Modernization
High court tangles with Orwellian GPS fears v. past ruling
Justices are wary of the surveillance power of Global Positioning System devices, but may not be able to outlaw warrantless GPS-tracking.
Digital Government
NASA quickly fills chief technologist slot
The space agency appoints Cornell's Martin Peck a month after his predecessor, also an academic, returned to teaching.
Modernization
Auditors blast DHS' $1.5 billion border plan
The Government Accountability Office says Homeland Security should halt a new program to secure the U.S.-Mexico border until it calculates a more realistic cost figure.
Digital Government
FBI, Homeland Security defer to each other on criminal immigrants' data
House Republicans subpoenaed criminal records of immigrants in the country unlawfully, claim agencies are hiding crimes.
Digital Government
TSA mum on missing deadline for 100 percent cargo screening
One year after planes nearly shipped printer-bombs stateside, feds don't comply with law to inspect all parcels aboard international passenger flights.
Cybersecurity
Corporate Intelligence
More businesses want access to classified information about threats to vital networks.
Cybersecurity
U.S. satellite breaches may be linked to China
NASA and USGS referred several suspicious events in 2007 and 2008 to the Pentagon, which investigates interference with satellite operations.
Modernization
Defense cyber chief: The cloud is the military's next Internet
Computers and programs must be linked to a central, remote environment that aligns security departmentwide, Cyber Command leader Keith Alexander says.
Modernization
Federal cyber rules halt LAPD's move to Google Apps
Some public safety agencies may encounter similar prohibitions if they try shifting email and document sharing to the cloud.
Digital Government