Emerging Tech
How Government Is Embracing Innovation: Livestream
Featuring: Roopangi Kadakia, Web Services Executive, NASA
Cybersecurity
Learning from larceny, SXSW crowdsourcing and tracking business incentives
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Digital Government
The long-term budget outlook
When the Congressional Budget Office reassured agencies that no last-minute sequesters are needed for fiscal 2014, it also revisited the long-term targets. The forecast: Steady growth, but slowly.
Digital Government
Ranking the states on open data
States with robust open data policies include Texas, Maryland, Utah, Hawaii and New York.
Modernization
NHTSA takes next step on national crash-avoidance system
In addition to radio interference, skeptics also voice concerns about the cybersecurity of increasingly networked vehicles.
Digital Government
Google Knows You Better Than You Know Yourself
Predictive analysis combs through calendars and search histories—and gets in the way of routine self-deception.
Digital Government
TV Stations Sue FCC Over Plan to Auction Broadcast Licenses
The cell-phone industry hopes the lawsuit won't delay the auction of valuable airwaves.
Cybersecurity
Another DIA departure: Gus Taveras resigns as CTO
Defense Intelligence Agency is also in search of a CIO and a permanent director.
People
Digital Service and agency IT: Advice for Mikey
Steve Kelman has some suggestions to help the administration's latest IT outsider succeed.
Digital Government
Finding savings in FOIA
An analysis of state-level freedom-of-information requests shows how cost-effective smart open-data efforts can be.
Emerging Tech
Even When Police Do Wear Cameras, Don't Count on Seeing the Footage
Police officers in San Diego have started wearing body cameras, but the department routinely denies requests for the video.
Emerging Tech
Russian Astronaut Throws Satellite Into Space for Peru
The satellite will take infrared photos of the Earth for Peru.
Digital Government
New VA Bill Chops Tuition Costs
Calls for in-state tuition rates for all post-9/11 GI Bill vets
Digital Government
Navy Unmanned Aircraft Returns to Carrier Flight Ops
Tests operations in conjunction with manned aircraft
Digital Government
Can You Forecast the Spread of a Deadly Disease?
DARPA has $150,000 up for grabs if you can.
Cybersecurity
Community Health Systems breach affects 4.5 million patients
Healthcare and Public Health
Modernization
Fed IT workers vote no confidence on data center uptime
Forty-two percent of federal IT workers surveyed by MeriTalk said downtime left them unable to do their jobs.
Modernization
GCN Award winners, online privacy, Syrian malware and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community
Cybersecurity