Digital Government

CDC Looks to Expand Ebola Screening at Major US Airports

The virus is also the target of the White House's latest Grand Challenge.

Digital Government

Online Resources Track and Map Ebola Outbreak

Websites also offer Ebola clinical guides.

Digital Government

Top-Secret US Space Drone Returns to Earth

Experts say the highly classified plane—which returns to Earth today—could be testing spacecraft longevity or developing anti-satellite weapons.

Digital Government

The Power of Big Data: What Your Zip Code Says About You

Software company Esri's database files Americans into one of 67 consumer groups.

Digital Government

Navy takes another step in developing drone boats

The Office of Naval Research says a technological breakthrough will pave the way for the use of unmanned boats to detect threats and launch attacks.

Modernization

Why nobody knows how much data center consolidation is saving

Agencies use different ways to count savings, making estimates difficult to pin down.

Digital Government

Scientists Engineer Smart Battery That Detects Fires Before They Break Out

Lithium ions short-circuiting and causing fires are a growing problem that may now have a solution.

Emerging Tech

Chinese Science Still Lags Behind U.S., Europe

Beijing is the world's top science city, but Chinese policies will prevent China from becoming the world's top science country.

Modernization

Watching ICANN, denying hackers and controlling UAVs

News and notes from around the federal IT community.

Cybersecurity

Websites of Hong Kong Activists Infected With Spyware

Attackers compromised sites belonging to Alliance for True Democracy, the Democratic Party Hong Kong, People Power in Hong Kong and The Professional Commons.

People

New program manager of DCGS-A hopes for strong start

Col. Robert Collins says close feedback from industry and soldiers can help improve a program that has struggled with inefficiencies.

Modernization

NASA names more SEWP V winners

Forty-one contracts were awarded in the Server Support Devices/Multi-functional Devices Group.

Acquisition

FAR Council sets new contract numbering plan

The rule is the result of a Government Accountability and Transparency Board recommendation to implement a uniform system for identifying the government's financial transactions.

Cybersecurity

Hack Might Have Exposed SSNs of Unemployed Oregonians

Government (U.S.) // Oregon , United States