Digital Government
Inside the Pentagon’s Plans to Revamp the Global Command and Control System
The modernized system aims for lower costs through agile development, open standards and open source code, and applications designed with the user interface in mind.
Digital Government
Obama Dispatches White House Tech Team to Expand Gun Background Check System
Planned upgrades to the $91.5 million, 30-second background check program already are off track.
Emerging Tech
DHS Think Startups Know How Best to Protect the Internet of Things
It's an early attempt by DHS to connect with startups -- especially those close to its new office in Silicon Valley.
Modernization
Video: Smartphone Tech to Expect in 2016
The smartphone might evolve into a universal remote control for all things "smart."
Emerging Tech
GM Invests $500M in Lyft for On-Demand Driverless Cars
This could one day render private car ownership unnecessary.
Digital Government
How the Computer Revolution Changed US Cities
After 1980, metros with an “abstract” labor base thrived, while those without one didn’t.
Modernization
Video: What Are Your Tech Resolutions for 2016?
Resolve to be smarter about your technology in this new year.
Modernization
Apple Wants to Let You Make Payments Through Texts, Phone Calls and Emails
The tech giant filed a patent for the technology earlier this month.
Cybersecurity
In a First, NSA Advertises Opportunities on Monster.com of Federal Contracting
The agency posted a special notice to FedBizOpps.gov, right before the holidays, advertising work for small companies that develop "innovative technologies."
Emerging Tech
Disney Is Working on a Gravity-Defying Robot that Can Scale Walls
This takes the term “all-terrain” to a whole other level.
Modernization
How the Internet of Things Limits Consumer Choice
A recent dustup over smart light bulbs illuminates a larger problem.
Emerging Tech
Elon Musk Is Right About the Threat of AI, but He’s Dangerously Wrong About Why
Could humanity learn to live with AI?
Emerging Tech
18F's Agile BPA Halted Once More By New Protest
Days after GSA announced it had resolved protests and that activity on the BPA could resume, another protest was filed with GAO.
Ideas
Driverless Cars: Here’s What the Obama Administration Should Do Next
On Dec. 4, President Barack Obama signed the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act, which plans for a future of driverless cars
Modernization
More Americans Use Mobile Devices to Access the Internet
Roughly 33 percent of Americans today do not have broadband service at home.
Ideas
Trending in Government: Robotic Process Automation
Any high-volume, high-touch, business-rule-driven, repeatable process is a candidate for RPA.
Emerging Tech