Modernization
Defense considers allowing cookies on its websites
The policy would likely require visitors to permit Defense sites to place on their computers tracking devices, which have become common on commercial sites.
Digital Government
Supreme Court upholds search of a police officer's messages
Justices avoid tackling the broader question of how much privacy government employees can expect when texting on work devices.
Digital Government
Florida site catches what the Census missed
The cloud-based platform will become a redistricting tool next year, using Census data collected this year.
Digital Government
Navy CIO Carey Casts Off
Rob Carey, the Navy's chief information officer, said in a statement he expects to weigh anchor and move to a new position inside government, most likely by the end of the summer.
Digital Government
Where's Your BlackBerry?
That's a question that 13 employees of the Veterans Affairs Department would have a hard time answering, said VA Chief Information Officer Roger Baker said in a call with reporters on Wednesday. The unlucky 13 reported they lost their portable gizmos in the month of May.
Ideas
Twitter Down
Twitter, the ever-growing popular microblogging social network, has experienced some trouble in the past few days. Users increasingly have seen periods during which the site is over capacity and it slows down as a result. Company execs have acknowledged the site isn't quite ready to handle the high traffic demands, but as these delays become more regular, it begs the question: What should Twitter really be used for, and does the federal government fit that model?
Cybersecurity
Labor supports overhaul of FBI background checks
A consortium of 42 union and labor advocacy groups has endorsed a new bill that would improve the way the FBI performs criminal background checks used for pre-employment screening.
Cybersecurity
US-CERT needs stronger regulatory teeth, larger staff, IG says
The U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team needs to be able to compel agencies to follow its computer security recommendations, according to the Homeland Security Department's inspector general.
Cybersecurity
Obama Cuts, But Not Security
If you had reservations about the importance of cybersecurity to President Obama, his fiscal 2012 budget guidance ought to give you some relief. The president has requested a five percent cut in discretionary spending, but only to all non-security agencies.
Digital Government
Security concerns persist about microchips used in smart devices
The military's use of smart phones and similar products could force the U.S. to confront the geopolitics of microchip manufacturing, blogger Brian Robinson writes.
Digital Government
Tougher Standards for Cyber Training?
The federal government must create robust training standards for cybersecurity workers and continually validate that those standards are effective, an expert on cybersecurity issues told a Senate committee on Tuesday.
Digital Government
The Default Problem for EMRs
Leaving systems on default settings have been a big problem for computer users when it comes to <a href=http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20090729_2566.php>peer to peer programs</a> and even <a href=http://techinsider.nextgov.com/2007/09/hacking_so_easy_a_cave_man_can.php>major networks</a>.
Modernization
White House advisers soliciting ideas for 'golden triangle' technologies
The President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology is the latest to create an open government Web platform to discuss what they are calling the "golden triangle" of new technologies.
Digital Government
Flatten your network to consolidate data centers
Network consolidation -- "flattening" -- is not the only component, but it is a key element of simplifying data center operations and improving data center performance, some industry experts say.
Cybersecurity
Interior loses CD with personal data for 7,500 federal employees
The Interior Department's National Business Center in Denver hasn't found a compact disc that contains personally identifiable information for 7,500 federal employees
People