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Secret Service computers are a mess
This should make you feel nervous about your government: The Secret Service, which protects the president, other national leaders and foreign dignitaries, has a computer system from the dark ages.... Read more...
Google gets help from superspy agency
Facing serious threats to its computer networks from Chinese cyber attacks, Google has turned to the super secret National Security Agency (NSA) for help. There is probably is no better expert on the... Read more...
Secret agency goes public with budget request
There's a new wave of transparency in government, and one super-secret agency just went public as a result. The Obama administration released its $3.8 trillion budget request for 2011 on Monday,... Read more...
NSA director to be new cyber commander
There's a new cyber chief on the block, but not the one we've been waiting for. President Obama nominated National Security Agency director Lt. Gen. Keith Alexander to be promoted to the rank of... Read more...
Information Week's top CIOs in government
InformationWeek has compiled a list of the top 50 CIOs in government, an impressive lineup that highlights the growth and importance of computer technology and its integral role in all the operations... Read more...
Cyber command may grab new DISA headquarters
The U.S. Cyber Command, created to protect the military's digital networks from attack, is looking to locate its headquarters at Fort Meade, MD in a new complex that now is being constructed to house... Read more...
DHS building cyber workforce
It is well documented that the Department of Homeland Security has not been up to speed in protecting the government's computer networks from cyber attacks, and lacks the workforce necessary to do... Read more...
NSA plans huge data center in Utah
The National Security Agency, the intelligence community's electronic spying arm, is moving ahead with plans to build a one million square foot data center in Utah. This facility is part of a broader... Read more...
Former DHS IT official to head ICANN
Rod Beckstrom, who served as head of the Department of Homeland Security's National Cyber Center, has been named the new chief executive of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers... Read more...
A new military cybercommand
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates ordered the creation of a command this week that will defend military networks against computer attacks and develop offensive cyberweapons. It was a giant leap... Read more...
