Digital Government
House Passes Spending Transparency Bill
The DATA Act would help watchdogs keep tabs on how federal dollars are spent.
Emerging Tech
Obama Ricin Letter Suspect Linked to Bitcoin Drug Bazaar
The alleged would-be poisoner was a vendor on Silk Road, a black market eBay that only accepted the virtual cash.
Emerging Tech
Managing the Message in the Middle East
Davin Hutchins helps a VOA offshoot tap the Arab world’s digital progress.
Emerging Tech
Lessons From Los Angeles: Powering Up Data-Driven Government
LA launches a 311 mobile app to improve citizen services, but the long-term goal is smarter government.
Emerging Tech
Ethanol Producers Nervously Await EPA Ruling on 2014 Target
Biofuels producers and gasoline refiners are poised to pounce on next year’s renewable-fuel standard, no matter where EPA sets requirements.
Emerging Tech
Op-Ed: There’s a Leadership Void in Addressing Critical Geospatial Issues
Through inaction, U.S. officials are jeopardizing national security and the nation’s technological edge.
Emerging Tech
Congress.gov Coming This Month
Site will replace 18-year-old Thomas.gov for legislative information.
Emerging Tech
Satellite Providers Seek Rule Change to Sell Sharper Images on the Open Market
Higher resolution imagery, now available only to intel agencies, could benefit civilian agencies and boost the private sector.
Emerging Tech
HealthCare.gov’s Silver Lining: Everyone Cares About IT Procurement Now
The website’s troubles have pushed IT reform onto the national stage.
Emerging Tech
What Do All Those Earth-like Planets Mean? Let's Fund NASA and Find Out
How can we not try to find out if any of them really are like us?
Digital Government
Document Shows Contractor Warned That HealthCare.gov Couldn’t Handle High Traffic
The troubled site could only manage 1,100 simultaneous users a day before launch.
Modernization
CIA-backed Cloud Security Firm Buys Encryption Company to Help Spy-Wary Industry
To address corporate concerns about storing information at data centers accessible by intelligence agencies, HyTrust acquires HighCloud.
Digital Government
Senate Panel Approves Digital Transparency Act
The bipartisan bill would make it easier to compare spending across agencies.
Digital Government
Media Blitz Aims to Address Crisis of Confidence in Obamacare
TV, radio and print campaign will start when site is fixed, Medicare chief says.
Digital Government
Obama Calls for IT Procurement Reform
Purchasing changes must come after health care website is fixed, he says.
Digital Government
Three Technology Trends Driving Big Changes for Federal Managers
We’ll be addressing all of them at Nextgov Prime on Nov. 20-21.
Emerging Tech
FBI Seeks Video Recognition Technology to Automatically ID Suspects
Demonstrations of motion picture pattern-matching are set to start in December.
Emerging Tech
Why a New Taco Recipe Library Is on GitHub and Not a Wiki
Tacofancy's fast success says something interesting about collaboration on the Web.
Emerging Tech
How to Launder Billions of Digital Dollars
Less like the gangsterism of old; more like a lawless Paypal.
Emerging Tech