Emerging Tech
How to get yourself noticed on Twitter by Homeland Security
The agency has compiled a list of terms as a part of its "Media Monitoring Capability Mission".
Digital Government
Big data can save health care--but at what cost to privacy?
Medical research would benefit greatly from massive, publicly shared sets of patient information.
Cybersecurity
Analysis: Cyberwarriors face a hard truth
The possibilities, and risks, are endless on the high-tech battlefield.
Digital Government
Defense-VA electronic health record cost pegged at $4 billion
Deployment planned in stages from 2014 through 2017.
Digital Government
Defense-VA disability evaluation system still broken, Senators charge
VA plans upgrade next month to key tracking system.
Digital Government
Federal officials, Hill committees probe Facebook IPO
House and Senate panels join SEC, others, in launching investigations.
Cybersecurity
Al Qaeda video calls for electronic jihad on government computers
Senators release segment to generate urgency around a cybersecurity bill.
Digital Government
No Defense-VA integrated electronic health record until 2017
Departments need to take time to 'get it right,' Shinseki says.
Emerging Tech
Commercial rockets free up NASA resources, official says
Tuesday launch marks the start of profit-driven space flight.
Modernization
Air Force casts net for handheld touchscreen-controlled devices
Move highlights growing appetite for tablets on the battlefield.
Digital Government
First online immigration application now available
New ‘ELIS’ website lets visitors request extensions to stay in the country, a step toward digitizing the largely paper-based immigration process.
Cybersecurity
Phone hacking problems? Defense, intel agencies have an app for that
A download is letting soldiers and secret agents abroad make calls on popular smartphones and skirt eavesdropping adversaries.
Digital Government
Navy’s new network will cost half the previous estimates
Continuous competition after contract award will drive down costs further, official says.
Cybersecurity
Army eyes Internet replica for crisis drills
Portal will allow military to practice influencing the message.
Cybersecurity
Schmidt resigns from White House cyber post
Howard Schmidt, who coordinated the Obama Administration's push for cybersecurity policy and legislation, is stepping down after two-and-a-half years on the job.
Emerging Tech
Patient S3: The woman who controlled a robotic arm with her brain
15 years after she lost the ability to move her body, Cathy Hutchinson is learning how to use her brain to control a robotic arm.
Digital Government
Portable dialysis tool sought by military could reduce fatality rate from sepsis
Device could save tens of thousands of lives annually.
Emerging Tech
A Web-based app could help combat pirates and arms traffickers
The Navy is exploring technologies to mitigate maritime threats.
Emerging Tech
Brain scanning computer system takes over the work of stressed multitaskers
Researchers are investigating other mental states that could be measured.
Digital Government