Emerging Tech

Q and A: What Feds Can Learn from Cities' Open Data Experiences

Data.gov chief Jeanne Holm, who works out of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Los Angeles, talks about the challenges cities are facing with open data.

Emerging Tech

Commentary: If It’s Social and It’s Digital, It May Be Government

New tech helps feds do their jobs, and agencies are adapting.

Emerging Tech

How the Comet Lost Its Tail

An entrancing lesson in the power of the coronal mass ejection -- on Thanksgiving?!

Emerging Tech

Tax Credit for Wind Energy Is Truly Up in the Air

The wind-production tax credit is set to expire at the end of this year.

Modernization

Bidding Process Begins for Cancer-Curing Computer Clouds

National Cancer Institute pilot project will let researchers remotely analyze genomic data.

Emerging Tech

Drink Up: DHS-funded Liquid Scanner Could Lift Airport Ban on Larger Bottles

The cooler-like box uses magnetic resonance imaging in conjunction with X-rays to quickly detect explosive substances.

Emerging Tech

Bhutanese Government Greens Its Capital Fleet

Thimpu is replacing official vehicles with electric Nissan Leafs.

Modernization

Cash Is Dead. Are Credit Cards Next?

Tech start-ups across the country offer new ways for payment, which could make carrying credit cards a thing of the past.

Emerging Tech

Video: Craigslist Founder Discusses His Role as VA 'Nerd-in-Residence'

'When it comes to dealing with information, the big lesson is to have modest goals,' Craig Newmark says.

Emerging Tech

Twitter Tells Feds How to Tweet More Effectively

The microblogging site urges officials to be interactive and to use pictures and timelines.

Emerging Tech

White House Must Weigh In on Kimmel-China Controversy

We the People petitioners upset after child on Kimmel’s show suggests killing Chinese people.

Emerging Tech

Military Wants to Buy Iron Man Suits for Troops

The suit would manage soldiers’ metabolism and tap their thoughts.

Digital Government

How to Precognize a Snowden

Since psych evaluations violate privacy rules, the FBI might turn to a whole new science.

Emerging Tech

Spotting the Trends in Disaster Tweets

FEMA looks for patterns in social media to improve emergency management.

Emerging Tech

Is Google's Secretive Research Lab Working on Human-Dolphin Communication?

The short answer is 'no,' but the long answer is much more interesting.

Digital Government

Is It Time for a Secretary of Technology?

HealthCare.gov critic says the U.S. should learn from the British digital government model.

Emerging Tech

Sugar Daddy Dating Site Offers Obamacare Fix

Our site is far more complex than HealthCare.gov, SugarDaddyForMe says.