Digital Government
Video: Making An Impact With Open Data
Why government needs more tools to get open data to the people.
Digital Government
ACLU: Government Should Encourage Anonymous Browsing
In a statement, ACLU asserted that the two-year timeline is too slow, especially for sites used by inspectors general to collect reports about waste, fraud and abuse
Emerging Tech
Federal CIO Tony Scott Expects Some 'Resistance' on Federal IT Reform Law
Scott became the government’s top techie in February and it hasn’t taken long for him to realize things work very differently in government.
Emerging Tech
Space Coffee: Astronauts Getting Fancy New Espresso Machine
And they won’t have to sip coffee out of Capri Sun pouches any longer.
Digital Government
The Legal War Over Net Neutrality Has Begun
Groups representing all the major cable and phone companies have filed lawsuits against the FCC's rules.
Digital Government
No Filter: Government Publishing Office Now on Instagram
In its sixth foray into social media's many platforms, the Government Publishing Office has now joined Instagram.
Emerging Tech
Casey Coleman Heads to Unisys
Coleman, who led GSA’s IT efforts from 2007 to 2014 before taking a position with AT&T Government Solutions, is joining Unisys Federal.
Modernization
There’s One Part of the Tech Industry that Mobile Is Not Disrupting
Criminals and other malicious actors tend to prefer more traditional means to break into networks than mobile devices.
Digital Government
Army Wants Robot Four-Wheelers and Decepticons
The service is outlining a multidecade plan for autonomic and robotic systems.
Emerging Tech
The UN Wants to Make Sure We’re Not Developing Killer Robots We Can’t Control
The United Nations has a lot of things to worry about. Famine, war, inequality, discrimination, epidemic disease… and now, reports New Scientist, the threat of autonomous robots that could destroy us on a whim.
Digital Government
What the US Can Learn from a Nordic Innovation Leader
More than 50 national innovation foundations spread throughout the world emphasize the growing importance of innovation in the Information Age, according to a new report.
Digital Government
Bionic Eyes Are No Match for the Curiosity of Pentagon Cartographers
Right now, technology is up against a problem that didn't exist in the Atari age: big data.
Digital Government
How Facial Recognition Technology Is Unearthing China's Artificial Islands
NGA is using "broad-based change detection" tools to calculate where in the water the Chinese might next break ground, so to speak.
Modernization
NSA’s Grand Plan to Snowden-Proof Its Data Using the Cloud
No one in the intelligence community wants to face another leak. With NSA’s widespread adoption of cloud computing, the spy agency may not have to.
Modernization
The First Net Neutrality Complaints Are Coming
At least one Internet backbone company is planning to complain to the FCC over network congestion.
Emerging Tech
The Electric Grid’s Latest Threat? Rooftop Solar Cells
Solar photovoltaics represent the fastest-growing source of electric power in the United States.
Emerging Tech