Cybersecurity
Will Comey's encryption legacy at FBI go dark?
Politics aside, what does the firing of FBI Director James Comey mean for the future of cybersecurity law enforcement and the debate over commercial encryption?
Cybersecurity
DOJ warned Flynn could be blackmailed by Russia
Former Acting Attorney General Sally Yates told the Senate Judiciary Committee she warned the White House on Jan. 26 that then-National Security Advisor Michael Flynn was vulnerable to blackmail by Russia.
Cybersecurity
House Judiciary to tackle email privacy, spy rules
Email privacy, FISA Section 702, overseas data and encryption top the House Judiciary Committee’s innovation and competitiveness agenda for the 115th Congress.
Cybersecurity
Boente tapped as DOJ's acting national security chief
Dana Boente is moving to his third acting position in the Department of Justice since January, replacing Mary McCord as acting assistant attorney general of the National Security Division.
Digital Government
DOJ taps 18F for FOIA portal
The innovation shop 18F is tasked with creating a one-stop portal to handle Freedom of Information Act requests for all 119 agencies covered by the transparency law.
Cybersecurity
Feds make arrest in decade-long botnet probe
Peter Yuryevich Levashov, a Russian national, was arrested in Barcelona and charged with running a massive international spambot.
Cybersecurity
Information sharing is complicated, even inside government
Sharing cybersecurity threat information among federal law enforcement agencies generates tension, but that's not a bad thing, say FBI, DOJ and DHS cyber officials.
Cybersecurity
DOJ, DHS could do better at sharing terror info
Although the DOJ and DHS are sharing domestic counterterror information, they need to tweak some access and coordination issues, according to a joint oversight report from the agencies' inspectors general.
Cybersecurity
How to defend against government hackers
Privacy and civil rights advocates roll out legal advice about how to litigate cases involving the use of hacking tools by law enforcement.
Digital Government
Watchdogs worried about DOJ's tech
Oversight officials told Congress they are concerned about the Justice Department's cybersecurity, use of unreliable tech and inability to track contract and grant spending.
Cybersecurity
U.S. indicts Russian spies in Yahoo hack
U.S. federal law enforcement indicts four, including two Russian state security operators, for the historic 2014 Yahoo hack.
Digital Government
IT contractor to pay $45 million to settle software overcharge
Software giant CA will pay the U.S. government $45 million to settle allegations that it overcharged the General Services Administration for software licenses.
Cybersecurity
New immigration order pushes biometrics but lacks deadline
President Trump's revised executive order on immigration calls for an expedited biometric entry/exit system, but it doesn't set a deadline for bringing the system online.
Cybersecurity
House panel defines scope of Russia probe
The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence has agreed on the scope of its inquiry into Russia's election influence operations as new questions arise about the attorney general's contacts with the Russian ambassador.
Modernization
CIOs: Telecom transition can spur IT modernization
The move to a new $50 billion federal telecommunications contract should support transition to new IT services, official say.
Cybersecurity
Contractor indicted for stealing spy secrets
Harold Martin, until recently a Booz Allen contractor, was indicted by a federal grand jury for stealing secrets from spy agencies, including NSA and CIA.
Modernization
DOJ seeks help with telecom transition
The Justice Department is the latest agency to seek help from industry in navigating the coming transition to a new $50 billion telecommunications contract.
Digital Government
How does FOIA fit under the Trump administration?
Without having yet received directives from the Trump administration, open government advocates from the public and private sectors are continuing their work on new Freedom of Information Act best practices.
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