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Emerging Tech
State Department’s Kindle plan offers a lesson in diplomacy
How an obliquely-worded e-reader contract generated a lot of misinformation.
Digital Government
OSC sends a stern warning about reading employees’ emails
FDA’s whistleblower case provokes the reminder, but is not the only factor.
Ideas
U.S.-India Joint Commission Touts Open Government Platform
Software will be easy access point for all government data.
Digital Government
Cybersecurity ranks as top concern in federal CIO survey
Controlling costs, human capital, governmentwide modernization efforts and mobility are lower on the list of worries.
Digital Government
No one wants to pay for TSA's new baggage screeners
GAO finds lack of support around $50 billion security update.
Emerging Tech
Better communication could help Transportation relieve traffic congestion, GAO says
Two agencies could work better with each other and states on tech that reduces highway backups.
Digital Government
IT investments not bearing fruit at FDA, report finds
Agency efforts to modernize -- including a decade-old $280 million initiative -- have fallen flat, GAO says.
Digital Government
Domestic drones put FAA in privacy hot seat
A Brookings Institution panel weighs the implications of having more unmanned aircraft in U.S. airspace.
Emerging Tech
MIT team thinks outside the box to snag social media prize
Winners of the State Department's TAG challenge adopted a nontraditional incentive structure to find roving jewel thieves.
Digital Government
On the road to digital FOIA processing, agencies take separate paths
At House hearing, departments discuss separate plans to improve electronic FOIA response.
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Digital Government
Cash left on the table in DARPA contest
Strongest team unearthed only three of seven valid Quick Response Codes, earning a partial prize.
Digital Government
Take the DARPA challenge and win $40,000
Hint: It helps if you have a lot of networked, Twitter-savvy friends with camera phones in cities across the country.
Digital Government
Obama continues social media push with Hangout
More than 227,000 Americans interview the president and vote on questions for Google+ event.
Modernization
CSC to offer cloud service for federal agencies
The private firm says it will provide 'multitenancy architecture' at a low cost.
Cybersecurity
Nation states seen as biggest cybersecurity threat
Estonia serves as a model of the dangers lurking behind coordinated Internet attacks.
Digital Government