Digital Government

Report: 'We the People' Online Petitions Don’t Do All That Much

White House's online petition platform has seen 38.5 million signatures on over 473,000 petitions.

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Newly Developed Breathalyzer Can Diagnose 17 Diseases With One Breath From Patient

The breathalyzer has an array of specially created gold nanoparticle

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How Trump Could Slow Medical Progress

Several of the president-elect's cabinet nominees have been outspoken critics of using embryonic stem cells and fetal tissue in research, and now some scientists fear the worst.

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Europe's Newly Launched Satellite Navigation System Is Precise Down to a Few Centimeters

This is after 17 years of development and billions spent.

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First Voice Transmission from Space was Eisenhower Wishing Peace on Earth from a Nuclear Missile

The U.S. mission known as SCORE would transmit a human voice from orbit for the first time.

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Will Trump Bring Back Outsourcing and A-76?

Prepare for the debate about which agency functions are “inherently governmental” and whether contracting out saves money.

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Ukrainian Power Company ‘99% Certain’ Blackout Result of Cyberattack

Russia is escalating cyber and ground attacks against Ukraine, observers say.

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Obama Just Made It Harder for Trump to Create a Muslim Registry

The government is dismantling a dormant program used to track people from Muslim-majority countries.

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DARPA wants to go deep on wireless

New research program would develop underwater, underground communications capabilities using ultra-low frequencies.

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Tech Trade Group: 114th Congress Was Good For Tech—And the Next One Needs to Be Too

"The members of the 115th Congress have a historic opportunity to seize the momentum," according to the group.

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Video: Hyundai is Bringing Exo-Skeletons to the Masses

The company hopes to expand the notion of mobility.

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In 2017, Expect Fierce Competition for Defense IT Contracts

Over half of the top 100 contractors will be more "exposed"—at risk of losing revenue—than they were in 2016.

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New advisory committee will assist in 2020 census

The Census Bureau is establishing a committee of public- and private-sector representatives to make sure plans for the 2020 population count are on track.

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How Did One Small Defense Firm Get a Seat at Trump’s Tech Summit?

The meeting put data-viz firm Palantir next to some of the world’s largest data-gathering companies.

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Advocacy Group to Tech Companies: Delete Your Records Before Trump Gets To Them

The Electronic Frontier Foundation took out a full-page ad in Wired's January 2017 issue.

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12 government apps to get you through the holiday season

The federal government is getting in on the holiday spirit, promoting 12 holiday-relevant agency apps that offer travel, weather, safety and educational information.

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DOD watchdog lists top 10 challenges for 2017

The Pentagon Inspector General's office has released its Fiscal Year 2017 Oversight Plan that focuses on 10 performance and management challenges facing the DOD, including cyber.