Digital Government

Why international aid needs a viral social media presence

Networking on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube enables agency to advance its 'Third Goal': Sharing the experience with other Americans.

Digital Government

Taiwan launches cloud initiative

Taiwan's government has a five-year program to make that nation more competitive in the global cloud computing market.

Digital Government

Muslims in the U.S.: Reader comments and further reflections

Blogger Steve Kelman responds to readers who commented on his recent blog post about Muslims who feel unwelcome in the United States.

Digital Government

A new domain signs on with DNSSEC

Another top-level domain has been digitally signed to enable DNSSEC, the first step in a project by Internet Registry Afilias to expand the DNS Security Extensions to 13 more top-level domains by the end of the year.

Digital Government

Yes, Canada is different

Globetrotter Steve Kelman's travels take him to the Great White North.

Cybersecurity

U.S. approach to global cybersecurity falls short, GAO says

White House Cybersecurity Coordinator Howard Schmidt should take action to deal with problems posed by global cyberspace policy questions, a report says.

Digital Government

Were alleged Russian spies undone by technology problems?

The alleged Russian spy ring that the FBI recently busted might still be operating covertly if they had had better tech support.

Digital Government

Spy case shines light on steganography

Russian spies used ancient and modern means of secret message transmission

Digital Government

Twitter lands State Department staffers in spotlight

Two State Department employees' innocous tweets while on a visit to Syria raise eyebrows back in Foggy Bottom.

Cybersecurity

Australia taps ISPs to fight 'zombies'

Australia's Internet Industry Code is aimed at reducing threats posed by computers that have been hijacked to act as zombies and participate in botnet attacks.

Digital Government

Final impressions of China: Land of contradictions

Blogger Steve Kelman is fascinated by the contradictory images that people have of China.

Cybersecurity

Better security requires changes not in technologies, but in user practices

A recent trip to Haiti reminded blogger John Klossner about the sisyphean task agencies face in trying to secure their networks.

Digital Government

Chinese impressions

Superstition, brand-consciousness dominate the nation

Digital Government

Visiting Expo 2010 Shanghai

Pavilions at the international expo reflect the cultures and values of their nations—or do they? Globetrotting blogger Steve Kelman files this report.

Digital Government

Meeting the prime minister of the Palestinian authority

Dr. Salaam Fayyad tells Steve Kelman's group about the Palestinian Authority's desire to build up governing capabilities in anticiaption of independence from Israel.

Digital Government

Blogging from Israel: Random impressions

Steve Kelman travels to Israel to meet with Israelis and Palestinians.

People

Australia, U.K. put government data online

Government 2.0 leaders from Australia and the United Kingdom are working to enhance transparency and put data online.

Digital Government

How Web-based technologies are reinventing government services

Web-based technologies on display at the Gov 2.0 Conference are helping governments across the globe serve citizens more effectively.

Cybersecurity

US, Russia kick off talks on IT

Officials from the United States and Russia meet this week on a range of information technology-related topics.

Cybersecurity

Haiti response proves interagency collaboration can work

Every once in awhile, a cataclysmic event will bring together the factions and defy federal compartmentalization.