Digital Government
A Fake Toilet Company Raises Legitimate Questions About Government Data-Tracking
Even the most intimate spaces are becoming public.
Digital Government
Science council approves big-data privacy report
“Technology alone can't reduce privacy risks,” says computer science professor Susan Graham, one of the authors of a White House report on big data. “There has to be policy as well.”
Digital Government
Coping with Congress
Lawmakers have given agencies long-term funding clarity for the first time in years. But the lack of budget drama could open the door to other conflicts.
Digital Government
EPA and Congress clash over regulatory authority
For Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy, getting to know Capitol Hill has not been a pleasant experience.
Digital Government
The downside of big data
Big data is all well and good, FCW's cartoonist notes, but eventually it has to go somewhere.
Digital Government
CDC Official Protests Federal Medical Response Cuts
Reduced spending has been "extremely damaging" to capabilities across the country, Dr. Ali Khan says.
Digital Government
There May Not Be Another Defense CIO Until 2017
Insiders are saying there isn’t enough time left in Obama’s second term to warrant a replacement for Teri Takai.
Digital Government
Four Things You Should Do To Get the Most Out of Teleworkers
Even CIOs struggle to manage remote workers.
Digital Government
VA Eyes Cash Prizes to Generate Ideas for New Health Record
Department officials want to tap broad intellectual resources.
Digital Government
Hate Being Near Sick People? There’s an App for That
Sickweather uses Facebook statuses and tweets about runny noses to create its real-time map of contagion.
Digital Government
Congress to Feds: You're On the Hook for Spending Transparency
The DATA Act won’t live up to its potential if the executive branch doesn't live up to its responsibilities, lawmakers say.
Digital Government
Data Act sponsors look to implementation
Key backers say they will hold OMB's "feet to the fire" to ensure the agency lives up to the measure's requirements.
Digital Government
The Data Act Is About to Shake Up Federal Operations
Following House passage late Monday, the bill that will require uniform spending data across the government heads to Obama for signature.
Digital Government
More Tech Pros Are Earning Six Figure Salaries
Year over year job postings are up 162 percent for cybersecurity professionals.
Digital Government
Operators Rely On Memory, Not Computers, to Track Nuke Waste
Inoperable phones, outdated monitoring system and absence of video surveillance thwart investigation at New Mexico repository.
Digital Government
Takai to leave DOD
CIO's May departure will add to the Pentagon's growing list of senior IT and management vacancies.
Digital Government
Data Act sent to president
The House passed the spending transparency legislation easily, as the Senate did earlier, but it's not clear what the White House position is.
Digital Government
Obama Orders Investigation of Veteran Deaths in Phoenix
Clinical experts are reviewing operations at the center where as many as 40 vets are alleged to have died awaiting care.
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