via The American Prospect Last week, President Barack Obama unveiled legislation aimed at making cyberspace safer. “Cyberspace” is, admittedly, a clunky term, but no one has yet come up with anything better to describe the totality of Internet connections, electrical grids, consumer data...
via FederalNewsRadio Many of the Obama administration’s top open government initiatives are set to be turned off by May 31. Government sources confirm that the Office of Management and Budget is planning to take seven websites dark in two months because of a lack of funding. One government off...
via Time On Wednesday, the Obama administration went very public about online privacy. President Barack Obama’s top advisor on communications and information policy, Lawrence E. Strickling, told the Senate Commerce Committee that the administration now backs enforcement of a new “Consume...
“Former CIA CIO Al Tarasiuk is President Barack Obama’s pick to become CIO for the intelligence community. ‘Al is well known for his leadership in information sharing and intelligence integration, and his experience, distinguished career and dedication to duty will greatly benefit the ...
via International Business Times U.S. President Barack Obama’s proposed 2012 Federal budget included proposals to improve the inefficiencies in government data centers. The budget outlines the adoption of cloud-computing and virtualization technologies to lower IT spending costs and increase a...
via EE Times The Obama Administration is setting up a new office to accelerate work on secure online authentication. U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke announced the move at an event where a cross section of Silicon Valley leaders rallied around a government initiative to raise barriers around a ris...
“The Obama administration has adopted new procedures for using the Defense Department’s vast array of cyberwarfare capabilities in case of an attack on vital computer networks inside the United States, delicately navigating historic rules that ......