Cybersecurity
Government works toward a more proactive cybersecurity approach
Detection of intruders is an incremental step in prevention of cyberattacks, Homeland Security official says.
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Industry official: more contractors will absorb online privacy expenses
Cost of data breaches could spur government vendors to incorporate more security features into services.
Digital Government
Con artists exploit the Recovery Act
At least 270,000 Americans have been victimized by scams promising free government grants, according to the Federal Trade Commission.
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Top 10 agencies on Twitter
Proving that you don't have to be Ashton Kucher to have a large following on Twitter, some federal agencies are getting the word out to their fans one tweet at a time.
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Now It's Personal
One of the award winners at the Gov 2.0 Summit held in Washington on Wednesday (and continuing Thursday) was <a href="http://www.bart.gov/">BART</a>, San Fransisco's public transportation system, Bay Area Rapid Transit. A popular feature of BART's Web site is "<a href="http://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2009/news20090327.aspx">Seen and Heard on BART This Week</a>," which posts photos and Tweets from BART riders -- like this one:
Digital Government
Cyber War Gets Its Own Museum Show
We still don't have a White House <a href="http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20090206_8235.php">cyber czar</a> and the Pentagon is still <a href="http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20090624_6400.php">fine-tuning the details</a> of the Cyber Command, but the International Spy Museum in Washington plans will launch a cyber war show dubbed Weapons of Mass Disruption next month.
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7 federal IT bloggers worth reading
Seven federal bloggers follow tech developments at major agencies including Navy, GSA, NASA and USDA.
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