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Rebecca Carroll

Senior Correspondent

Rebecca Carroll
Before joining Government Executive’s editing team, Rebecca Carroll wrote and edited for The Associated Press in Washington, New York and Bangkok, and for National Geographic News. She also was a Peace Corps volunteer in China, where she returned to study at the Johns Hopkins-Nanjing University Center. She holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania, with a double major in English and Philosophy.
Digital Government

Pentagon Casts Wider Net to Avert the Next Ebola Before It Arrives

New two-page EZ application is the first step to DARPA funding for biological technology.

Digital Government

Why Did This Federal Lab Pay 42 Different Prices for the Same Computer?

Energy Department has attempted to standardize equipment buys, but IT purchasing remains problematic.

Digital Government

An Outdoorsy Plea for Open Federal Campsite Data

Recreation.gov needs an API requirement, outdoorsy companies say.

Emerging Tech

White House Challenge: Make Our First 3-D Printed Christmas Ornament

You don’t even need a 3-D printer.

Digital Government

Republicans Target Tech Official to Link Obama to HealthCare.gov Woes

Todd Park formally subpoenaed to testify Nov. 19.

Emerging Tech

Anyone Ever Done This Before? Patent Office Turns to Crowdsourcing

What should the contract look like? PTO asks.

Digital Government

More Federal Employees Are Teleworking More Often

The uptick is slight but steady, survey of feds shows.

Digital Government

How the Government Spent $103 Billion in Just 2 Months

And those were just the contracts we know about.

Digital Government

IRS Agrees It Wastes Money on Software -- But Not That Much

Agency CTO disputes IG findings but agrees to manage licenses better.

Emerging Tech

Feds Use New 3-D Printer to Create Bomb-Sniffing Artificial Dog Noses

Dog noses have about 50 times as many olfactory receptors as humans.

Emerging Tech

Getting Health Info to Low-Income Cellphone Users

The digital divide is shrinking; useful apps aren’t keeping pace.

Digital Government

What ‘America’s Data Agency’ Should Be Doing With Its Data

Lessons from an open data roundtable at the Commerce Department.

Emerging Tech

A New Way to Find Federal Contracting Information

GovTribe’s free alternative to FBO hits the Web.

Digital Government

CDC Looks to Expand Ebola Screening at Major US Airports

The virus is also the target of the White House's latest Grand Challenge.

Digital Government

Feds Buy Back USASpending Website After Contractor Bankruptcy

Move finally opens federal contracting data.

Emerging Tech

FAA Needs a Cloud for Its PDFs

Digital AeroNav Products are getting unwieldy.

Emerging Tech

Peace Corps Sees Record Interest After Simplified Application Goes Online

Old application involved 60 printed pages and took as long as eight hours to complete.

Modernization

App to Help Feds Nab Child Predators Expands to Android

ICE says iPhone version was a success, expands program.

Modernization

Government Printing Office Becomes First Legislative Agency to Adopt Cloud Email

GPO opts for Microsoft Office 365.

Emerging Tech

US Needs a New Robotics Agency or the Machine Overlords Will Win … Or Something

Much is lost in the current patchwork approach, Ryan Calo argues.