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.
Emerging Tech
How an App Could Save the Endangered North Atlantic Right Whale
NOAA wants to make it easy for ships to avoid striking the mammals.
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
As Bitcoin Booms, So Does Bitcoin Bank Robbery
The virtual currency's steep rise tempts larcenous hackers.
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
Intelligence Researchers Want to Analyze the Analysts
Looking at how analysts' brains make sense of conceptual data.
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