Digital Government
MEGABYTE Act Seeks to Slash Software Waste
Short for “Making Electronic Government Accountable By Yielding Tangible Efficiencies," the bill requires agencies to assemble comprehensive inventories of software licenses.
Digital Government
Attention, Would-Be Astronauts: NASA Now Accepting Online Applications
Prepare to face some stiff competition.
Digital Government
Why the Federal Government Tracks Visitors to Dot-Govs
Analytics.usa.gov keeps tabs on traffic to more than 4,000 government websites.
Digital Government
Feds Will Require $5 Registration Fee for Drones
Drone companies are expecting big sales for the holidays, but the government just gave them a lump of coal.
Digital Government
FAA releases drone registration rules
Private owners of small unmanned aircraft must register their names, physical and email addresses via an online database under new rules issued by the FAA.
Digital Government
Pentagon wants to go all-in on automation
Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Work foresees a near future in which men and women in combat will have wearable electronics equipped with software applications.
Digital Government
Can ISPs help power the 2020 census?
The fast-approaching 2020 count requires more investment in R&D, full use of Internet opportunities and possible partnerships with companies -- but not necessarily the obvious choices.
Digital Government
CIOs May Find a Secret Weapon in FITARA
One CIO threatened to cut off access for insecure users and put a freeze on IT spending.
Digital Government
Tokyo Police Use Nets to Capture Rogue Drones
The idea of catching drones this way isn’t new, and Tokyo’s police chose the method after reviewing various anti-drone efforts underway in other nations.
Digital Government
House passes five-day CR
The House passed a continuing resolution on Dec. 11, which would keep the government funded through Dec. 16.
Digital Government
FBI Chief Admits It’s Impossible to Ban All Encryption
The government can at least make it harder to hide from surveillance, James Comey says.
Digital Government
Are agencies listening to their watchdogs?
Lawmakers quiz oversight officials about why agencies aren't taking their advice.
Digital Government
Launch delay won't open weather data gap, NOAA says
NOAA bumped the launch of a key weather data collection satellite to October 2016, but the agency doesn't anticipate a gap in weather forecast data because of the change.
Digital Government
Digital engagement is important to voters
The second round of findings from Adobe's Digital Government Survey shows that modernizing the government's online presence is an issue that both political parties can rally around.
Digital Government
The US Government Wants IBM to Build Quantum Computers for It
These machines could be used to develop new drugs, crack codes, or potentially even create true artificial intelligence.
Digital Government
These 6 Principles Could Change the Face of Federal Technology
New guiding principles and actions aim to boost the performance of federal technology for all agencies.
Digital Government
Google’s Chairman Wants Algorithms to Censor the Internet for Hate Speech
We should build tools to help de-escalate tensions on social media—sort of like spell-checkers, but for hate and harassment.”
Digital Government
Expert: Requirements Have No Place in Agile Development
“There is nothing required in agile,” said Greg Godbout, EPA chief technology officer, during an event in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday.
Digital Government
Continuing resolution may be needed to buy time for appropriations work
Congress may have to fund the government with a temporary spending measure while an omnibus appropriations bill is finalized.
Digital Government