People
Robin Lineberger: All about the co-opetition
Lineberger is credited with bringing an almost Silicon Valley-like environment to Deloitte's innovation center.
Cybersecurity
A wish list for a digitized President's Daily Brief
Leading technologists argue that a paper-based briefing can no longer meet the president's information needs.
Modernization
After Tweeters Allege Government Corruption, Turkey Bans Twitter
Turkish PM has also threatened to prohibit YouTube and Facebook.
Cybersecurity
'To purge or not to purge'
Trying to determine when spy agencies are required to dispose of data is something of a mystery, even to them.
Cybersecurity
Justice IG finds fault with encryption practices
An audit ripped the U.S. Attorneys’ office for failing to secure laptops and tablets holding sensitive information.
Cybersecurity
Filling in the blanks on GSA's cyber-response campus
Experts say cyber-response consolidation is a laudable goal, but warn that it is also fraught with potential problems.
Emerging Tech
'Just Got on Twitter' and Other First Tweets From Federal Agencies
A roundup of the origins of government tweets using the microblogging site's new tool.
Digital Government
Los Alamos Nuclear Waste Heads to Texas Temporarily After Radiation Leaks
No date set for reopening shuttered N.M. storage site.
Cybersecurity
Op-Ed: Agency IT Budgets Aren’t Keeping Pace with Malware Threat
If lawmakers don’t increase IT budgets, agencies will have to sacrifice some of their cybersecurity initiatives.
Emerging Tech
Now's Your Chance to Weigh In on the White House's Web Privacy Policy
The administration says it won't share personal info about Web visitors outside the government.
Emerging Tech
Twelve Reasons Robots Could Be the Next Trillion-dollar Business
Robots are becoming increasingly integrated into modern life.
Acquisition
Acquisition environment 'is receptive to new ideas'
Feds hope to make a virtue of necessity by overhauling the acquisition landscape in response to stagnant IT budgets.
Digital Government
Rand Paul Slams Surveillance State 'Drunk With Power'
A harsh speech wins over the UC Berkeley crowd but the Republican senator glides past social issues.
Digital Government
Some Medical Translation Apps Help Just Enough to Hurt
For now, phone-based interpretation is the best tech substitute for a trained interpreter in the room.
Digital Government
More Radiation Escapes New Mexico Nuclear-Waste Facility
The department says it will provide updates on site radiation levels every Thursday.
People
The fundamentals of IT program management
Although there are countless opportunities to go astray when developing agencywide IT projects, most troubled programs make major mistakes right out of the starting block.
Acquisition
Deadline looms for $6 billion military intelligence IT contract
Vendors interested in the $6 billion Enhanced Solutions for Technology Enterprise need to submit their proposals by mid-May.
Emerging Tech
A Quick Review of Where Commercial Drones Stand
The FAA wants to clear up the confusion. Here's a helpful guide.
People