Digital Government

Here Are the Best TSA Yelp Reviews

Travelers have been very candid in their assessments.

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Six Months In, White House Data Scientist Reflects on Progress

Sixth months after his first day in office, White House Chief Data Scientist DJ Patil is assessing the administration's progress.

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Creating the next-generation manufacturing world

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is teaming with Autodesk to research advanced applications for 3D printing.

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Can Metrics Capture the Value of 'Innovation'?

Government CIOs are very good at measuring hardware and software performance. They're not as good at measuring their organization, a new report argues.

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The Dos and Don'ts of Implementing Innovative Technology

Federal agencies face a whirlwind of distinct challenges when implementing innovative IT, which they have to learn to overcome, says one industry expert.

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Video: How Data Engages CItizens in Kansas City

Open data meets the art world.

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Nextgov Prime 2015 Keynote Speakers Announced

Cybersecurity and government data leaders to headline daylong event.

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Video: The Inconvenient Truth About Wearing Earbuds

Ditch the earbuds and save your hearing.

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How Phone Companies Used 'Supercookies' to Track Customers' Web Browsing

AT&T and Verizon continued tracking users' unencrypted traffic for months after backlash over the practice erupted in November 2014, researchers found.

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Amazon's Despised Management Tool Could Be Coming to Your Office

Who doesn’t enjoy a good round of brutal criticism?

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White House Makes Presidential Innovation Fellows Program Permanent

The president signed an executive order ensuring the PIF program outlasts an administration change.

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Leaky data integration costs billions

A new study says bad data integration results in $342 billion in lost health care benefits every year.

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US Intelligence Community Keys in on the Russian ‘Troll Army’ Manipulating Social Media

Algorithms might be able to discern Facebook and Twitter trolls.

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Get To Know Sundar Pichai, Google's New CEO

Known mainly to Silicon Valley insiders, he has finally reached the tech summit.

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Watchdog: DOD and VA Need Better Metrics for Health Record Interoperability

The two groups, overseen by the Interagency Program Office, don't have a good way to measure progress on interoperability, according to GAO.

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A Rebooted Approach to DevOps Training

DevOps University plans to use real-world scenarios, hands-on experiences and train agency employees at both the executive and grassroots levels.

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No Protests After $9 Billion Pentagon Contract

Sources with knowledge of the bids tell Nextgov that Leidos’ bid was about $1 billion cheaper than the bids of its competitors over the contract’s 10-year base.

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No protests in DOD electronic health record award

The team of Leidos, Cerner and Accenture won the Defense Healthcare Management System Modernization contract, potentially worth $9 billion, on July 29.

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The American way of death data

The CDC is using emerging IT tools to improve the way mortality data is reported, collected and used.

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FedRAMP OKs IBM mobile, FAA warns drones and more

News and notes from around the federal IT community.