Digital Government
NOAA Is Building a Facebook for Whales
Marine biologists have crowdsourced a facial-recognition algorithm to help them identify the animals on the spot.
Emerging Tech
Air Force CTO: We Don’t Want to Manage IT Anymore
Faced with an IT workforce shortage, the Air Force CTO said it makes more sense to outsource the work to industry entities than to continue training a revolving door of airmen.
Emerging Tech
Video: Lego Robots Scoot into Classrooms and Teach Kids How to Code
Coding one brick at a time.
Digital Government
Number of Deaths in Police Custody Higher than Media Reports: DOJ Data
The story of police brutality has been missing one data point – a federal accounting of the problem.
Emerging Tech
CIOs: Use the Cloud, or Else?
If you’re responsible for managing your agency’s IT and you haven’t moved applications to the cloud, at least one CIO thinks you should get the ax.
Emerging Tech
How Police Departments Can Evaluate Threats by Using an Algorithm
Cops, firefighters and EMTs react in ways shaped by whatever they’re told.
Emerging Tech
FirstNet Posts Multibillion RFP for Public Safety Broadband Network
The RFP was posted after more than a year of discussion with technology companies and public safety groups.
Emerging Tech
3-D Printed Guns Are Not Actually All That Futuristic
What's more alarming about 3-D-printed firearms is that they aren't traceable at all.
Cybersecurity
DHS Cyber Czar, Tech Titans Tell Commerce to Rethink Hacking Arms Control
Reached in 2013, the Wassenaar Arrangement bans multinational firms and cyber vendors from transmitting information about "intrusion software" across borders without first obtaining a license.
Ideas
Digital Customer Experience: 3 Tips for Making Real Change in the Federal Government
Federal organizations can benefit from a digital approach that seeks to understand user needs, engages them and maintains usability and performance.
Modernization
Looking for Your Very Own R2-D2? Here Are Robot Sidekicks That Come Close
These bots do more than beep and boop.
Digital Government
US STEM Funding Still Reeling from Budget Cuts
Will new spending measures fix the damage?
Digital Government
Here’s How Federal Agencies Plan to Fight ISIS Online
Some agencies are reaching out to Silicon Valley.
Emerging Tech
Video: This Drone Can Teach You How to Code
Learn two tech skills for the price of one.
Digital Government
This Solar-Powered Box Uses Human Odor to Lure and Kill Mosquitos
An estimated 3.2 billion, almost half of the world’s population, are at risk of contracting Malaria.
Digital Government
Military Wants X-Ray Vision and Tunnel Robots To Fight Terrorists
The Combating Terrorism Technical Support Office has released its wish list for 2016 and beyond.
Emerging Tech
We’re Starting to See the First Signs of a Tech Slowdown
In the fourth quarter of 2015, startups collectively raised $27.3 billion globally, a huge decline from the $38.7 billion raised in the previous quarter.
Emerging Tech