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Federal government forms IT advisory group to advance digital education

The Federal Government has sought assistance from the IT sector after announcing the formation of a new expert advisory group for digital education.

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Steven VanRoekel will succeed Kundra as US CIO

Steven VanRoekel, formerly managing director at the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, will succeed Vivek Kundra as the Chief Information Officer (CIO) of the U.S. federal government, The New York...

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Spammers abuse .gov URL shortener service in work-at-home scams

Spammers have found a way to abuse a URL shortener service destined for U.S. government social media activities in order to craft rogue .gov URLs for work-at-home scams.

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Italian party uses Internet to select parliamentary candidates

Italy's innovative 5-Star Movement last week organized an online vote to choose its candidates for next year's national election in what it said was the first such exercise ever to be attempted.

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German government should make its software available as open source,...

Germany should change a law to enable public administrations to make their software available as free and open source, a German parliamentary committee has advised.

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Indian biometric ID project faces court hurdle

A controversial biometric project in India, which could require people to produce their biometric IDs to collect government subsidies, has received a significant setback from the country's Supreme Court.

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

Politics collided with the world of technology this year as stories about U.S. government spying stirred angst both among the country's citizens and foreign governments, and the flawed HeathCare.gov...

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German coalition favors German-owned or open source software, aims to lock...

Germany's new coalition government listed open source software among its IT policy priorities, and said it will take steps to protect its citizens against espionage threats from the NSA and other...

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India's poll panel declines Google voting services offer over security concerns

A proposal by Google to offer voter lookup services was declined by the Election Commission of India, after cybersecurity experts and political parties voiced concern about the plan's security...

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New think tank tackles Internet governance

An international think tank launched at the World Economic Forum on Wednesday with the goal of influencing the future governance of the Internet.

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Canada halts online tax returns in wake of Heartbleed

Canada Revenue Agency has halted online filing of tax returns by the country's citizens following the disclosure of the Heartbleed security vulnerability that rocked the Internet this week.

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White House names Google veteran as CTO

U.S. President Barack Obama has named long-time Google executive Megan Smith as the government's new CTO, in charge of improving technology and the use of data across agencies.

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India's biometric ID project is back on track

The new Indian government has indicated strong support for a controversial project to require residents to have biometric IDs in order to collect government benefits, setting a target of 1 billion...

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Microsoft will offer locally hosted cloud services in India

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella wooed India's government and banks on Tuesday with an offer to host cloud services including Azure and Office 365 in the country.

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EU bodies should accept new e-signatures in all transactions, says Kroes

Electronic signatures now have legal force across the European Union, but at the highest levels of government too many procedures are still performed on paper, outgoing European Commission Vice...

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