Digital Government

A Grand Bargain to Make Tech Companies Trustworthy

Doctors and lawyers are prohibited from using clients’ information for their own interests, so why aren’t Google and Facebook?

Digital Government

Beyond Big Dog: The US Army Searches for an Infantry Squadbot

Service officials have a concept of operations and a plan to deploy a cargo-carrying robot alongside dismounted soldiers in 2019. But can the acquisition system keep up?

Digital Government

Some Agencies Are Making Headway on Luring Millennials

Senate panel bemoans lengthy time-to-hire and still burdensome USAJOBS site.

Digital Government

Helping Smart Cites Harness Big Data

The open-source mapping company Mapbox is starting a new “mentorship” program to help cities tackle their most pressing urban issues.

Digital Government

Body Cameras Are Betraying Their Promise

They’re not transparent. They’re not independent. They’re not even turned on when they should be.

Digital Government

Watchdog: Most agencies have incomplete IT inventories

GAO said most big federal agencies do not have complete inventories of their IT assets, which means they are missing opportunities to identify savings, creating security risks and not complying with FITARA.

Digital Government

The Perfect Email

An etiquette update: Brevity is the highest virtue.

Digital Government

The Algorithms That Tell Bosses How Employees Are Feeling

Sentiment-analysis software can help companies figure out what’s bothering workers—or what they’re excited about.

Digital Government

The Global Cost of Electronic Waste

Computers, phones, and other digital devices increasingly are made to be thrown away—which is bad for both consumers and the environment.

Digital Government

Medicine at Forefront of White House Open Data Initiatives

For at least two projects, the impetus is personal as well as technological.

Digital Government

Army Racing to Catch Up to Russia On Battle Drones

After watching UAVs dominate eastern Ukrainian skies, the service is seeking counter-drone tech and new families of flying robots.

Digital Government

New Background Check Bureau Advances with Director, IT Plan

The National Background Investigations Bureau begins operations Oct. 1.

Digital Government

GSA unveils Data Federation portal

GSA wants new U.S. Data Federation to become source and inspiration for more open data across government.

Digital Government

Obama nominates new DOD IG

President Barack Obama has nominated acting Defense Department Inspector General Glenn Fine to be the permanent IG.

Digital Government

Mark Zuckerberg Released Photos of Facebook’s Highly Advanced and Rather Dystopian-Looking Data Center

The company is using the Arctic air in its Swedish location to keep the servers in the massive building cool at all times.

Digital Government

Microsoft is first through FedRAMP Accelerated

The first cloud security provider to complete the accelerated route through GSA's cloud security authorization program took 15 weeks.