Digital Government

White House Releases New Tools for Digital Strategy Anniversary

Federal CIO Steven VanRoekel says the effort serves as 'a giant permission slip telling government now is the time to innovate.'

Digital Government

VanRoekel touts digital strategy's first-year progress

Federal CIO showcases the progress the government made in the strategy's first year, looks to year two.

Digital Government

What Google's X Lab Is Cooking Up Next

The company's secretive research office working on a number of neat tech innovations

Digital Government

Feds make good on mobile deliverables

At the Digital Government Strategy's one-year anniversary, agencies get the promised guidelines for security and architecture.

Digital Government

GSA wireless agreement called 'step in right direction'

The new blanket purchase agreement will simplify the acquisition of mobile voice and data services.

Digital Government

House panel rejects BRAC request

Chairman cites uncertainty as reason to not start another round of base closures.

Digital Government

We're Only Beginning to Understand How Our Brains Make Maps

The smell of your neighborhood pizzeria and the feel of a cracked sidewalk may be more important than researchers previously believed.

Digital Government

Bill Would Extend Defense IT Worker Exchange Program

Program aims to improve communication, share expertise.

Digital Government

Op-Ed: For CIOs, Size Shouldn’t Matter; Planning Does

Too often, program managers fail to establish realistic, achievable goals within their resources.

Digital Government

Can open data change the culture of government?

U.S. CTO Todd Park believes the government's Digital Government Strategy will create a 'treasure trove' of economic opportunity. One year in, that benefit is in short supply, but other gains are emerging.

Digital Government

The Integrated Electronic Health Record Mess

Defense’s decision to upgrade its system with commercial software looks like a big setback.

Digital Government

Ten Key Skills for Landing a Big Data Job

Hiring managers want professionals who have a combination of Hadoop and Java expertise.

Digital Government

GSA sets wireless purchase agreement

The General Services Administration's new blanket purchase agreement with the four major U.S. wireless carriers will not only allow the agency to consolidate service plans and centralize device management, it could save the government hundreds of millions of dollars.

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Op-ed: Combating Blood Money With Big Data

The shortest path to criminal networks is through analytics.

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DOD looking for new health records system

After a month-long review to determine the way forward in a joint electronic health records program with the Veterans Affairs Department, DOD officials now say they will open their end of the system to competition.

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Student Spies Trade NIH Research to China in Exchange for Tuition

The three scientists accused worked at New York University's Langone Medical Center conducting research on MRIs.

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China’s Bird Flu Has Been Conquered—at Least For Now

The total number of infections has not increased since the tally hit 131 on May 8 (including one in Taiwan) but China, and the rest of the world, are not out of the danger zone yet.

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Kepler space telescope's mission may be over

While NASA engineers are still working on the problem that sidelined the scope, no solution is in sight.