Digital Government

Voting as an irrational act

Steve Kelman suggests that voting, objectively, makes little sense, especially when one has to wait hours for a moment in the voting booth. Yet millions of Americans do it anyway. Why?

Digital Government

Please vote

And if you don't...

Digital Government

Google iOS Maps app will be ready by 2013, if Apple will have it

It is unlikely, however, that Apple will accept the mapping app

Digital Government

Electronic filing simplifies review of Medicare payments

Providers have complained a paper-based process is burdensome.

Digital Government

Japan plans development of missile-tracking UAVs

Goal is to deploy drones in 2020.

Digital Government

Telework allows 70 percent productivity at PTO during Sandy

Was your agency also able to carry on during the storm?

Digital Government

Sandy shows storm-prediction progress

As bad as Sandy was, it could have been far worse. Advances in the government's prediction tools allowed early, accurate warning.

Digital Government

New Jersey to allow voting by email (and fax) for residents displaced by Superstorm Sandy

Anyone displaced by the hurricane just got declared an overseas voter

Digital Government

Op-ed: Agencies are applying a 1 gigabit solution to a 10 gigabit security problem

Managing big data is key to identifying advanced threats in exploding network traffic.

Digital Government

How much spectrum does a 3-year-old need?

The White House plan pits scientists (and public safety) against consumers.

Digital Government

Veterans Affairs pushes telehealth expansion

Goal is to better manage chronic diseases.

Digital Government

Basic IT security amiss at IRS

IG report finds software patch management is lacking at IRS -- a problem experts say is all too common in large organizations.

Digital Government

OPM calls on agencies to submit telework stats

Data will help measure progress.

Digital Government

Charting agency big data progress

Although much of the federal government has lagged behind local governments and the private sector in pursuing big data solutions in earnest, a number of agencies have made headway.

Digital Government

Six desks for every 10 workers of the future?

By 2020, U.S. organizations are projected to reduce office space by almost one-fifth.

Digital Government

How big data fights crime

The Memphis Police Department is using big data and some analysis tools to prevent crime -- an effort that holds lessons for federal agencies.

Digital Government

Obama's drone program escapes liberal scrutiny in campaign

Liberal protests against the tactics Bush used to target terrorists have given way largely to silence.