Emerging Tech
Data.gov moving to an open source platform
India and Ghana are already using the open source platform for their data sharing sites.
Digital Government
You can download your entire Twitter history now
Twitter will roll out the archiving option over the coming weeks and months.
Emerging Tech
An American went to space today
NASA astronaut Thomas Marshburn and two others were blasted towards the International Space Station.
Modernization
Do the United States and China need a cybersecurity hotline?
A red telephone for the Internet age, and four other ways digital security in the People's Republic could move ahead in 2013
Modernization
North Korea's bunk satellite could float out of control for years
The rogue country's recent launch is now considered space junk.
Emerging Tech
Petition criticizing Westboro Baptists is most popular ever on White House site
The tiny church plans to picket the funerals of Sandy Hook victims.
Modernization
Video: An astronaut-guided tour of the most amazing house ever built
Fun fact: The space station's pantry is stocked with marshmallow fluff.
Emerging Tech
NASA goes Gangnam Style
Check out the Johnson Space Center students' newest pop song parody.
Emerging Tech
Gun violence petition continues to break records on We the People
White House petitioners also want to designate funeral protesters as a hate group.
Emerging Tech
Commentary: No, really, regulate the bullets
In the era of 3D-printed guns, ammunition may prove a better regulatory target than the weapons themselves.
Emerging Tech
Gun control petition is most popular ever posted to White House site
More than 120,000 people have signed the petition posted after Friday's deadly school shooting.
Digital Government
What big space data looked like in 1962
Fifty years ago, we recorded the learnings of our space explorers with paper scrolls.
Modernization
The Iranian government's lame YouTube clone
With one of the strictest web filters on earth, the Islamic Republic leaves people with few alternatives.
Emerging Tech
Patent office plans a public search portal
No cost contract is a sign of things to come.
Digital Government
DHS to recompete online immigration program in ‘crisis’
Floundering five-year, $536,000 program is on track to become a 20-year, $3 billion effort.
Digital Government
Big changes coming to Facebook's privacy controls
The company is trying to make users feel more in control of their posts, all in the name of getting people to share more (and more!).
Digital Government
The North Korean satellite is tumbling out of control: How dangerous is that?
The space object could crash with another satellite.
Emerging Tech
DOT wants to mandate black boxes for cars
Car crash data could be a big data boon for government.
Digital Government