Today President Obama signed an executive order that prohibits employees of the federal government from sending text messages while driving a government vehicle, when using a government-issued device in their own vehicle, or when driving on official government business. ...(follow link to read)

As President-elect Barack Obama gets sworn in as president tomorrow and soon after appoints the country's first CTO, Intel CTO Justin Rattner has captured his thoughts and views from thousands of others on how the tech industry can help to advance efficiencies across government agencies, spur innovation and address the top technology initiatives (see his letter to the incoming Obama CTO).

Nine months into the job, Vivek Kundra discusses IT initiatives, the path ahead, and challenges in driving the Obama Administration's 'open government' agenda.

The Electronic Frontier Foundation sued government agencies for allegedly refusing to release information about how they are using social networks in surveillance and investigations. The Electronic Frontier Foundation sued the CIA, the US Department of Defense, Department of Justice and three other government agencies on Tuesday for allegedly refusing...

Major government-wide IT initiatives planned include cloud computing, collaboration, and government transparency.

We talk a lot at Betanews about weak security at certain government agencies (hello, IRS!), but let's not forget that federal employees can suffer too when protections fall at an agency or contractor -- for instance, at Virginia-based SRA International, which handles IT services for various defense, military and civil agencies.

Only 30 percent of sensitive information stored on U.S. government laptops and mobile devices, including the personal information of U.S. residents, was encrypted a year ago, despite a series of data breaches at government agencies in recent years, according to an auditor's report.

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and executives from Facebook, Sprint, Adobe and other tech firms are scheduled to meet with government officials to discuss innovation and leadership.

As many as two dozen countries have taken an "aggressive interest" in penetrating the networks of U.S. companies and government agencies, officials said this week.

Many Australian government agencies do not have appropriate controls covering the use of portable storage devices (PSDs) for the handling of personal information.According to new research by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner, this personal information is being lost at an alarming rate.