Technology

  • The Justice Department\'s new report finds that the number of partial documents released last year increased by 50,000. Many agencies also reduced their backlog of FOIA requests. Agencies say some of improvements can be attributed to increased attention across the government and better technology.

    August 03, 2010
  • The Transportation Department is hoping a new idea drives employees down the Information Superhighway toward better collaboration.

    August 03, 2010
  • Terri Takai, the nominee to be the next Defense Department chief information officer, will not have her nomination hearing as scheduled.

    August 02, 2010
  • The Energy Department has awarded $92 million for 43 cutting-edge research projects aimed at improving how Americans use and produce energy. Dr. Arun Majumdar, the Director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency, tells us why these organizations were awarded the money.

    August 02, 2010
  • Social collaboration sites, blogs, and wikis are helping most agencies boost public participation and innovation. But what are Web 2.0 tools doing on the privacy and security front? Greg Wilshusen, Director of Information Security Issues at GAO, tells us with the Government Accountability Office has found.

    August 02, 2010
  • In today\'s Cybersecurity Update, the DorobekINSIDER takes a look at DHS\'s cybersecurity mission as well as how much money information security specialists are really making.

    August 02, 2010
  • August 12th, 2010 at 11 AM How does one assure trust in Cyberspace? As citizens, government, and business enterprise increase the amount of information that is shared online, fundamental questions arise around security requirements, data and identity management, and infrastructure. Trusted online environments can reduce costs, expand services, and are critical to protecting how, and to whom, information is shared. Securing identities in transactions is an essential component to building trusted online systems and a critical priority for both business and government. As online information sharing and collaborative services evolve between people and technologies, will trust emerge as the next \"Killer App\"?

    August 02, 2010
  • August 11th at 11:05am The DoD GIG IA Portfolio Management Office (GIAP) has learned through experience that mission critical networks are contested, violated, infiltrated and penetrated, leading to significant risks to US interests. The U.S. critical infrastructure has evolved from a ‘network enabled\' position to one that is now ‘network dependent.\' No aspect of the national critical infrastructure operates without extensive use of information technology, and it is this very fact that makes our networks such a high priority target for adversaries. The need for secure, self-aware, proactively managed defense mechanisms has never been more critical. Commercially available technologies, when combined with research and development done by both the government and the private sector, represent the best possible approach for combating the types of threats our critical infrastructure is facing today.

    August 02, 2010
  • Microsoft Quashed Effort to Boost Online Privacy, Hacker builds $1,500 cell-phone tapping device

    August 02, 2010
  • With so much at stake, what role, if any does the federal government play in protecting the .com Internet domain? Several experts offer some candid observations on what the government\'s role should be.

    August 02, 2010
  • Teleworkers work more efficiently. Now there\'s a way to spend that paycheck more efficiently too.

    July 30, 2010
  • A new report shows stunning results.

    July 30, 2010
  • Today’s Federal News Countdown panel includes two OMB vets: —Dan Chenok, Senior Fellow, IBM Center for the Business of Government —Tim Young, Senior Manager, Deloitte Consulting LLP And their choices for the three most important…

    July 30, 2010
  • Learn more in today\'s cybersecurity update.

    July 30, 2010

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