Scammers waste no time exploiting Jobs’ death
A post on Facebook offering 50 free iPads in memory of Apple's leader was one example of how cynical scammers exploit people's emotions.
Steve Jobs' government legacy: Citizen-centric computing
Jobs' ability to craft tools for intensely personal computing helped spark direct citizen-to-government computing.
At NASA challenge, a 2-hour flight for $7 in electricity
The winning plane in the CAFE Green Flight Challenge achieved the equivalent of 403.5 passenger miles per gallon, representing a breakthrough in electrical-powered aviation.
OMB accelerates plan to shutter data centers
Feds now looking to close 472 data centers by end of 2011; 962 by 2015.
VA's slip-ups invalidate 157,000 ID cards
The VA has issued more than 157,000 personal identity verification credentials without proper security controls, throwing the validity of every credential into doubt, IG says.
GOP cybersecurity task force: Cooperate, don’t regulate
The GOP response to the White House proposal for cybersecurity legislation focuses on limited, near-term objectives.
Is cybersecurity about to become a partisan issue?
A Republican cybersecurity task force is about to release legislative recommendations, joining a long list of proposed cyber measures.
What's in your closet: The electronic clutter that surrounds us
While moving to a new office, the Lab uncovers long-forgotten, even mysterious, devices. Don't you have them in your office, too?
In hard times, state CIOs gain clout, survey finds
State CIOs' influence is on the rise as state governments turn to them to help bring order during a time of economic upheaval, according to a survey released by NASCIO.
FCC to tighten local accuracy requirements for mobile phones
The Federal Communications Commission wants to improve locational accuracy as part of its efforts toward enhanced 911 services.
Services-focused IT calls for renewed security push
As agencies cut their IT budgets, security is one thing that they still have to get right, and that might mean boosting investments to get it right the first time.
New technique maps attack paths to quantify cyber risk
NIST researchers develop a way to map an attack path and evaluate the risk at each point. The resulting metrics can help enterprises get the most from their cybersecurity efforts.
To survive tight budgets, states must collaborate, new NASCIO president says
Oregon CIO Dugan Petty says collaboration should extend to federal and city agencies. His other priorities: cloud computing and IT acquisition reform.
NARA launches search and archiving system
The at times troubled Electronic Record Archives project reaches across databases, data types and formats.
Federal cybersecurity incidents jump sixfold in five years
Federal agencies show persistent weaknesses in their information security controls, GAO says in a new report.
Apple iPhone 4S gets smart, talks back
New smart phone features the artificial intelligence-powered Siri, a talking, learning personal assistant.
Google Chrome set to overtake Firefox as No. 2 browser
Statistics from a Web analytics company show that Chrome will likely pass Firefox in worldwide use by the end of the year.
Agencies don't have to be like Vegas
Mum's usually the word, but the tools to collaborate are proven, available and more secure than agency chiefs seem to think.
Purdue forges top cyber research center
A pioneering institution in the field of computer science, the Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security at Purdue University is helping set the national agenda for computer security.
Government still in the 'primordial slime' of using data
Agencies need to employ analytics tools to put their mountains of information to use, speakers at NASCIO's conference say.
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