"Government use of IT" news, interviews, and features

News about Government use of IT

• AT&T a closer partner of NSA than previously known, Snowden docs show

  A new analysis of documents leaked by Edward Snowden highlights massive surveillance efforts with special help from AT&T

• University technology program launched to give peace a chance

  Drexel University and PeaceTech Lab will enlist computer science and engineering students in conflict resolution efforts

• UK government reportedly working to end its reliance on Oracle

  The request is 'bad advice,' says one analyst

• Leading AI researchers, scientists call for a ban on autonomous weapons

  Ban weapons that choose their targets before they start an arms race, say Stephen Hawking, Elon Musk and other signatories of an open letter

• There's more to municipal broadband than public funding, says report

  City funding of entire networks is just one option for local officials looking to improve broadband networks, a report says

• OPM director resigns after unprecedented data breach

  Katherine Archuleta stands down a day after scale of the massive breach was made clear

Features about Government use of IT

• Top tech stories of 2013: Big Brother, wearables, and the struggles of aging tech giants

  Bitcoin and tech IPOs were also hot stories this year

• HealthCare.gov's problems: What we know so far

  While U.S. officials haven't talked in detail, a number of factors contributed to the malfunctioning website

• The scariest US software project horror stories of 2012

  Billions of dollars were wasted and tempers ran hot as multiple projects hit the skids this year

• Can the US military fight a war with Twitter?

  New projects could bring about a change in the way intelligence is gathered