Digital Government
Why law enforcement agencies need to share data
Getting tools and organizations alike to share standardized data is crucial as ever-more data overwhelms law enforcement.
Cybersecurity
Agencies unveil plan to encourage development of smart gun technology
New report outlines a strategy to encourage the development and use of smart gun technology by government, with the goal of reducing gun violence.
Digital Government
DOJ wants a picture of the body-cam market
Seeking to update its market survey, the Justice Department wants to hear what body-cam vendors have to offer.
Cybersecurity
DHS: Over 300 incidents of ransomware on federal networks since June
Two prominent senators had asked the departments of Justice and Homeland Security about the spread of ransomware, which encrypts a computer user’s data until hackers are paid off, usually in the form of a difficult-to-trace crypto-currency.
Cybersecurity
DOJ indicts 7 Iranians for hacking U.S. dam, banks
The Justice Department on March 24 indicted seven hackers associated with the Iranian government for infiltrating systems controlling a New York dam, and attacking several U.S. banks.
Cybersecurity
Chinese national pleads guilty to hacking U.S. contractors
The episode is a reminder of the Pentagon’s ongoing struggle to keep defense secrets out of the hands of foreign hackers.
Cybersecurity
DOJ charges three Syrian Electronic Army hackers
Three current or former members of the Syrian Electronic Army were charged with myriad computer hacking conspiracies, and the FBI is offering a $100,000 reward for information that leads to their arrest, according to court documents unsealed March 22.
Digital Government
FOIA bill includes governmentwide online portal
Under the Senate-passed FOIA Improvement Act of 2015, OMB would take the lead in creating a one-stop online portal for FOIA requests across the federal government.
Cybersecurity
Study names countries most vulnerable to cyberattacks
In a new study, the U.S. ranks 10th among 44 countries most vulnerable to a cyberattack, and a former top Justice official said companies need to focus on resiliency.
Cybersecurity
DOJ official, former counterterror czar spar over Apple
The court order is a dangerous effort to compel speech in the form of writing software code, said Richard Clarke, a former White House counterterrorism adviser.
Cybersecurity
Lawmakers seek controls for access to geolocation data
The Department of Justice is resisting calls from some members of Congress to use warrants to access historical geolocation data.
Cybersecurity
DOJ, DHS grapple with FITARA
In little noticed "common baseline" documents, two large, federated agencies with law enforcement duties show how they will implement new IT procurement rules.
Cybersecurity
FBI budget calls for doubling of 'Going Dark' funding
The FBI’s fiscal 2017 request includes $69.3 million to address the challenge that end-to-end encryption and Web anonymity pose to law enforcement -- more than double its request from fiscal 2016.
Cybersecurity
Former DOE employee pleads guilty to attempted spear-phishing
Charles Harvey Eccleston, who was fired by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in 2010, offered to sell a list of 5,000 email addresses of purported NRC employees to undercover FBI agents posing as representatives of a foreign government, the DOJ statement said.
Cybersecurity
Justice seeking access to encrypted communications
Law enforcement agencies remain concerned that strong encryption of everyday electronic communications is hampering criminal investigations and prosecutions, a top Justice official said.
Digital Government
Government data is 'weird'
The mandated dive into government data is revealing surprising value to agencies, but it comes with rigorous reporting that runs deeper than a typical audit.
Digital Government
Obama leans on tech in gun control action
President Barack Obama's executive actions to tighten national gun control include efforts to bolster FBI and ATF databases, as well as spur research and development of safe gun technology.
Digital Government
Are agencies listening to their watchdogs?
Lawmakers quiz oversight officials about why agencies aren't taking their advice.
Cybersecurity
Cyber sharing with industry improving, DOJ says
The Justice Department is trying to send threat information back to breach victims as an investigation progresses, according to a top cybersecurity official at the agency.
People
Former State Dept. official cops to cyberstalking scheme
A former State Department employee pleaded guilty to computer hacking, cyberstalking and "sextortion" while based at the U.S. embassy in London.
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