Digital Government

Democratic Lawmaker: We Need Cyber Legislation Before NSA Reform

“High-level” discussions on surveillance overhaul aren’t taking place, Rep. Adam Schiff said.

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18F is growing up fast

Launched a year ago with 15 employees, 18F is expected to have nearly a hundred soon.

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Federal IT Spending Could Spike in 2016

The Department of Health and Human Services' IT spending may be the main driver, a new forecast suggests.

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Obama Nominates New CIO for VA

If confirmed by the Senate, LaVerne Horton Council would become VA's IT chief.

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Lawmakers Skeptical of Digital Service Funding Boost

Some House Republicans appeared to balk at the price tag for scaling up the Digital Service’s White House headquarters.

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National Archives Says Preserving Clinton’s Emails Could Take 30 Years

It’s a long road from the former secretary’s inbox to the government agency, which doesn’t have the authority to implement record-keeping rules for other agencies.

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In Wake of Net Neutrality, Republicans Take Aim at FCC’s Budget

The draft bill has sparked a partisan clash that could derail attempts to find a compromise on Internet regulation.

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This Is How the Military Eyes ISIS Oil Laundering from the Sky

By watching signs of the black market oil industry, NGA can glean clues to help its partners choke off the source of ISIS' money and fuel.

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Video: How Open Data Improves Government Collaboration

Check out the 9th installment of our collaboration with Socrata's Open Data TV.

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Obama Shakes Up IT Leadership; Names New Director of White House IT

The Obama administration has tasked a former Facebook engineer with helping modernize White House technology.

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Court: NSA Spying May Continue Even If Congress Lets Authority Expire

The Obama administration could continue collecting American phone records absent lawmaker approval.

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Republican: Net Neutrality Will 'Jeopardize the Open Internet'

All five FCC commissioners face questions from the Senate Commerce Committee.

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New Dashboard Tracks Which Federal Sites You're On, And How You Got There

The U.S. Digital Service, 18F and GSA's Digital Analytics team launched the site Thursday.

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USAID Tech Guru VanRoekel Stepping Down

The former White House CIO joined USAID to help apply technology to the Ebola fight.

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Senators Want to Speed Adoption of Electronic Health Records Systems

Lawmakers discussed how to make electronic health record systems talk to each other.

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Computers Can Now Predict Violent Outbreaks Around the World

Statistical and computer models are identifying possible causes of conflict, raising hopes of prevention, and potentially providing guidance on safety and stability for development work.

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Bipartisan Drone Privacy Bill Back on the Table

Reps. Ted Poe and Zoe Lofgren are reintroducing legislation that would limit how the U.S. government can use drones to spy on American citizens.

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DHS looking for wider bio-data feed

The National Biosurveillance Integration Center wants a source that can aggregate a minimum of 50,000 online data sources every 12 hours.

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Rise of the Data Chiefs: Meet the Federal Officials Aiming to Usher in Government’s ‘Golden Age’ of Data

Nextgov sat down with five recently appointed agency chief data officers across government to discuss the mission of the agency CDO and whether there’s room in the federal organizational chart for yet another “chief.”