Digital Government
Bill Gates: 'The Idea That Innovation Is Slowing Down Is ... Stupid'
New ideas are coming at "a scarily fast pace," he says.
Modernization
To Turn the World Into a Web Page, Mobile Browsers Need to Improve Figuring Out Locations
Geographic certitude is at the core of everything an AR browser does.
People
NASA names new chief technologist, acting CTO
MIT's David W. Miller will serve as NASA Administrator Charles Bolden's principal advisor on agency-wide technology issues, policies and programs.
Digital Government
The intelligence community's big-data problem
Analyzing fragmented information that doesn’t come neatly packaged is a challenge most other government users of big data can relate to.
Digital Government
What Happens After Sexting and Luxury Travel at VA? Paid Leave
VA takes action against IG report subject, if you call paid leave action.
Cybersecurity
Panel votes to tighten federal website security
Under the legislation, any federal website that collects personally identifiable information from users would have to be certified as secure by the agency CIO before going live.
Cybersecurity
DHS cyber framework team named
The group will work under Deputy Undersecretary for Cybersecurity and Communications Phyllis Schneck.
People
A window into the federal soul
Technology can simultaneously amplify mistakes and make them easier for customers – in the government’s case, citizens – to see.
Digital Government
Does Your STEM Degree Have a Shelf Life?
Some are at risk of being pushed out of their fields in favor of younger workers.
Emerging Tech
Pentagon Wants Help Tracking Space Debris
Retaining space dominance is going to require investment, Air Force Space Command chief tells lawmakers.
Cybersecurity
The NSA Is Using Facebook to Hack Into Your Computer
The spy agency is not above posing as the social-media site, according to Snowden files.
Digital Government
Fake Websites Created by Republicans Spur Ethics Complaint
Washington group files complaint against Rep. Greg Walden from Oregon.
Cybersecurity
CBP unveils revamped website
The redesign of the Customs and Border Protection portal is the first in the DHS agency’s existence.
Cybersecurity
Agencies at odds over border tech
CBP official Mark Borkowski complained that the agency's new system was being unfairly linked to the failed SBInet program.
Digital Government
20 big-dollar IT budgets
Most of the biggest spending proposals are in the fiscal 2015 budget are agency-wide enterprise or infrastructure projects.
Cybersecurity
Federal Website Security Bill Moves Forward in House
Measure would require CIOs to certify websites collecting citizens’ information are safe.
People
Data the key factor in mobile device management
Few people care about what happens to a device, points out Good Technology CTO Nicko van Someren, but most care what happens to the data on it.
Cybersecurity
FEMA's new CISO comes aboard
Donna Bennett was formerly the senior information assurance officer at National Defense University.
Emerging Tech
How Maps Drive Decisions at EPA
Spreadsheets and graphs no longer anchor the agency's discussions.
People