Digital Government

New Mexico Lets Nuclear Waste Remain Above Ground After Radioactive Leak

Atomic waste-filled containers are being temporarily stored outside faulty underground facility.

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2015 Budget Would Boost Investments in STEM Education

One proposed change is a governmentwide reorganization of STEM education programs.

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DHS Wants More Virtual Fence Funding

Fiscal 2015 budget proposes $11 million more for border control equipment and surveillance.

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Defense budget zeroes in on cyber spending

Few specifics were revealed, but the trend is clearly toward tech and away from troops.

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A Call to Action for IT Leaders

Federal acquisition regulations have become a counter-force to innovation and evolution in technology.

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Inside the Tech Team Fixing the Obamacare Website

Time article provides rich insight into the intersection of Silicon Valley and Washington culture.

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IG report finds flaws in NASA's mobile device management

About 14 percent of all agency-issued devices went unused for seven months, says a report from NASA IG Paul Martin.

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This week in online disintermediation: Charities

Steve Kelman looks at the latest example of tradeoffs inherent in internet innovation.

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Here’s an Idea for a Digital Currency That Actually Solves a Problem, Unlike Bitcoin

Nobel economist Robert Shiller has an idea to use big data to make money a more perfect expression of value.

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Technology That Undercuts Missile Defense Should Face Tighter Export Controls, Report Says

The policy paper was produced by the RAND Corp. for the U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency.

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DOT, HHS headline Challenge.gov offerings

The departments' crowdsourcing efforts are among a dozen new listings on the website, some of which offer cash prizes.

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DHS Awards XTec Contested $103 Million Biometric ID Contract

After the company protested the original award to HP Enterprise Services the department reassessed all technology proposals.

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Telework Keeps DISA Up and Running

Some feds are required to take their laptops home every day.

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Analysis: These Three Management Rules Helped Fix HealthCare.gov

Some of the solution was technical but many of the big changes were made in the culture of the work environment.

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Radiation Leak Spells Uncertainty for Nuclear Waste Dump

It is unclear how the U.S. will handle remnants of past nuclear-arms production.

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NSA Wants to Expand Phone Database—Because of Privacy Suits

The government says it needs to keep the phone data as evidence.