Modernization
SEWP Boosts Customer Experience While Cutting Its Fee
The vast majority of customers seem to be happy with NASA’s IT acquisition vehicle but the quest for better customer experience never ends.
Emerging Tech
The Symbolism of Elon Musk Sending a Car Into Space
The decision to launch a Tesla into an orbit around the sun marks yet another shift in American spaceflight business.
Cybersecurity
DHS, Kaspersky Resume Court Battle Over Government Ban
The department opposed a Kaspersky motion to overturn the governmentwide ban on its anti-virus.
Emerging Tech
Cities Are Getting Smart, and Feds Can Help Make Them Smarter
A program led by federal agencies may offer local governments ways to get better at using smart technologies.
Policy
The SEC Is Stepping Up Its Rhetoric Over Cryptocurrency Regulation in Senate Testimony
Cryptocurrency exchanges are currently regulated as money-transmission services.
Emerging Tech
HHS Kicks Off Tour to Entice Startups
Agency officials are heading on a cross-country tour to demystify selling to the government.
Emerging Tech
Deadline Approaching for DARPA’s $850M Support Contract
The research agency lowered the minimum order value ahead of the proposal deadline.
Cybersecurity
Students Around the World Prepare to Celebrate Safer Internet Day
The internet will never be risk-proof.
Emerging Tech
To Master Health Care, Amazon Must Master Information And Communication
Health care is a little different than selling books.
Emerging Tech
A Long-Lost NASA Spacecraft Rises From the Dead
After 13 years of silence, scientists hear a mission calling home.
Emerging Tech
Big Rideshare Says Your Cars—Not Theirs—Are the Enemy of Public Transit
Fifteen of the world’s leading transport and technology companies announced their shared resolve to help keep cities livable.
Digital Government
The CDC Is About to Fall Off a Funding Cliff
It's already planning to pull back on work that protects the world from pandemics.
Emerging Tech
The Case for Locking Up Your Smartphone
Lockers and sleeves for phones can feel like an infringement on personal rights, but they also might save people from their worst habits.
Emerging Tech
GAO: GSA Hasn’t Been Smart About Smart Buildings Program
Smart building technologies might pay for themselves in cost savings but the government’s landlord hasn’t been able to make the case.
Digital Government
UNICEF Recruits Gamers To Mine Cryptocurrency for Syria
Play Overwatch and help some children.
Emerging Tech
The U.S. Government Just Gave Someone a $120 Million Robotic Arm to Use For a Year
There are plans to help others with limb loss soon.
Digital Government
I Scanned My Social Media Like a Potential Employer, and the Results Were Scary
Even a few curse words could be a problem for potential employers.
Emerging Tech
Facebook’s Algorithm Change Could Affect How Cops Speak to Citizens
Facebook has already become a critical communications tool for police and fire departments as well as local governments across the United States.
Emerging Tech
Could Self-Driving Trucks Be Good for Truckers?
That’s what a new study from Uber’s self-driving-truck team says, and a variety of trucking experts think they might be right.
Digital Government