Digital Government
Are Microsoft's Government Search Days Numbered?
GSA considers new vendors for USASearch.
Emerging Tech
Forget 3D Printing—3D Subtraction Is Going to Arrive in Your Garage First
The simpler, older technology is already used at automated factories.
Digital Government
Competitive Video Gamers Can Now Get Visas to 'Work' in the U.S.
Immigration and Citizenship Services is granting gamers visas normally reserved for professional athletes.
Emerging Tech
3-D Printing Could Transform NASA
Using the technique to produce a fuel injector, officials cut costs by 70 percent.
Emerging Tech
Japanese Drones Hit Middle America in WWII
The unmanned bombing craft were supposed to spark forest fires in the West but mostly missed their marks.
Digital Government
Iris Recognition Specs for DHS Employee IDs Are No Longer Hypothetical
NIST has finalized guidelines for exchanging eye images between cameras and card readers.
Modernization
New App will Guide Visitors Around the Site of John Brown’s Famous Raid
Mobile apps already guide tourists at Gettysburg and Antietam.
Emerging Tech
Inside China’s Crazy Plan to Build the Longest, Most Expensive, Most Dangerous Underwater Tunnel on the Planet
The tunnel will be an estimated 76 miles long.
Cybersecurity
Russia’s Solution to NSA Spying? Typewriters
Russia uses the outdated technology for top-secret messages.
Emerging Tech
Rebooted Smokey’s Giving Bear Hugs
The updated Forest Service icon now embraces campers who avoid wildfires.
Emerging Tech
VA Spent $2 Million on Facebook Ads
One division spent heavily on the ads while others spent little or nothing.
Emerging Tech
3-D Printed Rocket Engines Could Make Space Travel Cheaper
The NASA space agency and Aerojet Rocketdyne say they have successfully tested a rocket engine injector that was made using powerful lasers.
Emerging Tech
Gender Gap Affects IT Shops, Where Women Remain Scarce
Men and women divide most starkly on leadership issues, including fairness and empowerment.
Digital Government
Unmanned Aircraft Aborted Its Third Carrier Landing Attempt Following Computer Failure
The Navy’s X-47B was the first drone to make an arrested landing aboard an aircraft carrier.
Emerging Tech
Look Who’s Gif-ing Now
A Connecticut senator is using animated gifs to urge action on student loans.
Emerging Tech
How to Wash Your Hair in Space
All you need is special shampoo, a wide-tooth comb, some warm water ... and microgravity.
Emerging Tech
Ground-Attack Aircraft Radar to Outmaneuver Overcast Skies
L-3 Communications secures a $2.6 million Pentagon deal to build sensors that use extremely high frequency radio technology to see through clouds.
Digital Government
How a Deadly Explosive, When 3D Printed, Could Be Life-Saving
People who are digging up unexploded ordinances sometimes don't know how to handle them. Could these replicas change that?
Digital Government
Despite Test Failure, Pentagon Remains Confident About Missile Defense
Defense spokesman says the U.S. could respond to any threat from North Korea.
Digital Government