Digital Government

Federal CIO Survey: It’s Cyber, Then Everything Else

One CIO described cybersecurity as the government’s “never-ending bug hunt."

Digital Government

Pentagon Seeks Tech for New Background Investigation Bureau

DISA seeks commercial options to support the new background check system.

Digital Government

Treasury 'on track' to hit Data Act milestones

Despite concerns, Treasury Department officials said they are on schedule to publish agency spending data by the May 2017 deadline.

Digital Government

New rules of the road for self-driving cars

The Obama administration announced new guidelines for autonomous vehicles, taking the technology "from sci-fi fantasy to an emerging reality with the potential to transform the way we live."

Digital Government

Innovation in government can come from anywhere

Steve Kelman sees potential in a public-domain piano experiment.

Digital Government

Incomplete Fingerprint Records May Have Helped Criminals Gain Citizenship

DHS needs to digitize its fingerprint records, according to a report from the Inspector General's Office.

Digital Government

Innovation After Hours: Check Out Nextgov’s Newest Event

We’ve themed our first program in this series of events around open source and analytics.

Digital Government

Virtual Reality May Help You Control Your Dreams

Research suggests people dream more lucidly after they’ve immersed themselves in virtual worlds.

Digital Government

The Man in Charge of Stopping the Next Snowden

Moving past the summer of 2013 has proven difficult for the intelligence community.

Digital Government

White House Data Scientist: Even Slackers Can Make It To the Top

Despite a lack of focus early on—he "barely graduated from high school," he says—DJ Patil has had a long career in data science.

Digital Government

Everybody wants digital government, but doubts remain about ROI

A new survey shows that agencies want to be more innovative in the digital space, but struggle to show a clear return on investment.

Digital Government

NOAA Awards 2 Contracts Under Commercial Weather Data Pilot

Under the deals, two companies will essentially act as private sector guinea pigs, using their satellites to collect and distribute radio occultation data to NOAA.

Digital Government

There's lots of ambiguity in agencies' embrace of agile

GAO report warns that OMB's unclear guidance on agile development is interfering with agencies' ability to report on the status of such projects.

Digital Government

When Hurricane Hunters Are Replaced by Drones

For more than 70 years, pilots have flown into the center of deadly storms to collect crucial scientific and forecasting data. Is it time to have robots do that work for them?

Digital Government

VA Innovator Network To Expand, Less Than 1 Year In

It started out at eight pilot sites in November, but could soon expand to about a dozen more this year.

Digital Government

Would Obama Pardon Edward Snowden?

It’s a long shot, but who knows what the president might do in his last months in office.

Digital Government

Military’s Tech Matchmaker Is Getting Ready to Open Its Wallet

Carter says DIUx will also get a new Austin branch, its third after Boston and Silicon Valley.

Digital Government

Hurd Introduces Modernizing Government Technology Act to House

New IT legislation is a combination of Hurd’s MOVE IT act and the IT Modernization Fund championed by U.S. CIO Tony Scott