Modernization

Infrastructure looks to government for cyber help

A new survey shows critical infrastructure providers expect the physical impact of cyberattacks to worsen.

Digital Government

Linking laws through open data

Open data holds the promise of connecting legislation in new ways, bringing federal, state and local laws together and automating compliance. But teaching machines to read law –- or lawmakers to read machines -- is no simple task.

Digital Government

Police Data Initiative aims to 'increase transparency'

Two goals of the Police Data Initiative are to enhance interoperability of systems and make it easier to extract useful insights from collected data.

Digital Government

The one thing law enforcement really needs from IT

A new study urges the Justice Department to up its game on sharing the best tools and tactics with state and local partners.

Modernization

DHS transfers emergency-response tech

The Next-Generation Incident Command System is a mobile, web-based system designed to speed collaboration and enhance situational awareness.

Cybersecurity

Obama declares foreign cyber threats a 'national emergency'

The president’s executive order authorizes sanctions on those deemed a threat to U.S. economic or national security.

Cybersecurity

Fed data at risk in attacks on university computers

DHS is warning that a college's information-filled IT infrastructure can provide access to sensitive federal networks.