Digital Government

Senate immigration bill creates two new visas to encourage new talent

The plan is designed to follow on the success of the Jobs Act in helping start-ups get capital.

Digital Government

GSA to roll out mobile purchasing agreement as part of shared services efforts

Will a wide-scale strategy for buying smart phones help the government become more collaborative and efficient?

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No Defense-VA integrated electronic health record until 2017

Departments need to take time to 'get it right,' Shinseki says.

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GSA's picklegate

Want to know how concerned GSA has become about conference spending? Check the box lunches.

Digital Government

First online immigration application now available

New ‘ELIS’ website lets visitors request extensions to stay in the country, a step toward digitizing the largely paper-based immigration process.

Digital Government

Washington Post helps us keep track of White House visitors

The newspaper has created a searchable database of the White House's visitor logs.

Digital Government

A frontline dispatch from Spain, a country in crisis

Steve Kelman finds that Spain's economic worries are not obvious on the surface.

Digital Government

OMB asks for evidence-based budgeting

Agencies should base their fiscal year 2014 budget requests on evidence of programs' effectiveness, with an eye toward spending less, OMB says.

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Navy’s new network will cost half the previous estimates

Continuous competition after contract award will drive down costs further, official says.

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Wanted: Tools to help paratroopers during airdrops

Technology for retrieving supplies is lacking.

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Customs and border agency tries new twist on industry days

Seminar is designed to guide company investments in new technologies.

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Up front about drone ops

More transparency could defuse public criticism, officials say.

Digital Government

Army hosts MOSES open-source virtual world

The focus of many federal virtual world activities has moved to the U.S. Army's "MOSES" experimental open source environment

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Energy offers online training to employees in 3D virtual buildings

The Energy Department is offering multiple training courses online in 3D virtual worlds in its National Training and Education Resource online platform.

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Fun, competition inspire better service and happier employees

Could the same principles that apply to gaming help increase workforce productivity and employee engagement?

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Tough times make shared services a necessity

Some agencies missed the deadline for coming up with acceptable unification plans, OMB officials say.