Digital Government

When the Wall fell, and everything after

Steve Kelman reflects on the significance of the Berlin Wall's fall.

Digital Government

China's many contradictions

Steve Kelman, filing his final blog post from China, shares some jarring experiences with cultural contradictions.

Digital Government

China's future may be glimpsed in its past

Steve Kelman considers the Tang Dynasty and its potential reverberations today.

Digital Government

Rail accident reveals nation's tensions, contradictions

Coverage of a high-speed rail disaster in China reveals the country's tensions, Steve Kelman observes.

Digital Government

The Happy Buddha professor drives the Treasure Horse

Steve Kelman offers a glimpse into Chinese renderings of Western brand names.

Digital Government

Is Fox News in trouble?

The crimes allegedly committed by News Corp. employees in the UK could put Fox News at risk.

Cybersecurity

DOD releases 5-point cyber defense plan

The Defense Department's new strategy for defending U.S. computer networks stresses the need for a multi-faceted, evolving approach to counter pervasive threats.

Digital Government

Clinton kicks off open-government partnership

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton introduced a partnership to use technology to foster transparent information and government spending accountability.

Digital Government

We'll always have Paris -- and so will the Chinese

Steve Kelman observes signs of increasing Chinese influence in the City of Lights.

Digital Government

Russia provides a case study in government corruption

Russians are pessimistic, and it's no wonder that they are.

Cybersecurity

DHS won’t require screening for every US-bound cargo container

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said DHS will delay a requirement that all inbound cargo containers undergo screening at their ports of exit.

Digital Government

Good news for America (in my opinion)

A large minority of Boston high school valedictorians are immigrants, and Steve Kelman has some thoughts on what that means for the nation.

Cybersecurity

Hacker groups snipe each other

As LulzSec and Anonymous team up to hack government websites, a third group emerges.

Cybersecurity

Hacker arrested in Britain speculated to be LulzSec mastermind

LulzSec and another hacker group, Anonymous, have declared open season on government websites and threatened to cause havoc.

Modernization

Liability in the cloud: a complex forecast

As data is stored and transmitted across international borders via cloud infrastructures a growing concern is: who should be held liable for data breaches when information flows across jurisdictions?

Digital Government

Here comes the sun — at 2 a.m.

Steve Kelman rhapsodizes on summer in Sweden.

Digital Government

Stockholm syndrome: Sweden sounds more and more like America

Steve Kelman takes the pulse of Sweden during a recent visit.

Digital Government

Mobile health technologies go global

The World Health Organization details adoption of mHealth applications for health call centers, toll-free health lines and telemedicine.

Cybersecurity

US wants to store European travelers' personal data for 15 years

A proposed rule has unsettled some European leaders, who are rankled by U.S. efforts to collect information such as travelers' addresses and credit card numbers.