Cybersecurity

NATO cyber defense lags

The global security organization is running behind in establishing cybersecurity policy.

Digital Government

Taking the pulse of China's youth -- again

Steve Kelman asks familiar questions to a new class of Chinese students.

Digital Government

Secret Chinese vitamins

Steve Kelman ponders a dangerous exception to product disclosure laws.

Digital Government

Is Israeli democracy in danger?

Steve Kelman reflects on travels in Israel.

Modernization

International meeting shows universality of IT priorities

The key themes of the International Council for Technology in Government Administration’s 45th annual conference sound familiar to Americans.

People

Digital diplomacy: Facebook users build good will for Obama Indonesia visit

The U.S. embassy in Jakarta has applied digital diplomacy with a popular Facebook page attracting fans in Indonesia.

Digital Government

Taiwan: Technology, theology and trouble

Technology and theology dominate Taiwan's public discourse, Steve Kelman learns.

Digital Government

What annoys Chinese students

Steve Kelman asks students about Facebook censorship, U.S. policy.

Digital Government

An aspect of Chinese culture you don't hear much about

China's culture encourages those in power to run roughshod over those under their rule, from workplace bosses to police breaking up protests.

Digital Government

A burst of Taiwanese democracy at Harvard

Steve Kelman attends two Taiwanese political rallies without leaving Cambridge.

Cybersecurity

Outsourcing IT to other countries adds to cyber risks, report says

A Intelligence and National Security Alliance's white paper warns against the government's global outsourcing practices with respect to IT.

Digital Government

Sony names first chief information security officer

Company brings in former DHS official Philip Reitinger after massive hacking attack.

Digital Government

Why Sweden's economy is thriving

Steve Kelman reports interesting observations from Stockholm.

Cybersecurity

China provides smoking gun against itself in cyberattacks

Do you doubt that China is behind cyberattacks on U.S. targets? China itself provides strong evidence.

Cybersecurity

China is developing cyber weapons, state-run television says

China broadcasts a documentary that showcases its cyberattack prowess.

Digital Government

The supercomputer race

Asia, the United States and Europe are neck-and-neck-and-neck in supercomputing power.

Digital Government

Where we stand

The Atlantic Century II report shows that America is at risk of losing its place as a global innovation leader.

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.