Digital Government

Federal Customer Experience Still Terrible, Study Says

On average, the public is less satisfied with customer experience at federal agencies than they are with both TV and Internet service providers, according to a Forrester research study published Thursday.

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How the Census Bureau evangelizes open data

Apps using open data to solve civic problems were showcased at Census Bureau demo day.

Digital Government

This Is How the Modern-Day Tech Resume Should Look

An online presence can provide everything a company needs.

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Commerce, PayPal to Share Data on US Exports

The payment system and the federal agency will work together to encourage U.S. exports.

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Video: Everything Google Knows About You

And how to manage it in Google's privacy settings.

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Patent Office Preps to Overhaul Patent Filing Process

The public is asked to help the agency determine the best way to give its digital patent application system a large-scale refresh.

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There’s Finally a Great Use for IBM’s Watson: Making Fantasy Football Picks

Gone are the days of wasting hours searching for reports on fantasy football players, and having to weigh one pundit’s analysis against another’s.

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Watch an Eagle Punch a Drone Out of the Sky

This bird of prey was not having it.

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Clinton Will Turn Over Email Server, Thumb Drive to Justice Department

The Democratic White House front-runner's campaign says she "pledged to cooperate with the government's security inquiry."

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CIOs Used to Keeping 'the Trains Running on Time' Should Adjust to Broader Role

Tomorrow's CIO "has to be more balanced in terms of his or her focus, more strategic and more involved in the agency discussion about how that agency fulfills its role in the future,” Tony Scott said.

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NASA's Tumblr to Give Users 'Regular Dose of Space'

The space agency is just the latest federal agency to make its debut on Tumblr.

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Future Offices Will Look A Lot Like 'Harry Potter'

Some offices might become a bit more magical.

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Where Customer Experience is Winning (and Losing) in Government

Without the spotlight of a presidential administration or a top-down leadership push, most federal agencies have long fought a losing battle in meaningful customer experience improvements.

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Federal CTO: Government Should Take an Active Role in Innovation

On Monday, Megan Smith talked White House digital innovation during the second annual LGBTQ Tech & Innovation Summit in Washington, D.C.

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Someone At DEF CON Made a Drone That Hacks Computers

You can buy it for $2,500 — and turn it into a flying malware injector.

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Hackers to Military: Replace Us With Robots? Ha!

Next year’s Cyber Grand Challenge event will pit humans against machines in a grand hacking war. DEF CON’s war gamers like their chances.

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A nuclear blast from the past

Vintage reel-to-reel data recorders are still spitting out telemetry on weapons tests three decades later.

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Q&A with Ian Kalin: Why Commerce is Taking More Cues from the Private Sector

Commerce's chief data officer described the department's efforts to listen to entrepreneurs' data demands.

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The Exoskeleton's Hidden Burden

A growing number of companies are developing assistive technologies to help disabled people walk—but these devices can distract from infrastructure changes that would make cities more disability-friendly.

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Why Aren't There Nanobot Doctors Yet?

Scientists have long said that tiny robots would soon be able to conduct surgery and deliver drugs deep inside the body. Here’s why they’re still not a reality.