Digital Government
Delivering citizen services with one weird trick
Federal website designers might be surprised by what users want once they use analytics to actually measure users' desires.
Artificial Intelligence
Robots Are Starting to Learn by Touch
The experiment one day could allow artificial intelligence to learn about the physical environment through all senses.
Cybersecurity
GAO: FEMA needs framework to improve IT systems
According to the Government Accountability Office, FEMA needs to develop a governing framework for the oversight and modernization of IT investments.
People
Donald Trump needs a transition leader
The billionaire might be the presumptive GOP nominee, but those managing presidential transition prep say he doesn't yet have a dedicated transition team leader or office space.
Modernization
3 Steps for Resurrecting Your Useless Zombie Apps
Over time, many of those early agency apps became “zombies” skulking in the dark corners of the app stores, purposeless and all but dead
Emerging Tech
Twitter Tips from the Education Dept: Don't Try to be 'the Cool Mom'
FAFSA’s team is known for its social engagement and its ability to leverage prominent hashtags, like yesterday’s #Maythe4thbewithyou.
Digital Government
White House techies explore the intersection of big data and ethics
A new report examines how big-data applications can uncover discrimination but also encode hidden biases.
Modernization
A web of FedRAMP collaboration
Agencies are leveraging each other's cloud service authorization efforts -- some more than others. Here's what FedRAMP sharing looks like.
Acquisition
Help us find the Rising Stars
Nominations are now being accepted for the 2016 Rising Star Awards.
Emerging Tech
FBI Wants to Exempt Its Massive Biometric Database from Some Federal Privacy Rules
The database could include more than 52 million facial photos.
Digital Government
NSA Plan to Trash Employee Complaint Files Raises Concerns for Some
The move comes amid a legal battle about the potential improper disposal of whistleblower evidence.
Emerging Tech
How IoT and Augmented Reality Will Disrupt Federal Tech
Such a future may only be a few years away, according to a new report.
Emerging Tech
Chinese Government Unveils ‘Security Robot’ to Squelch Riots
The robot performs automatic patrols and can shock people with an electric prod.
Cybersecurity
Developers Keep Leaving Secret Keys to Corporate Data Vulnerable on GitHub
The hackers who stole data on 50,000 Uber drivers in 2014 didn’t have to do much hacking at all.
Modernization
New White House guidance charts future of shared services
The Obama administration is looking to make sure its advances on shared services becomes a permanent fixture of government.
Cybersecurity
IG: ICE IT system deficiencies threaten data integrity
Deficiencies in Immigration and Customs Enforcement's general IT controls could jeopardize the privacy and integrity of critical financial and operational data, according to a new report.
Modernization
Why bimodal IT is terrible
In an agile world, a two-siloed system is simply wasteful, Forrester analysts argue in a new report.
Digital Government
USAID's beta site is meant to look nongovernmental
In a bid to democratize development worldwide, USAID is partnering with other organizations to create a website that doesn't even end in .gov.
Cybersecurity