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.

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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.

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Congress spares feds from online disclosure

Repeal of part of the STOCK Act passes with no fanfare, little explanation.

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Big Data Can Help Keep the Peace

Social media and cell traffic yield early warning signs of violence.

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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.

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NOAA retires longest-serving satellite

The NOAA-17 satellite provided weather and climate data for more than three times its life expectancy.

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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.

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President’s Budget Moves Spending Transparency Site from GSA to Treasury

The move could be good or bad news for transparency advocates.

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Pentagon’s $1.45 Billion Health IT Budget Request Includes Spectacles

System for ordering eyeglasses cuts processing time for deployed patients.