Digital Government
Lockheed Martin Could Spin Off Its $6 Billion Government IT Business
"It has become increasingly difficult for us to compete effectively," a spokesperson said.
Digital Government
Treasury Taps 18F to Craft New $10 Bill's Digital Strategy
GSA's tech fix-it team advised the Treasury on getting the public to speak up about the redesign.
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Why the Definition of 'Computer' Keeps Changing
It used to be a person. Now, it's a machine. What's next?
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Here's the Right Way to Make Email Introductions
Find out what you've been doing wrong.
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Drones Make it Harder for California to Fight Giant Wildfire
Only you can prevent wildfires—but using a drone could make one even worse.
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Coast Guard Considering Replacing Its Forensics Software
Its current software suite analyzes emails and chats, and scans documents for information relevant to investigations, among other capabilities.
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White House Wants Agencies to Prioritize Emerging Tech in Next Year’s Budget
Nanotechnology, robotics and cyber-physical systems get a shout-out in the budget memo.
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New Font Automatically Censors ‘Spook Words’ Monitored by the NSA
Do you dare install this font on your computer?
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Q&A: How This Venture Fund Wants to Help Startups With No Government Experience Navigate Washington
Formerly an investor with NEA, Yanev Suissa left to fund SineWave Ventures.
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Why It Still Sucks to Be a CIO in Government and What a New Law Can Do About It
While CIOs claim the “chief” title, in many cases their hands have been tied by sprawling bureaucratic structures and a lack of institutional heft.
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How a Fed with Fake Diplomas Worked at the Interior Department for 5 Years
The technology officer eventually resigned from the Interior Department—and then he worked at the Census Bureau.
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McCain on defense bill, NGA on Hootenanny, Army on battlefield tech
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
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Yes, There Will Be a Federal Spending Spree This Fall
Expect another end-of-fiscal-year surge, especially in IT contracting.
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Can NOAA pay industry to fill its weather data gap?
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration must balance its treaty obligations to provide weather data freely to the world against the private-sector innovation that weather data property rights could unleash.
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NTIS tries to refocus on data
The new plan is for the National Technical Information Service to become a hub for open data, but some in Congress would still like to shut the agency down.
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Q&A: The Case for Crowdsourcing War Games
Washington-based consulting firm WikiStrat is polling its a network of 2,000 experts for war game simulations.
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How Much Damage Can OPM Hackers Do With a Million Fingerprints?
The pilfering of 1.1 million fingerprints is “probably the biggest counterintelligence threat in my lifetime,” one former NSA official said.
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Video: The Booming Business of Baby-Boomer Tech
Some valuable apps for those reaching their golden years.
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Defending the Digital Consumer
FTC Commissioner Julie Brill prepares for the day there is no Internet.
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