Emerging Tech

Nextgov Event: The White House Office of American Innovation's Priorities

Matt Lira, special assistant to the president for innovation, will clarify the office’s role in government.

Emerging Tech

Trump Asks Tech Companies: How Can Government Help You?

As "tech week" continues, companies selling drones and other emerging technology briefed the White House on their challenges.

Digital Government

Deportation Is Going High-Tech Under Trump

The process began with Obama, but the new administration is using technology designed for tracking down terrorists to surveil immigrants more than ever before.

Digital Government

An Insider's Take on What Went Wrong with DHS' Agile Contract

Former Digital Services Head Eric Hysen took to Medium to share his thoughts on FLASH’s failure.

Emerging Tech

NASA to Study Artificial Organs on the Space Station

The agency wants to know how microgravity may affect bodies traveling deeper in space.

Emerging Tech

Who Will Build the Next Big Tech Hub?

A new report digs into the metrics of America’s emerging tech hubs, and finds some surprises.

Digital Government

Think Beyond Modernization, Tech Execs Told Trump

Silicon Valley bigwigs discussed machine learning, open data and the need for government spending on research.

Emerging Tech

A Silicon Valley Congressman Takes On Amazon

The freshman House representative Ro Khanna wants to see a broad rethinking of how the government evaluates mergers like Amazon-Whole Foods.

Emerging Tech

Nextgov Event: The Government of Things

Thursday's Tech + Tequila explores how the public sector is responding to the ecosystem of connected "things."

Emerging Tech

6 Companies Score $258M in Supercomputing Contracts

The vendors are expected to build out the hardware, software and applications for an exascale computing system 50 times faster than today’s most powerful computers.

Emerging Tech

For the First Time Ever, U.S. Is Getting 10% of its Electricity From Wind and Solar

Renewables—especially wind power—already make up significantly more than 10 perecent of the electricity in several states.

Emerging Tech

Jeff Bezos Is Crowdsourcing Ideas For Major Charity Initiative

The tech mogul is asking for ideas “at the intersection of urgent need and lasting impact.”

Digital Government

The Future of Military IT: Gait Biometrics, Software Nets, and Photon Communicators

DISA director Lt. Gen. Alan Lynn talks about the tech he’s eyeing, some of which is barely out of the theoretical realm.