Emerging Tech
Get to Mars by Selling All Your Earthly Possessions
Elon Musk wants a ticket to Mars to cost $500,000. For those left behind, he'll have a cheap electric car for you.
Digital Government
Defense Extends IT Exchange Program
New regs authorize temporary assignments to private sector organizations.
Digital Government
Amid Protests, FCC Moves Ahead With New Rules for the Internet
The commission votes to advance new net-neutrality regulations.
Modernization
Industry group raises alarm over Google's changing ad policy
Google recently pulled the advertising option from its Education Apps product line -- are there ramifications for federal users?
Acquisition
News and notes from day 3 at FOSE
Women in STEM, paper-based thinking, GWAC updates and a framework for cybersecurity hiring.
People
Measuring knowledge at NASA
NASA has metrics to gauge competency, but Chief Knowledge Officer Ed Hoffman says hard skills aren't everything.
Digital Government
Andreessen Horowitz leads $15 million funding round for OpenGov
The data visualization firm has signed up 100 governments in 14 months and sees new potential at the federal level.
Cybersecurity
Lawmakers Say Favored NSA Reform Bill Doesn’t Go Far Enough
House members want to insert an amendment barring the agency from exploiting zero day flaws.
Cybersecurity
FBI in the market for bad software
The FBI is seeking a supplier of malicious code, links and exploits.
Emerging Tech
What's Going to Happen to the International Space Station?
Russia plans to kick Americans off the station after 2020, four years earlier than the space mission's intended end.
Digital Government
Did Cat Litter Precipitate the Nuclear Waste Dump Fire?
Specifically, the organic variety is under scrutiny.
Cybersecurity
FCC Employees, Is Your Internet Running Sluggish Today?
Some website operators are slowing FCC staff's access to their sites in protest of potential paid Internet fast lane regulations.
Digital Government
Pentagon CIO Shuffle: Navy Exec Takes the Reins at Defense
Terry Halvorsen, who will become acting Defense CIO, hasn't always embraced his predecessor's initiatives.
Modernization
The state of cloud security
Industry giants say cloud security is a shared responsibility, with vendors providing the services and agencies responsible for creating secure apps and following standard practices.
Acquisition
Public-private group envisions 'acquisition of the future'
AOF brings together government and industry in an effort to chart a new course for acquisition overhaul efforts.
Digital Government