Government implements DNSSEC on the .gov domain
Successful signing of the top level clears the way for agencies to sign second-level domains by end of the year.
Spammers retool for a renewed assault
The high-yield profit model for spam ensures that the old techniques will not disappear, while new and improved techniques are likely to boost overall volume, according to e-mail security firm MX Logic.
Could government keep pace with Kundra?
The new federal chief information officer, Vivek Kundra, shows an appreciation for Web 2.0 and a distaste for cumbersome government procurement.
FOSE's wall-to-wall floor show
From front-office tools to back-office storage and security, the FOSE show floor has something for everyone.
The Handicapper's Guide to the FOSE conference
The wealth of good speakers and sessions at FOSE can leave you overwhelmed, so we've assembled a Handicapper’s Guide of events that might be of the most interest to you.
Virginia releases the first open-source textbook for public review
Physics FlexBook is an experiment in open-source, Web-based textbook development and publishing that could help keep educational resources up-to-date.
Wireless spectrum to cost more
The proposed 2010 budget includes a boost in annual fees for spectrum licenses from $50 million in 2009 to $200 million in 2010, and eventually to $550 million annually.
CDW-G releases mass notification toolkit
CDW Government Inc. has launched a new Web site to help government agencies develop mass notification systems for alerting populations in a crisis.
VeriSign offers PKI to non-federal clients
VeriSign is offering its PKI service to organizations that work closely with the federal government, such as first responders in state and local governments.
DOE seeks higher communications IT
The Department of Energy is taking steps to spur research and development into more energy-efficient information and communications technologies.
White House updates progress on cybersecurity review
Team will present its report and recommendations on the state of the nation’s cyber security efforts by the end of April.
Council formed to improve access to emergency phone services
The N11/8XX Essential Services Interoperability Council will promote interoperability and access to the suite of services provided through N11 and 8XX numbers.
Security through obscurity
GSA's list of 4,657 .gov domain names remains state secret.
White House pulls plug on YouTube
Complaints by privacy activists have led the White House to drop YouTube as the supplier of embedded videos on WhiteHouse.gov.
Revving up Google App Engine
Google's cloud-computing offering could cut costs and speed deployment times, but it still lacks enterprise-focused service-level agreements.
Major IT challenges remain the same, survey reports
Key challenges such as information technology security, infrastructure and management persist because they are complex, evolving and "difficult to fully resolve," the report states.
Guidelines for securing DNS being updated
NIST is updating its recommendations for meeting the security challenges of the Domain Name System, which underpins the Internet by mapping user-friendly domain names to numerical IP addresses.
Change proves difficult @WhiteHouse.gov
WhiteHouse.gov has been overwhelmed by technological problems and other challenges that team Obama has been unable to solve.
Microsoft issues Windows 7 Beta update
The patch is designed to fix a special version of Internet Explorer 8 that shipped with the Windows 7 Beta. About 10 percent of users were affected by reliability problems, which mostly stemmed from Adobe Flash Player 10 and Adobe Acrobat plug-ins to IE8.
Cybersecurity gets increased funding in Obama's first budget
Obama wants $355 million to support DHS’ National Cybersecurity Division and its role in the Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative.
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