Cybersecurity is centra​l to the mission of every federal department and agency and the government must avoid over-centralization and one-size-fits-all mandates, Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker told the…

U.S. officials and tech company executives were scrambling Tuesday to deal with the fallout from a European Court of Justice ruling which tossed out Safe Harbor, the…

FedScoop has once again sought to recognize 50 women whose vibrant energy, determination and imagination are making a monumental difference in the federal government IT community, and…

Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker swore in Michelle Lee, the first woman director of the Patent and Trademark Office in the agency's 225-year history.

Kalin, previously the director of open data for Socrata, will oversee what Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker refers to as "America's data agency."

The Commerce Data Advisory Council will help guide "America's Data Agency" further forays into data management, analysis and dissemination.

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee announced Tuesday it has launched an investigation into alleged abuses of telework privileges at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. In…

Commerce Department Secretary Penny Pritzker announced Monday her department’s plan to hire its first ever chief data officer, an effort to expand Commerce’s role as “America’s data agency.”…

Steve Cooper, the former chief information officer at the Homeland Security Department, today begins his latest government assignment as the CIO of the Commerce Department. Cooper confirmed…

A new initiative from the U.S. Economic Development Administration and the Harvard Business School will allow anyone to visualize economic clusters across the country and see how…