Digital Government
GSA's Dave McClure to Retire
The associate administrator of the General Services Administration's Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies was a leader in key initiatives.
Digital Government
Watch a Congressional Candidate Shoot Down a 'Government Drone'
House contender Matt Rosendale of Montana wants Big Brother out of his airspace.
Emerging Tech
The Obama Administration Is Taking Another Try at the Program That Funded Solyndra
Energy Department calls for applications for up to $4 billion in financing.
Digital Government
Your Photo Could Be Included in the FBI’s New Facial Recognition Database
The database, known as Next Generation Identification, will for the first time combine criminal and noncriminal records.
Digital Government
Pentagon Plans to Ax Missile-Interceptor Redesign If Sequestration Returns
The automatic cuts are slated for a comeback in 2016.
Digital Government
When Your Hearing Aid Is an iPhone
A company is trying to remove the social stigma associated with hearing loss.
Modernization
E-Filing Enables IRS to Issue Refunds Faster Despite Shutdown, Smaller Staff
A rise in computer tax filing helped the agency process more returns faster
Digital Government
DHS Wants to Recycle Its Own Computers
Department thinks it can do a better job than GSAXcess.
Acquisition
DOD aims to improve procurement communications
Assistant Secretary for Acquisition Katrina McFarland tells industry that draft requirements could be shared earlier in the process.
Digital Government
Should every agency have an IG?
GAO says there are better alternatives for effective oversight of small agencies. Inspectors general, unsurprisingly, take a different view.
Digital Government
In-flight Wi-Fi for Con Air
The Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation System is bringing broadband to its planes.
Emerging Tech
How Government Data Could Make College Cheaper
The Education Department is asking developers how they could use APIs to make college a better value for students.
Cybersecurity
Hackers ogled 500,000 consumer records at British boob job clinics
Healthcare and Public Health // UK
Digital Government
The Electronic-Medical-Records Email of the Day, No. 1
'Just as cars are not all the same, Electronic Medical Records vary greatly...'
Modernization
Amazon and Google Are Battling to Dominate the Cloud -- and Amazon May Already Have Won
Whatever the endgame, it could take decades to reach. In the meantime, this is a fight that rewards scale.
Modernization
FirstNet leader D'Agostino resigns
The general manager's departure comes as the First Responder Network Authority is in the process of developing a business plan and expanding its staff.
Modernization
DARPA explores drone-powered Wi-Fi
Research agency's program would put hotspots in the air to bring broadband to troops in the field -- much as Google is looking to do for consumers with its Titan Aerospace acquisition.
Emerging Tech
Get Ready to Pay for Things With Your Veins
Fingerprint scanners are so iPhone 5S. Up next: the geometry of the veins in your hands.
Emerging Tech