Budget reflects shift in scientific R&D, education
Funding requests for scientific research and development, including clean energy, bio and nano research and education, would increase under the president's 2013 budget proposal.
US energy systems have disaster written all over them
Bringing new, localized sources of energy online in a smart grid would help to create a resilient, independent energy system and could foil potential cyberattacks to boot.
GPO expands into secure e-document business
The shift to electronic passports opened up a line of business for the Government Printing Office, which is now making PIV cards and other secure documents.
New public printer preps GPO for a multi-format future
The emergence of digital media is putting new demands on the Government Printing Office, and newly appointed acting Public Printer Davita Vance-Cooks says the ability to supply new formats for customers is "critical to our survival at GPO."
Feds seek private-sector leadership on trusted online identities
NIST has announced it will offer funding for a private steering group to lead implementation of the NSTIC vision of a secure online identity ecosystem for the general public.
A race to restore the voices of the past
Energy Department physicists have developed an imaging system that allows libraries and museums to recover voices from audio recordings that have been mute for more than a century.
IRENE: Key to unlocking mute recordings
Scientists from the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab and the Library of Congress are collaborating on using digital images to reproduce sound.
Legal, policy frameworks can hamper cybersecurity
The current legal and policy framework encouraging voluntary security efforts have failed to protect the nation's infrastructure, but additional regulation could be counterproductive, industry reps told a House panel.
Kennedy assassination tapes a hit on FDsys site
The Government Printing Office cooperated with NARA to host recently released audio tapes of Air Force One communications from Nov. 22, 1963.
Internet Society launches info hub for DNSSEC, IPv6
The Deploy360 site is an online resource for information on two transformative technologies being implemented globally on the Internet.
It's time to shelve SOPA, PIPA
Pending bills to address online piracy and counterfeiting are technically irresponsible and err by making third-party service providers responsible for enforcement.
Anonymous takes down Boston PD site, releases FBI/Scotland Yard call
The hacktivist group's attacks the latest in a string of malicious activity targeting government sites.
New, stealthy threats change best responses to cyberattack
With advanced persistent threats, trying to ID the source can be 'futile,' so focus on minimizing the damage, a revision of NIST's guidelines for incident response says.
$10M offered for ideas on creating trusted online identities
NIST is making grants available for research that addresses technical and operational challenges to implementing the administration's National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace.
Are the days of hands-off Internet policies numbered?
International regulations on telecommunications, drafted in 1988, will be revised later this year, and several countries could look to exert control.
White House: Tech standards are (mostly) industry's job
Standards will be created primarily by industry, but the government will still have a say in national priority areas such as cybersecurity, health care IT and clean energy.
Political borders don't stop cyberattacks, but they prevent defense, study finds
A fragmented environment and lack of shared understanding hinders the cooperation needed to defend cyberspace against hostile nations and criminals, a McAfee study found.
Court's GPS ruling doesn't answer the real question of online privacy
The court's decision that use of a GPS tracking device constitutes a search relied on property rights and did not address the question of privacy in an increasingly online world.
Supreme Court: Planting GPS tracker on a car is 'search,' requires warrant
The court rules unanimously that police installing a GPS device on a suspect's vehicle constitutes a search and requires a warrant to be constitutional.
NIST unveils specs for continuous security monitoring
Two new reports from NIST provide technical specifications and guidance for implementing continuous security monitoring of IT systems.
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