Digital Government

DHS struggles to define its cybersecurity mission

Deputy Secretary Jane Holl Lute has asked the security community to help define the cybersecurity mission for the Department of Homeland Security.

Digital Government

IT Stimulus Yields Foreign Interest

In the latest case of foreigners with dollar signs in their eyes coming to America, a Paris-based IT company seeking to enter the U.S. health IT market has bought Pulse Systems, a maker of electronic health records based in Wichita, Kansas.

Cybersecurity

Bulk Toilet Paper Hopes Dashed

The chief executive officer of Costco nearly got up close and personal with members of the wholesale retail chain a few months ago, when a Google search for the local store in Seattle, Wa. returned his home address (map included) and phone number.

Digital Government

Arlington Cemetery: 19th-century technology in a 21st-century world

A Senator shows a former Arlington Cemetery official what's available to him today in technology.

Digital Government

DISA takes lead in Defense enterprise infrastructure

Army Lt. Gen. Carroll F. Pollett outlines the Defense Information Systems Agency's top priorities for information sharing and agency collaboration.

Modernization

Army plans private cloud

Information Week

Digital Government

Bipartisan bill would block FCC from seizing spectrum

The measure is aimed at supporting the FCC's effort to expand the amount of available spectrum to meet growing demand for wireless communications.

Digital Government

War of Words

The rhetoric of cyberwar is heating up, but a real understanding of cyber threats is missing from the debate.

Digital Government

GAO sting shows passport fraud remains a problem

State Department fails to consistently use counterfeit detection techniques or verify identity data.

Digital Government

Publisher argues free access to research violates administration's transparency initiative

Fewer peer-reviewed science articles and canceled journal subscriptions are concerns.

Digital Government

$114 billion still available for federal contractors before Sept. 30

Agencies are likely to spend the remaining money on lower-cost items like computers and IT equipment, observer says.

Modernization

Army announces winners of contest to develop smart phone programs

Response of 'digital natives' exceeds Army technology chief's expectations.

Digital Government

Twitter, Facebook … and your right to post as you see fit

The once-bright line between public and private speech gets fuzzier every day—and in the federal workplace, GSA employees are walking point for the rest of us.