Digital Government

Get me @WhiteHouse: World leaders congratulate Obama in an age of Twitter

Cameron, Gilliard send congratulations over social media site.

Digital Government

Disbursement of federal health IT incentives tops $7 billion

Payments have been distributed through Medicare and Medicaid.

Digital Government

Air Force boosts value of network hardware contract by $1.45 billion

Service reopens discussions with bidders in disputed follow-on deal.

Digital Government

Commentary: Engagement requires more than just adopting smart devices

Agency customer service staff must be empowered to resolve problems.

Digital Government

Raytheon nabs Navy ship contract

Contract is for $22.5 million.

Digital Government

DISA runs low on bean counters

The agency has lost key finance officials.

Digital Government

What our Googling says about the election

State search results can tell an interesting political tale.

Digital Government

Obama's Facebook fans love Michelle; Romney's love winning

Data scraping reveals striking differences between the campaigns' Facebook audiences.

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

VA struggles to serve New York City veterans after Manhattan facility floods

Some calls to emergency numbers go unanswered.

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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

Dewatering SWAT Team has been pumping out more than an Olympic-size pool per minute

The Army Corps of Engineers team is overseeing pumps at six different sites

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.