Cybersecurity
Breach of federal jobs site highlights need for contractor liability
Hacked information could be used for targeted phishing attacks and other scams.
Digital Government
MP3 privacy breach exposes government's privacy liability
Security specialists say incident underscores need for government to better protect federal employees' and citizens' personal information.
Ideas
A Web Site for the Grand Bargain?
Former Government Accountability Office chief David Walker, now president of the <a href="http://www.pgpf.org/">Peter G. Peterson Foundation</a>, a pulpit where he preaches about the sins of government fiscal irresponsibility and lack of federal managerial rigor, is also a social networking convert.
Digital Government
Kolodner Still Health IT Chief
Dr. Rob Kolodner told me he will stay on as the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology in the new Obama administration, a truly demanding job considering Obama's commitment to health IT.
Modernization
Obama smartphone conforms to military standards
President Obama will have to give up his BlackBerry and switch to a maximum-security smartphone.
Cybersecurity
Napolitano requests update on northern border security
The new DHS secretary has ordered a review of security on the border between the United States and Canada.
Digital Government
In, Out, In, and Back Out
Paul Brubaker, who served as Defense deputy chief information officer in 2000 and most recently headed the Transportation Department's Research and Innovative Technology Administration, joined Cisco as director of the company's North American Public Sector, Internet Business Solutions Group on Jan 21.
People