Ideas
Is Government Now the Caboose of Technology?
Federal agencies used to drive technology innovation. Now, not so much.
Emerging Tech
Beam me up to 100,000 signatures
Trekkies seek Kennedy Center Honors for Kirk, Spock and co.
Emerging Tech
Joe Biden's Google hangout takes on assault weapons and the NRA
'I don't view it as gun control, I view it as gun safety," says Biden.
Digital Government
FBI and DHS team up to nab border intruders with iris recognition
Feds to build upon controversial immigrant fingerprinting program with eye pattern matching.
Emerging Tech
Lithium ion battery short circuited in first 787 Dreamliner fire
The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating problems with the grounded Boeing fleet.
Emerging Tech
These government apps are on the drawing board
New mobile tools are under consideration at the National Archives and elsewhere.
Emerging Tech
Homeland Security looks to fast-track technology development
Officials ask inventors whether ‘rapid prototyping’ over a two-year schedule could work for border security and other innovations.
Modernization
Google wants to own the airwaves, now
The search company is asking the FCC for a license to create an experimental radio service.
Emerging Tech
We the People petitioners typically wait three months for a reply
The White House’s response time to appeals from citizens varies widely.
Emerging Tech
Access to broadband internet is the new access to ports, rail, and electricity
"State of the Internet" report says Korea leads in high-speed access worldwide.
Modernization
The iPhone app that helped save Algerian hostages in the desert
The compass application guided the hostages for 20 miles.
Emerging Tech
An entire Senate on Twitter. Really.
Senators don’t just have Twitter accounts, they’re sharing useful information.
Modernization
Here come Apple's huge iPhone sales numbers
Apple will soon deliver its earnings report for the end of 2012.
Digital Government
Evidence that Syria used chemical weapons is stacking up
Reports suggest the Assad regime has already crossed Obama's "red line," an offense offensive enough to spur a U.S. military intervention.
Emerging Tech
A 2006 battery fire destroyed Boeing 787 supplier’s facility
A dismissed whistleblower lawsuit alleged the batteries were unsafe.
Digital Government
France wants to tax data mining
The French government would target American companies like Google, Facebook, or Amazon.
Cybersecurity
What the future without passwords could look like
The brains at Google are experimenting with new authentication technologies.
Emerging Tech
FOIA Online gets mixed marks at three months
The shared site isn’t delivering yet on some key functions.
Digital Government