Digital Government
Can you build a combat vehicle through crowdsourcing? The Pentagon seems to think so.
DARPA awards engineering firm Ricardo with $9.8 million to aid efforts.
Digital Government
Big data presents unique challenges to agencies
Taming the data deluge is a challenge itself but it presents different problems depending on whether you're a government agency or a private-sector business.
Digital Government
Air Force seeks engineers for drone control system
Single contract award is for up to three years and 45 days.
Digital Government
VanRoekel: Digital government strategy has 'hit the ground running'
The White House is making progress on realizing its vision of building a technology-savvy, citizen-centric government.
Digital Government
Agency-owned PCs could soon be relics of a bygone era
Veterans Affairs Department CIO Roger Baker predicts employees will have to buy their own computers for work in the near future.
Digital Government
Video: The Measured Man
Larry Smarr, an astrophysicist turned computer scientist, has a new project: charting his every bodily function in minute detail. What he’s discovering may be the future of health care.
Digital Government
Congress: Do we need all those GAO reports?
GAO and its many reports face renewed scrutiny as budget pressure heats up in Washington.
Digital Government
OSC sends a stern warning about reading employees’ emails
FDA’s whistleblower case provokes the reminder, but is not the only factor.
Digital Government
TSA wants spyware to screen employees’ digital activities for leaks
The agency’s pursuit of insider threat software coincides with a warning against tracking whistleblowers' communications.
Digital Government
Rural broadband to get big lift in farm bill
A new amendment would mandate that broadband providers deliver minimum download speeds of 4 megabits per second.
Digital Government
Romney campaign press call gives Twitter grist to Democrats
Candidates beware, real-time Twitter reviews can make a bad conference call worse.
Digital Government
FBI’s domestic intelligence role expands
Plans are causing friction with CIA, report suggests.
Digital Government
Commerce secretary resigns
Secretary cites medical issue as reason for his decision to leave.
Digital Government
The new rules of engagement
Social media has dramatically shifted the accepted views of what defines a journalist and what rules govern the exchanges between journalists and sources.
Digital Government
Regulatory headache? There’s an app for that
Health IT experts worry feds will slow growth of mobile medical applications.
Digital Government
Committee votes to prevent U.N. Internet regulation
Lawmakers say they worry about influence from China, Russia.
Digital Government
Northrop Grumman lands $108 million missile cryptography contract
Firm will provide security updates to intercontinental ballistic missile program.
Digital Government
No one knows how much energy older federal data centers use
Ineffective measurement is an obstacle to determining data center power consolidation savings.
Digital Government