Digital Government

DHS defends acquisition plan for bioweapon detectors

Several auditors and lawmakers have urged the department to pause reassess its effort

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Facebook knows how to trick you into voting

Peer-pressure on the social network drove 340,000 people to the polls in 2010, a new study has found.

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Obama releases sequestration report

The White House has outlined plans for implementing $1.2 trillion in budget reductions across the federal government.

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Commentary: IT is critical to preventing fraud and waste in austere times

Three lessons from Recovery.gov that should guide future transparency initiatives.

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Homeland Security pays $46 million for counter-IED tools

A-T Solutions clinched a contract to aid the public and private sectors in stopping domestic bombings.

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EADS, BAE deal could roil U.S. defense industry

The merger of European aerospace giants might spur consolidation among military contractors.

Digital Government

Events for the week ahead

Census previews new ACS data, a House panel explores international technology transfer and David Wennergren speaks at an AFCEA luncheon.

Digital Government

Biggest federal crowdsourcing challenges aren’t technical

Organizational, political and legal difficulties hamper efforts, panelists say.

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App Developers and Physicist Nab Prestigious SAMMY Awards

Service to America Medals honor outstanding federal employees.

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State can’t track drone exports

Incomplete database risks releasing sensitive technology to adversaries.

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General Services Administration will reorganize CIO shop

Move is aimed at improving the cost and performance of the agency’s IT portfolio.

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Aging activists draw attention to lax security in uranium storage complex

82-year-old nun and two others slip past security equipment.

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Study: On Facebook, voting is contagious

Large-scale study of more than 60 million users conducted during the November 2010 election finds social network has discernible effect on participation.

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Electromagnetic pulse could knock out U.S. power grid

EMPs triggered by weapon or space weather threaten electronics and communications, officials warn.

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Online-gambling bill stalled by tactical spat

After months of negotiations, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., appear to have come to an impasse

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Moondoggle: The forgotten opposition to the Apollo Program

For most of our lunar adventure, a majority of Americans did not support going to the moon. On the 50th anniversary of JFK's "We choose to go the moon" speech, we examine why.

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State Department seeks blogger

Who says feds don't offer cool jobs?

Digital Government

Republican FTC nominee an expert on Google

Joshua Wright, the conservative economist appointed by President Obama as one of the top antitrust scholars of his generation.