Digital Government

Keeping time (and tune) with students in Shanghai

Steve Kelman enjoys an evening of karaoke and bottled water.

Digital Government

DHS Kicks Off $100 Million Employee ID Project

The departmentwide credentials will support iris and facial recognition.

Digital Government

U.S. Aims to Strengthen WMD Interdiction Program at Warsaw Meeting

Nations increasingly are initiating interdiction operations and watching for threats, official says.

Digital Government

HHS Bets on New Model to Fund Biodefense Drug Development

The approach is more flexible than the government's traditional strategy of funding drugs.

Digital Government

The Future of Brick-and-Mortar Retailers? Turning Into Data Centers

At least, that's one thing Sears is trying out.

Digital Government

OPM Launches Job Search, Operating Status Apps

Goal is to broaden the reach of the USAJOBS website.

Digital Government

Get a Computer Science Degree for Just $7,000

A new offering from Georgia Tech could upend higher education and help address the IT talent gap.

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

VA Halves the Number of Claims Backlogged More Than Two Years

Veterans benefits chief says all such claims will be processed by mid-June.