Digital Government
The Web Is Not Actually Getting Any More Global
Rising data flow is not inherently international.
Digital Government
Navy calibration patent goes commercial
Under a cross-licensing agreement, American Technical Services will commercialize the system, while the Navy obtains a license to use ATS software.
People
Brubaker leaving DOD
The Pentagon's director of planning and performance management is returning to the private sector.
Digital Government
Oregon's Health Care Website Is Worse Than HealthCare.gov
It's so bad, an advisory panel recommended Thursday that the state move to the federal exchange.
Modernization
The FCC Thought Its New Rules Violated Net Neutrality Back in 2011
"Providers might withhold or decline to expand capacity in order to 'squeeze' nonprioritized traffic," FCC warned.
Digital Government
The Cost of Better Data on Bundled Federal Contracts? $1 Million.
The value of accurate reporting? Priceless.
Digital Government
Lawsuit Says GSA Discriminates Against Blind Contractors
The System for Award Management is not handicapped accessible, the suit claims.
Digital Government
Video: Nanorobots That Hide in Your Blood Like Viruses Could Someday Fight Cancer
The new technology builds structural hangers out of genetic code to attach a fatty covering to the nanodevice.
Digital Government
GSA's Bev Godwin to Retire
The director of GSA’s Federal Citizen Information Center has been a champion of technology innovation.
Modernization
Facebook’s Mobile User Base Has Crossed the 1 Billion Threshold
Roughly 341 million people only use their mobile device to access Facebook.
Digital Government
INSCOM points toward greater use of open standards
The Intelligence and Security Command is the Army’s one-stop-shop for intelligence, and the platform for its recently deployed geospatial database runs on non-proprietary technology.
Acquisition
Industry, agencies talk small business obstacles
Programs aimed at cutting through the weeds of the procurement process can help, but many small vendors feel other federal efforts are stacked against them.
Digital Government
Feds Feeling Less Empowered to Innovate
Number who feel innovation is encouraged and rewarded continues to decline.
Modernization
TASC taps ‘first federal CIO’
Mark Forman joins the defense contractor as vice president for IT services and cloud initiatives.
Emerging Tech
Why Crowdfunding Is Set to Explode in Size Over the Next Few Years
The crowdsourcing market could hit around $17 billion globally by 2015, report predicts.
Cybersecurity
Which agencies reward innovation?
Federal workers lack confidence that their employers will support efforts at innovation, says a new report from the Partnership for Public Service.
Digital Government
Another amazing crowdsourcing app shakes up the world
GiveDirectly employs a simple idea – giving money directly to poor people – and uses technology to facilitate the transaction.
Acquisition
IBM gears up for Pentagon health push
With a major electronic health records procurement looming, IBM is growing its federal health IT footprint.
Emerging Tech