Digital Government

Defending 'tombstone thinking'

The Conversation: FCW's reporters, contributors and editors respond to your comments.

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Watchdog Groups Blast White House-Backed Nuclear Cleanup Study

Feds agree to extend the comment period.

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Demand grows for data scientists

People who can turn big data into useful information are in high demand in the private sector; is government keeping up with the trend?

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Solar Panels Are Finally Generating More Energy Than They Use

There’s more than a 50% chance that the solar industry reached a tipping point last year.

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Welcome to the Data Driven World

The government’s big investment in big data is changing what we know and how we know it.

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Emerging Infectious Diseases, Better Public Health Outcomes, and Zombies

In conclusion, zombies are awesome, and can be used as a thought experiment to probe the ethical dimensions of public health responses to disease outbreaks.

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Medicine by Text Message: Learning From the Developing World

Health communication systems designed for rural, developing countries -- where hospitals are often understaffed and transportation is inadequate -- are being adapted to improve care in U.S. cities.

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Misunderstand Yoda, you should not

The Conversation: FCW's reporters and editors respond to your comments.

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Mobility over the wall

John Klossner takes a tongue-in-cheek look at DOD's hoped-for role of mobile devices.

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Semper Fidelis for 50 Years

I learned one key lesson in infantry training: Never give up.

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Report Warns of Potential Brain Drain in Federal Cyber Force

Most of the federal cybersecurity workforce is older than 40.

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Tableau’s $150 million IPO offers more proof of Big Data’s big growth potential

The company's bread and butter is sophisticated analytics software and services.

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Key Pentagon IT Programs Survived 2013 Budget Cuts Mostly Unscathed

Despite sequester, DISA received full funding but Army communications took a $537 million hit in omnibus budget.

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Could feds run afoul of vague 'political intelligence' guidelines?

Though federal employees are often the source of valuable information on rulemaking and other government actions, the definitions and disclosure guidelines remain unclear.

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More questions on global cyber war

The Conversation: FCW's reporters and editors respond to your comments.

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Hagel plans budget in trying times

DOD needs flexibility and budget certainty to address acquisition, personnel, and overhead costs in smart ways, but is going to have to do its best without them.

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Seeking Yodas for data analysis

A few people are especially adept at planning and using big-data strategies. Why not sprinkle them throughout the government?

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Waning Leadership Scores Tied to Low Morale

Study shows employees planning to leave their jobs rated top management lower.

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This Defense Contractor Is Repeatedly Spear-Phishing 68,000 Innocent People

The exercise is meant to teach employees how to identify and report network intrusions.