People
VA looks to Congress to improve cost management
The Department of Veterans Affairs also plans to roll out a series of initiative throughout November to improve its veterans' benefits services.
Modernization
Here's How to Actually Use the iPhone X
Without a home button, quite a few things are different.
Digital Government
How Racial Data Gets 'Cleaned' in the U.S. Census
The national survey offers more identity choices than ever—until those choices get scrubbed away.
Modernization
What it Will Take to Keep Trump Tweeting From Behind China’s Great Firewall
While China’s massive censorship machine technically blocks Chinese citizens from using Twitter, there are ways around it.
Digital Government
Mapping destruction after Harvey and Irma
Analysis of high resolution satellite images yielded data that supported recovery efforts after Harvey and Irma.
Digital Government
My Boston airport lost and found stories: good government, good citizens
Sometimes, Steve Kelman writes, the system works.
Digital Government
Clothes Made From a Data-Storing Fabric Will Remember Pass Codes For You
"You can think of the fabric as a hard disk."
Digital Government
The UN Is Using Ethereum’s Technology to Fund Food for Thousands of Refugees
The blockchain technology could slash the costs of delivering aid.
Digital Government
Fate of Chief Data Officers Relies on Which Data Transparency Bill Passes
Two different versions of the OPEN Government Data Act are working their way through Congress.
Digital Government
Congress to Grill DHS Nominee, Former Yahoo and Equifax CEOs
And that evidence-based policy bill is moving through the House at a quick clip.
Digital Government
Advice From a Real "Woman of NASA," for Kids Who Dream of Working in Science
Words of wisdom from Margaret Hamilton who wrote the code who got us to the moon.
Emerging Tech
A Stray Dog Became the World’s First Cosmonaut 60 Years Ago Today
She was the first living being to leave the Earth’s orbit.
Digital Government
Even Trump Is Vulnerable to Internet Chaos
In the same day, the president of the United States and many local journalists both suffered the precariousness of life online.
Cybersecurity
Army and Navy Cyber Command Ready Way Ahead of Schedule
The services reached the milestone a year ahead of schedule.
Emerging Tech
Astronauts Have Been Dealing With the Same Crappy Printers for 17 Years
Even people on the International Space Station deal with paper jams and ink shortages.
Ideas
Sharing the Secret to Digitization in Emerging Economies
Governments must realize that data is the currency of the future.
Acquisition
Where should agencies look for innovation?
John Kammerer, NSA's technical director of high performance computing solutions, wants the federal government to pay more attention to startups.
Modernization
Lawmakers look to keep close tabs on VA's health record switch
A bipartisan quartet of lawmakers introduced legislation that would compel the Department of Veterans Affairs to document how it plans to implement its new electronic health record system.
People
House targets burrowers, new hires at agencies
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee approved a series of workforce-related bills that target burrowers and new hires while extending whistleblower and telework provisions
Modernization