Digital Government
The SSA Employee Behind All the Great Data on Baby Name Popularity
Michael Shackleford was determined to avoid giving his child a common name.
Digital Government
DISA announces cloud progress, contract action
New framework in place to govern agency's mission as DOD's cloud broker.
Digital Government
How Boston Police Could Examine Videos From the Boston Bombing
Forensic video analysis remains a time-consuming, human task.
Digital Government
Sketching the big picture on big data
Seventeen "big brains" from the public and private sectors offer definitions, challenges and more in new industry-funded report.
Digital Government
The Health IT Performance Challenge
Today’s regulatory landscape requires systems that incorporate sophisticated clinical decision support.
Digital Government
How Kaggle Is Changing How We Work
Like it or not, hyper-efficient job markets are on their way.
Digital Government
The Question of Whether We Can Patent Genes Heads to the Supreme Court
Does the centuries' old method for protecting intellectual property still apply when the invention comes straight out of the human body?
Digital Government
Chinese Bird Flu Cases Rise to 60 as the Virus Starts to Spread Around the Nation
New cases of the H7N9 strain have been reported in Beijing.
Digital Government
Cybersecurity Jobs Continue to Pay Better Than Others
High demand nearly erases gender gap in salaries.
Digital Government
Commentary: Digital Government Has a Ways to Go
President Obama’s call to serve citizens online still needs to trickle down to the state and local level.
Digital Government
Congress spares feds from online disclosure
Repeal of part of the STOCK Act passes with no fanfare, little explanation.
Digital Government
Big Data Can Help Keep the Peace
Social media and cell traffic yield early warning signs of violence.
Digital Government
IT Dashboard hints at classified IT spending in Obama budget
The amount proposed for classified technology is hard to pin down, but the discrepancy between the dashboard and the president's budget request offers a clue.
Digital Government
NOAA retires longest-serving satellite
The NOAA-17 satellite provided weather and climate data for more than three times its life expectancy.
Digital Government
Anxiety, Traditional Medicine, and Plenty of Purell: Beijing Watches and Waits for Bird Flu
"From day one we were getting a lot of phone calls from nervous patients."
Digital Government
Is Government Cool Again for IT Pros?
One CEO predicts a wave of new fed IT hires as workers leave because of sequestration or retirements.
Digital Government
Lies, damned lies and budget forecasts
The president's budget is a valuable guide to administration priorities, but agency executives should know better than to count on any one number.
Digital Government
Well, what ARE the Air Force's cyber weapons?
The Conversation: FCW's reporters and editors respond to your comments.
Digital Government
President’s Budget Moves Spending Transparency Site from GSA to Treasury
The move could be good or bad news for transparency advocates.
Digital Government