Digital Government

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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Green Energy Loan Program Is 'Open for Business' Again

Solyndra failure derailed the program for years.

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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.

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10,000 Year Nuclear Waste Storage Site Fails After 15 years

Maybe it’s time to develop another 10,000 year plan.

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Three Agencies Stretch Their Funding With Shared Services

A look at NASA, Energy and DHS programs.

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Workers Exposed to Radiation at Nuclear Weapons Waste Dump

Thirteen employees tested positive after Feb. 14 leak at the New Mexico site.

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U.S. Border Drones Need 'Further Refined' Privacy Policies, DHS Chief Says

But security is still Jeh Johnson's priority, the department's new secretary tells Congress.

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Federal CIO Council Refocuses on Workforce

A committee is reborn during reorganization.

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Why Drugs Need Horseshoe Crab Blood for FDA Approval

Everyone who has had an injection in the U.S. has been protected by the blood of a forgettable sea creature.

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NOAA turns to industry for help in sharing its data

RFI seeks suggestions on how best to offer terabytes of weather data -- and to keep taxpayers from footing the bill.

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Why Hong Kong is worth watching

Steve Kelman reports on the latest troubles in Hong Kong, and the larger concerns they could signal.

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White House issues policy guide for administrative data sharing

Detailed guidance spells out what agencies can do to overcome institutional barriers to using data through collaboration across programs and agencies.

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IT Reform Bill Passes House

A similar bill is pending in the Senate.

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Acquisition in the crosshairs amid DOD restructuring

Frank Kendall, the Pentagon undersecretary in charge of acquisition, outlined some tentative plans to streamline acquisition rules, ideally before the fiscal 2015 defense funding bill.

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Army Cancels High-Tech Combat Vehicle Project

Hagel chops buy of Littoral Combat Ships, questions survivability.

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Pro tips for using big data

Ignore fads and focus on what the agency is looking to achieve, says Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board CIO Shawn Kingsberry.