Digital Government

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.

Digital Government

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?

Digital Government

Waning Leadership Scores Tied to Low Morale

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

Digital Government

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.

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Hagel Takes Aim at Risky and Expensive Pentagon Programs

In his first major policy speech, the Defense secretary also blasted the bloated bureaucracy.

Digital Government

Feds could take a Twitter lesson from Capitol Hill

Some members of Congress excel in their use of social media, research service finds.

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Food and Drug Agency Triples Down on Data Mining

The FDA has begun solicitations for three services to analyze drug data in the past month.

Digital Government

Hagel weighs major reforms, Pentagon priorities

Newly-appointed Secretary of Defense vows to confront the major factors responsible for the department's spending growth.

Digital Government

There is no mobile government without a mobile citizen

For all of the gains agencies are making with employee mobility, it is critical for agencies to keep in mind the use of mobile devices outside of the government too, writes Adobe's John Landwehr.

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Two New H7N9 Cases: See How Bird Flu Is Spreading Through China

Cases of the avian flu continue to increase across China.

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Why Spend a Billion Dollars to Map the Human Brain?

Barack Obama announced an initiative yesterday that involves significant government investment in neuroscience. So begins the international race to understand the brain.

Digital Government

Report Paints Bleak Picture of Federal Employment In Wake of Sequester

Private sector appears to be doing better, based on a Gallup analysis.

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Congress questions SBA spending

House Small Business chairman voices concern that "core functions" could suffer while money is spent on unnecessary travel and activities.

Digital Government

What's the story with Richard Spires?

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

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Former Veterans Affairs CIO Roger Baker Joins Agilex as Chief Strategy Officer

He says he will draw on his experience with mobile and health technologies to help other agencies.

Digital Government

VA Reports Slight Progress as Claims Backlog Drops 2 Percent

The number of claims sitting more than 125 days fell to 613,816.

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Three-Quarters of Military Brain Injuries Attributed to Accidents

Determination of battlefield TBI cases flawed by insufficient data.