybersecurity
Hackfest revisited: It's getting scary out there
Cell phones, bank ATMs and power grids were just some of the devices and critical infrastructure shown to be vulnerable to hackers' prying and manipulation at recent security conferences.
Digital Government