Digital Government

NOAA, NASA finalists in web design competition

The Webby awards are presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences.

Cybersecurity

Heart health center posts click-through ad to announce e-records breach

Healthcare and Public Health // Texas, United States

Emerging Tech

Is It Time for the U.S. to Partner With China in Space?

One of America's biggest rivals could also be its next best ally in the cosmos.

People

OMB seeks more money to tackle IT effectiveness

Budget Director Sylvia Burwell identified three management issues that need to be fixed to help IT procurement.

Cybersecurity

What You Need to Know About Heartbleed, the New Security Bug Scaring the Internet

You'll have to change all of your passwords, and temporarily avoid any site known to be vulnerable.

Digital Government

China dispatch: Students, trade and technology parks

Steve Kelman rounds up observations from his trip to Chengdu.

Cybersecurity

GAO: IRS has information security control weaknesses

The IRS has failed to consistently install appropriate patches on all databases and servers to protect against known vulnerabilities, GAO found.

Cybersecurity

How the IRS Is Leaving Your Financial Data Unprotected

Agency has failed to patch security vulnerabilities that could compromise taxpayer information.

Digital Government

Making the case for more contests

Government has barely scratched the surface of what it could achieve in R&D with more, better and bigger prize competitions, experts say.

Digital Government

Google to Obama: Leave Us Out of Your Spying Fight

Our data mining isn't like NSA surveillance at all, Silicon Valley says.

Digital Government

These Emojis Would Like to Help You Structure Your Data

Yelp's move toward the small, cartoon-like figures used on mobile devices hints at the future.

Modernization

A 'start-up guide' for information interoperability

The aim is to provide a common language that makes it easier to share data from disparate sources, along with tools and techniques to make the sharing safer.

Digital Government

Nuclear Accident? Fasten Up Your 'Radiation Belt'

Device could protect its wearer from the effects of gamma radiation in a nuclear emergency.

People

Better Government Competition seeks agency tech ideas

Massachusetts non-profit is offering a $10,000 prize for innovative programs or promising ideas.

Cybersecurity

How the U.S. Power Grid Is Like a Big Pile of Sand

And why that puts the country at risk for widespread power outages.