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Cybersecurity
China allegedly involved in Facebook scam against NATO officers
A fake profile for NATO's senior commander lured other officers into accepting a friend request, compromising personal information in the process.
Modernization
Here's your FOSE 2011 planning guide
The expo and conference, July 19-21 at the Washington Convention Center, will present a smorgasbord of innovative technologies and products, and techniques for applying them to government.
Digital Government
Assessing the space shuttle program's tech legacy
As the space shuttle era draws to a close, we take stock of the technological gains it brought to us on Earth.
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.
Digital Government
Hackers declare open season on government websites
Two notorious hacker groups have teamed up in an effort to attack federal sites, steal data and vandalize pages.
Modernization
Virtual options expand Memorial Day observances
Even if you're booked with other activities, you can honor the holiday by paying a virtual visit to some of the nation's memorials.
Cybersecurity
Can the Web force the release of bin Laden photos?
The relentless search for photos of Osama bin Laden's body, and the potential risks to people searching for them online, might force the administration's hand.
Digital Government
What was on Osama bin Laden's hard drive?
Investigators are poring over a 'mother lode' of data on hard drives, flash drives and other devices retrieved by Navy Seals during their raid on Osama bin Laden's compound.
Digital Government
The Royal Wedding: Good reasons to ignore it
Streaming video will encircle, nay, strangle the globe, and the Prattle Royale will continue all day. It might not be as pretty as you think.
Cybersecurity
China may be winning cyber war
The pace of cyber espionage between China and the United States has accelerated in recent years, and China, with a campaign investigators call 'Byzantine Hades,' may have taken the upper hand, according to a Reuters report citing State Department cables and security experts.
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Modernization
Governor takes cell phones away from employees
California Gov. Jerry Brown, saying he doesn't see why most state employees need cell phones on the job, has issed an order to collect half of the 96,000 state-issued phones, in a move designed to save $20 million.
Digital Government
White House deputy CTO leaves, will target state and local collaboration
Andrew McLaughlin is resigning from his job as deputy White House chief technology officer to start two companies, one of them to develop collaboration tools for state and local governments.
Modernization
Revealed: The best agencies to work for
The website Best Places to Work in the Federal Government, produced by the Partnership for Public Service and American University's Institute for the Study of Public Policy Implementation, ranks employee satisfaction at 290 government organizations.
Digital Government
HHS sweetens the pot for states building health exchanges
The Health and Human Services Department announced a grant program that will fund up to five states or consortiums to build exchanges that HHS hopes will serve as models for other states.
Digital Government
IT tales from the crypt: Where zombies walk the earth
Think zombies don't exist or the undead don't walk the earth? The IT world is full of them.
Digital Government
Cyber 'epidemic' grows more urgent
With cyber threats to linked systems a potential epidemic, a panel of security leaders call for government to step up efforts on standards, collaboration and raising public awareness.
Digital Government
Can technology cure texting while driving?
Readers agree that texting while driving is dangerous and should be stopped, but say that bans against the practice and technology solutions can go only so far.
Digital Government
Agencies ready for real-time FISMA reporting tool, federal CIO reports
The CyberScope compliance tool, scheduled to go live Nov. 15, will replace annual paper reports on FISMA compliance with automated feeds of systems status.
Digital Government