Digital Government

U.S., China exchange jabs on Internet freedom

A day after Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called out the Chinese government for stepping up its censorship of the Internet, China's foreign ministry fired back.

Digital Government

Welcome to FCW's Cybersecurity blog

Hi, I'm Ben Bain and I’ll be updating this blog regularly with news, analysis, and posts related to information and computer security.

Modernization

Space station astronauts get Web access

Astronauts on the International Space Station now have personal access to the Internet for Web surfing and social media.

Cybersecurity

Assessing a training program

NIST Special Publication 800-16 recommends four ways to evaluate the effectiveness of a cybersecurity training program.

Digital Government

Prison computer recycling put staff, inmates at risk, NIOSH finds

Prisoners were exposed to toxins, but poor record-keeping makes it hard to know how extensively, according to a report from the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health.

Digital Government

Obama Year One: An Assessment

One year after inauguration, one publication is saying that the president's management agenda has been positive.

Digital Government

Official says Clinton speech could "undermine China-US relations"

China has imposed an Internet censoring system that blocks access in China to some information and Web sites

Digital Government

Dense federal regulations grow more accessible

Agencies are putting the Code of Federal Regulations online in a machine-readable format.

Digital Government

VA slips slightly in deployment of GI bill claims system

First release of software will be ready in March, but won't be able to handle complex claims.

Digital Government

VA employees return to complaint filed against suspended e-learning system

Office of Special Counsel tells whistleblowers it could investigate if it had evidence the department is still paying the contractor to develop the halted project

Ideas

U.S. National Brand: Oppose Censorship

After Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced a new commitment to undoing foreign online censorship, U.S. tech vendors pledged support on the condition that State's moves do not harm domestic business.

Digital Government

U.S. Behind Haiti Earthquake?

Some truly off-the-wall comments on a story on the Haitian relief operations <a href=http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20100115_9940.php>I wrote last week</a> suggest that Haiti was not hit by an earthquake but some sort of a planned attack by the United States.

Cybersecurity

5 tips for cybersecurity-training your employees

Government security managers recommend several techniques for evaluating the effectiveness of employee cybersecurity training and improving the odds that the lessons will sink in.