Digital Government

Energy Department announces $30 million in biofuels research funding

Package comes as the biofuels industry watches biofuels tax incentives arduously make their way through the Senate and House tax packages.

Digital Government

VA rolls out 'smart home' project to rehabilitate brain injury patients

Florida hospital uses technology to help veterans relearn basic but important tasks such as doing the laundry and shaving.

Digital Government

Federal guidance on WikiLeaks raises legal questions

Security law expert says some agencies' directives to employees might be illegal.

Digital Government

SSA seen going 90 percent electronic

An advisory panel to the Social Security Administration strongly recommends expanding the agency's electronic transactions.

Digital Government

Army PEO EIS gets new senior leader

Army Program Executive Office gets a new senior leader, promoted up through the ranks.

Digital Government

WikiLeaks: Don't peek, don't yell

WikiLeaks' latest release of sensitive government information prompted the Office of Management and Budget to take a necessary but impractical stance.

Digital Government

The new deal: Wi-Fi in every federal building

Under a bipartisan bill introduced Dec. 3, all publicly accessible federal buildings would be equipped with new wireless equipment.

Digital Government

Former Clinton official backs auction of D Block communication spectrum

James Lee Witt says it would take public safety agencies too long to finance and build out a national broadband network themselves.

Digital Government

GSA aims to make agency websites more user-friendly

Program uses inexpensive testing methods to identify the most serious problems with federal sites.