Emerging Tech
Why Does Jeff Bezos Care About Dredging Up Old Rocket Engines?
Bezo's company Blue Origin is working to send manned commercial vehicles into space.
Emerging Tech
3-D Printing Will Explode in 2014, Thanks to the Expiration of Key Patents
A huge drop in prices is predicted for some devices.
Digital Government
Now Fliers Can Keep Their Shoes On -- If They Let Big Brother Inspect Their Big Data
TSA this fall will open express screening once reserved for frequent international travelers to the entire American public.
Modernization
Private Equity Firm Buys Critical West Coast Data Center for $437.5 Million
The importance of this high-rise data center is rivaled only by two others in the world.
Digital Government
What Would the 'Exercise Pill' Mean?
The idea plays to our love of efficiency, spirit of entrepreneurship, and longing to install physicians and scientists as the new priests of the age.
Modernization
How the FCC Could Revolutionize Education and Put Computers in More Students' Hands
Restructuring the "E-rate" could vastly expand Internet access and give classrooms more digital tools.
Emerging Tech
Commentary: Leave Financial Crime Fighting to the Experts
Treasury is best equipped to lead the Global Illicit Financial Team.
Emerging Tech
Turns Out the CIA Really Is Trying to Control the Weather
Conspiracy theorists, rejoice! The Agency backed a $630,000 scientific study on controlling global climate.
Emerging Tech
What Do George W. Bush and World Wrestling Have in Common?
Researchers used Wikipedia to examine the nature of all-digital collaboration.
Digital Government
Veterans Outreach Project to Spend $1 Million on Facebook Ads this Year
The Make the Connection campaign spent $2 million to lure Facebook followers last year.
Cybersecurity
This Is What a Destabilizing Cyberattack on Financial Markets Would Look Like
More than half of security exchanges have faced cyber attacks in the last year.
Digital Government
What Happens When Everyone Makes Maps?
OpenStreetMap and other free, online tools have allowed anyone to become a cartographer.
Emerging Tech
84 Senators Still Stand for the Tyranny of Paper
Filling campaign finance docs online would save government time and money.
Emerging Tech
Contest Aims to Make Proposed U.S. Laws Machine Readable Worldwide
The challenge is to align federal legislation with emerging international standards.
Modernization
Pentagon Buys Untested Mobile Security System for 300,000 Users
Contract did not require a past performance evaluation of vendors tapped to configure smartphones and tablets.
Digital Government
FDA Wants to Track its Social Media Reach
The proposed tool would let FDA know who’s responding to its programs and what they think.
Emerging Tech
You're an Astronaut on a Spacewalk — and Your Helmet Is Filling With Water
It's a space-based nightmare ... one that, this morning, actually happened.
Digital Government
White House Revamps Government Data Trove
The new Next.data.gov website, still in beta form, boasts better search and responsive design.
Emerging Tech
Chicago Police Got New Twitter Accounts. Will It Make a Difference?
A few social media norms the department should be prepared to address.
Emerging Tech