Modernization
Feds Crack Down on Google Over Kids' App Spending
The company will pay $19 million for failing to stop children's spending sprees.
Emerging Tech
FCC Chief: Comcast Is Wrong About Internet Competition
Tom Wheeler says Americans don't have real choices for Internet providers.
Modernization
Introducing the World’s First National Digital Currency
Backed by liquid assets, the currency will initially rely on demand to dictate how much will enter the marketplace.
Emerging Tech
A New Satellite Can See Through Forest Fires From Space
Short-wave infrared sensors have allowed the satellite to penetrate the smoke and generate an image of the fire.
Cybersecurity
Energy Races to Build Quantum Encryption – for Citizens
At the same time, NSA and nation states race to crack conventional secret codes with quantum computers.
Emerging Tech
Wanted: Twitter-savvy Feds to Help OPM Get This Whole Social Media Thing
New projects aim to change how the agency communicates via social media.
Emerging Tech
OK, Feds -- Go Ahead and Edit Wikipedia
Wikimedia DC says you make good editors because you know a lot.
Emerging Tech
Inside Google's Secret Drone-Delivery Program
For two years, the company has been working to build flying robots that can deliver products across a city in a minute or two.
Emerging Tech
Why People Don't Like to Talk About Government Surveillance on Social Media
In a recent survey only 42 percent of Facebook and Twitter users were willing to post about it.
Management
How New York City Is Becoming Even More Map-Centric With Its Data
The city’s transportation CTO details how to create valuable tools for the public, put everything on a map and not reinvent the wheel in the process.
Modernization
DHS Official: Create a Governmentwide Seal of Approval for Apps
Gmail and other mobile tools would undergo uniform screening, similar to the FedRAMP cloud certification program.
Digital Government
Beware the Risks of Government Data Center Consolidation
Federal data center consolidation has its share of benefits -- and challenges.
Digital Government
Two Explosive Reminders That the US and China Are in a Hypersonic Arms Race
The test of a rocket-powered glider called the Advanced Hypersonic Weapon failed when US Army engineers ordered it to self-destruct after its launch went wrong.
Emerging Tech
Which US Company Will Help the Government Send Americans to Space?
A different kind of space race is coming to an end.
Emerging Tech
People Like Being Bossed Around By Robots, Study Finds
Computers can figure out a near-optimal plan for allocating tasks among workers and robots in seconds.
Emerging Tech
Why is LinkedIn So Popular With Employees of the US Army?
Only IBM and HP have more current employees on the professional networking site.
Digital Government
House Staffers Banned From Wikipedia Over Anti-Transgender Edits
Human Rights Campaign calls on Boehner to investigate "troubling" edit to "Orange Is the New Black" actress's page.
Cybersecurity
Will Court Move Clear the Way to Mass Government Hacking?
A single warrant could authorize federal officials to inject malware into hundreds of suspects’ -- and victims’ -- computers.
Emerging Tech
How Data Analytics Can Help Root Out Food Stamp Fraud
Advanced data analytics can help the Agriculture Department detect fraud early -- and even stop it from happening.
Modernization