Digital Government

Facebook Has All the Power

Media critic Jay Rosen says a controversial mood study shows how few rights and how little control Facebook users actually have.

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Dell, BlackBerry share strategies for pursuing DOD clients

Despite lower than normal turnout, Pentagon Tech Day offers industry pulse.

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Smartphones in space

NASA is sending the next generation of Google smartphones to the International Space Station with the goal of easing some of the workaday load for astronauts.

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U.S Marshals plot data strategy

The nation's oldest law enforcement agency is looking for some new technology.

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Why It Costs $1.7 Billion to Computerize Immigration Forms

USCIS awards new contract to turn around long-delayed digital casework system.

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Surprise! The Air Force May Have Already Developed Its Next Bomber

A new report suggests the aircraft may already be headed for production.

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Marines Eye Big Brother Commercial Vehicle Tracking System

One of the goals is to improve vehicle operator performance, track and protect USMC assets.

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Obama Wants Drones to Be Part of Border Migration Solution

Proposed emergency funding contains $39 million for aerial surveillance, including unmanned aircraft operations.

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House VA Committee Eyes VA eBenefits Mess

Investigation would look at the hundreds of thousands of unprocessed eBenefits claims.

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The U.S. Just Found Some Rogue Smallpox In a Closet, No Big Deal

Vials of a smallpox-causing virus in a lab's storage room.

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The Latest Snowden Leak Is Devastating to NSA Defenders

The agency collected and stored intimate chats, photos, and emails belonging to innocent Americans—and secured them so poorly that reporters can now browse them at will.

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Why the Government Is Probably About to Go on a Spending Spree

Agencies usually buy 39 percent of their IT in the fourth quarter of the fiscal year.

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GitHub: A Swiss Army knife for open government

What started as a version control system for code has become a platform for ideas and collaboration.

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Thoughts coming off the 4th of July

Steve Kelman reflects on global reaction to the United States' fundamental idea.

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Google Scrubs BBC Article Because Someone Wanted It 'Forgotten'

The action plays directly into fears that Google would allow illegitimate requests to slip through the cracks.

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A new face, renewed vision at GSA policy office

Christine Harada has two distinct focuses for what she wants to achieve at the Office of Governmentwide Policy.