Official New FCC Net Neutrality Rules Published
Document of the day: Protecting and Promoting the Open Internet; Final Rule Federal Register Vol. 80 Monday, No. 70 (April 13, 2015) Part II, Federal Communications Commission, 47 CFR Parts 1, 8, and 20. [Official PDF version at FDsys.] SUMMARY: In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) establishes rules to protect and promote […]
More than 1,000 Government Domain Names Terminated
The government transparency website MuckRock has posted a list of all “.gov” domain names that have been terminated (including the reasons for termination) within the last ten years. The list was obtained through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the General Services Administration. Terminated .gov Domain Names. Muckrock. The Dot-Gov Rejects: The 1,000 […]
GPO: Designer of Government Websites
The Government Publishing Office announced yesterday that it has designed the Department of Commerce’s new Web site. GPO Designs New Department Of Commerce Website. GPO News Release (Apr 8, 2015). GPO designer Jon Raedeke collaborated with Commerce’s Chief Information Officer’s team on this project. GPO was responsible for designing the user-friendly, mobile-optimized Web site that […]
Watch out for fake government websites
Brian Krebs reports: “The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is warning that individuals sympathetic to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Shams (ISIS) are mass-defacing Websites using known vulnerabilities in WordPress. The FBI also issued an alert advising that criminals are hosting fraudulent government Web sites in a bid to collect personal and financial information […]