Digital Government

Despite the Glitches, Shoppers Can’t Quit Amazon

The company’s website continually crashed during its much-touted Prime Day event, but sales were still higher than ever.

Digital Government

Is Congress expanding its knowledge to meet oversight demands?

Another Hill hearing on social media shows members and staff struggling to keep pace with the knowledge required to do oversight on technology topics.

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Is the federal tech community fed up with Trump?

After the president's provocative appearance with Russia's Vladimir Putin, Steve Kelman finds that some measured, establishment IT leaders are speaking out.

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Lawmaker looks to block Trump's latest workforce order

Two leading Democrats on the House Oversight Committee are also seeking hearings on the executive order putting administrative law judges outside of the competitive service.

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Army Futures Command to make its home in Austin

Army leadership announced that Austin, Texas, will be the new home of its modernization command, taking advantage of the city's built-in tech-centric culture.

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Microsoft Is Putting Slack On Notice

The company's new product appears positioned to directly compete with Slack’s free offering.

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Donald Trump Nominated a Man With No Space Experience To Be NASA’s Second-in-Command

Trump is passing over Dr. Janet Kavandi, an astronaut and respected leader of one of the space agency’s research centers.

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Cheap Sensors Are Democratizing Air-Quality Data

A new generation of inexpensive, portable air-quality sensors is making it easier for citizen groups and individuals to monitor the air around them.

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NASA’s Chief Wants Former Astronaut Janet Kavandi to Help Run Things. Trump Is Looking at the Senate’s Admin Guy

The wrong person in that job could create new problems for NASA.

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Draft data strategy pushes transparency, quality, privacy

The Trump administration's federal data strategy met its first milestone, the release of an initial set of draft principles.