Digital Government

Today's weather forecast, brought to you by China?

NOAA's best option for bridging its gap in polar orbiting satellite coverage may be to rely on Chinese data -- a solution that could create problems of its own.

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Anyone Can Take Pictures of You From a Satellite and There’s Nothing You Can Do About it

Changes in technologies raise questions about who is using satellite imagery and what are they using it for.

Digital Government

More bad news for DOD audit-readiness

The latest in a string of audits and reports critiquing DOD financial management shows deficiencies in the department's risk-management planning.

Digital Government

In-Q-Tel Investment Signals Intel Community Focus on Data Sharing

Deal with Socrata could help intelligence agencies share information more efficiently.

Digital Government

Find Out How Much Money Telework Is Saving Your Agency

New tool tracks return on investment for federal telework programs.

Digital Government

Are government-focused small businesses innovating?

Looking at Washington Technology's Fast 50 list, Steve Kelman wonders whether true creativity can be found in small government contractors.

Digital Government

How Lasers Will Give the U.S. East Coast Precise New Post-Sandy Maps

The survey will kickoff the most revolutionary American mapping project in a century.

Digital Government

What Politicians Don't Tell You About Federal Employees

Meet 19 people who will make you rethink what government service is all about.

Digital Government

Will Social Media Get Obama Off the Hook on Syria?

U.S. intel report relies heavily on messages from the public and on videos to overcome America's credibility problem.

Digital Government

Spy Chief Volunteers Numbers on Court-Ordered Surveillance Targets

Numbers will be updated annually on Tumblr.

Digital Government

The NSA Pays Some American Companies for Network Access

Companies who provide the agency access to their communications networks are often paid for their trouble.

Digital Government

Can Twitter Chatter Get Obamacare Defunded?

Here’s why social media isn’t a good way to force action on Capitol Hill.

Digital Government

Senior IT Staff Want to be Courted Before They Retire

Advanced planning will be critical for retaining more seasoned workers in federal IT and cybersecurity, where the vast majority of the workforce is over age 40.

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Survey tracks rise of 4G LTE

4G LTE services are part of GSA's recent wireless BPAs.

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International pact helps NOAA mitigate satellite data loss

A five-year agreement between the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites at least partially helps offset a potential gap in polar-orbiting weather satellite coverage.

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How New Zealand Banned Software Patents Without Violating International Law

The small country has declared that software isn't an invention in the first place.

Digital Government

More Money Won’t Win the War on Cancer

A broken grant structure, turf wars, and an exodus of scientists for other professions are bigger barriers to progress than a lack of funding.

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Scientists Learn to Grow 'Mini' Human Brains in a Lab

A team at the Institute of Molecular Biotechnology in Austria have developed a method for growing human brain tissue from stem cells.