Modernization
Commentary: Mobile Tech Could Sharply Boost Feds’ Productivity
Industry has become 50 percent more productive over the last two and a half decades while government has become less productive.
Emerging Tech
U.S. Nuclear Lab Ready to Shelve Costly Facility Plan
The laboratory would instead permanently parcel out work to an array of smaller buildings.
Digital Government
How Big Data Can Catch Oxycontin Abusers and Bad Docs
A team of forensic experts are trying to stanch the flow of prescription drugs into the black market.
Modernization
FCC Seeks More Federal Spectrum to Boost Wi-Fi Use
New bandwidth will support gigabit speeds.
Digital Government
Can America code its way to more factories?
Software is eating manufacturing right in front of us.
Management
Federal Contractor Issues Layoff Warnings, Citing Budget Uncertainty
BAE Systems sends 3,500 WARN notices, other contractors take wait-and-see approach.
Modernization
'Bring Your Own Bandwidth' Means a Future of Ultra-Cheap Calls
Republic Wireless is selling a phone that will carry out all of its functions over WiFi.
Cybersecurity
One If By Land, Two If By Sea, 10101101 If By Cyberspace
The government is finding that the cyber battlespace is the same as the others, in some ways.
Cybersecurity
China Says the U.S. Is Actually the Hacker You Should Be Worried About
China claims they are only the victim in cyber attacks.
Cybersecurity
Is the Facebook Hack Part of a Bigger Spy Threat?
Facebook announced last week that its systems had been targeted in a sophisticated attack.
Emerging Tech
Like a Swarm of Lethal Bugs: The Most Terrifying Drone Video Yet
An Air Force simulation says researchers are at work on killer robots so tiny that a group of them could blend into a cityscape.
Digital Government
Veterans Affairs CIO Roger Baker Plans to Resign
The high-profile executive has not set his departure date beyond the near future.
Digital Government
VA Processes Some Post-9/11 GI Bill Claims Manually Despite $263 Million IT Investment
System lacks easy to portal to help vets track claims.
Cybersecurity
Why America Is Losing the War Against China's Hacker Spies
Chinese hackers are on a digital espionage campaign targeting a vast array of pretty much any major American organization with intellectual property to protect.
Cybersecurity
Pentagon will require security standards for critical infrastructure networks
Defense plan was in the works before Obama signed Tuesday’s cybersecurity executive order.
Emerging Tech
High School Students Should Learn to Code, Obama says
The president tackled issues large and small in post-State of the Union hangout.
Digital Government
FBI Probes Possible NASA Delivery of Antimissile Data to China, Other Nations
Allegations of illegal technology transfer are under review, lawmakers say.
Emerging Tech
Battery Company Employees Played Video Games on Taxpayers’ Dime
IG audit found Recovery Act stimulus funds were misused, just as President Obama is pitching new clean-energy investments.
Cybersecurity
Obama’s cyber executive order lays foundation for mandatory regulations
The directive expands to all critical sectors a Defense Department program that shares classified threat intelligence.
Cybersecurity