Digital Government

Nifty multi-agency website helps troops shift to civilian life

Resource shows bureaucracies can change for the better.

Digital Government

Video: Yes, you can major in social media now

Newberry College has added the major due to number of jobs in the field.

Digital Government

The year in tech, 2012

The tech landscape changed everything from how we elect presidents to how we fight wars.

Digital Government

Calls to overhaul classification system grow louder

The system for restricting public access to government information is unsuited for the modern age, and prone to both overuse and compromise, say experts. Now, a congressional advisory panel is calling on President Obama to lead an update effort.

Digital Government

North Korea's rocket needs some work

Satellite images indicate the rocket is being removed from its launch pad and being dismantled.

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Budget uncertainty puts federal IT dashboard in limbo

It won't be updated until Obama's fiscal 2014 budget proposal is out.

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Is the 'geeky' image scaring women away from tech jobs?

Survey respondents say promoting women with successful careers is the best way to boost representation.

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How much crime really occurs? Don’t ask the feds.

FBI statistics do not reflect online crime, gun trafficking and other post-1930 illicit activities.

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FCC task force promotes broadband adoption

The Federal Communications Commission has brought together a group to encourage the spread of emerging network technologies.

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It’s not too early to sign up for Telework Week 2013

Last year, program officials estimate 71,000 participants saved collectively $5.6 million in commuting costs.

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Health care providers leave patients' data vulnerable

Risks will increase with the growing use of mobile and cloud technologies, study finds.

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Pentagon, NIH fund pollen-based vaccine delivery research

Research could one day allow troops in the field to vaccinate themselves against biological warfare threats.

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Great health care requires great medical educators

Education is not an industrial process; it is a human one.

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Army leads services in substance abuse diagnoses

Service accounts for nearly three-quarters of total cases.

Digital Government

Mobile health tech: From novel startups to global industry

Last week's mHealth summit in Washington, D.C., gave tech leaders an opportunity to evaluate the field and its future.

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Buggy software: Achilles' heel of big-data-powered science?

Scholarly writing suggests software defects are holding big data back.

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Report chronicles the rising burden of military mental health care

Mental disorders accounted for 63 percent increase in hospital visits during 11 years of war.

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More invisible wounds of war

VA expands list of illnesses related to traumatic brain injury that will qualify vets for disability benefits.

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Electronic records surge continues

Nearly 72 percent of office-based doctors use them.