Public Sector News
Texas drone bill sparks a battle
Media groups, and even some privacy advocates slam Texas effort to limit drone use as a threat to free speech read more »
H-1B politics shifts to backroom as vote nears
Hatch buys time in his effort to reduce restrictions on H-1B use read more »
Technology Strategy Board to invest £47m in digital economy this year
Focus will be on exploiting data and interoperable digital systems read more »
ODI urges government to be 'bold' on open data for business
Bold statements of intent needed on aiding innovation and ensuring data sets are published read more »
US senators begin contentious H-1B battle
'Good faith' hiring for all H-1B employers rejected by Senate Judiciary Committee read more »
Tech may sink immigration bill if unhappy, Sen. Hatch warns
Grassley wins approval of amendment to improve disclosure read more »
First California lawsuit over mobile privacy issues crashes
Court rules that federal airline laws preempt state statutes in suit seeking to force Delta Air Lines to notify mobile app users about data collection plans read more »
UK government selects Arqiva for £150m Mobile Infrastructure Project
All four mobile network operators will provide their services from the MIP infrastructure read more »
Google rival Foundem urges EU to reject remedies
The lead complainant in the Google antitust case says the current proposals would make matters worse read more »
Lottery Fund donates £15m to help tackle digital divide
There are 16 million people in the UK who currently lack basic online skills read more »
Coding and technology essential for an educated youth, says Gove
Education secretary Michael Gove delivers message at Brighton College read more »
3D-printable gun maker ordered to take down blueprints
Designs to make plastic guns downloaded more than 100,000 times from Defense Distributed's website before feds said to remove them read more »
Hackathon shows how public sector data can be used for community apps
The two-day hack attracted over 40 developers from all over the country read more »
£1bn of transactions go through public sector e-procurement platform
Some 46 percent of the deals have been completed in the last 12 months read more »
Universities get government funding to produce cyber security warriors
The grants aim to address the national need for cyber security expertise at all levels read more »
Consumer service lawsuit looms for Google in Germany
Google should start answering customer service emails, German consumer organizations said read more »
Syria 'disappears' from the Internet, security firm says
Data from Google and a security firm appear to show severe disruption to Internet services in Syria read more »
Proposed U.S. law aims to counter cybertheft with import bans
The bill would require the Director of National Intelligence to identify companies that benefit from stolen U.S. technologies read more »
Apple's privacy policy violates German data protection law, Berlin court rules
Apple's privacy clauses are too broadly formulated and therefore violate German law, the court ruled read more »
Salesforce customers will need a ‘serious reason’ to be in new UK data centre
The European hosting facility is largely be targeted at government business read more »













