Government IT

NSA cites Reagan-era executive order to justify collection of cellphone location data

Insists program is legal and purely outward-facing

Republicans: HealthCare.gov shows government incompetence

Critics of the website point to its rollout as a reason to question large government programs

CIOs to Gain Authority, Better Alignment With Business Leaders

HealthCare.gov deploys new queuing feature on busy Monday

The website launches a new user queue after performance lags with about 35,000 users

US HHS says it has reached HealthCare.gov deadline

About 80 percent of website users are now able to complete their insurance applications, officials say

HealthCare.gov experiences another outage

The Monday crash comes days before a government deadline to have the site largely fixed

HealthCare.gov to double capacity by end of month

The HHS tech team expects the site to handle 50,000 users at a time by the end of November

Federal CIOs Look to Platform-as-a-Service for Software Development

US HHS: Many people will shop for insurance outside HealthCare.gov

Many insurance shoppers will choose to buy coverage over the phone or in person, officials say

British spies reportedly monitor hotel bookings of diplomats around the world

Knowing in advance which hotel a diplomat will stay at can be used to launch on-site intelligence gathering operations