Digital Government
Pentagon to Ask for More Cyber Spending in Next Budget
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said the department would focus more on intelligence gathering, reconnaissance.
Digital Government
U.S. ranks sixth in use of digital government
Singapore, Norway and the United Arab Emirates were the top three in Accenture’s digital government survey.
Modernization
Moon Lasers Are Creating the Galaxy’s Fastest Internet
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Digital Government
Energy Department to Approve Billions in Nuclear Backing
Nuclear power accounts for about 20 percent of the nation's electricity.
Digital Government
GSA offers prizes for travel data tool
The top three entries in the Travel Data Challenge will share $90,000 in prize money.
Cybersecurity
Australian blunder exposes asylum seekers’ identities
Government (Foreign) // Australia
Ideas
Do You Work in Federal Technology? We Want to Hear From You.
We’re launching quarterly surveys to chart the evolving priorities, roles and responsibilities that underpin the technologies supporting agency missions.
Digital Government
VA Needs to Embrace Tech-Savvy, Mobile Veterans
More than 30 percent of the agency's employees and half of its senior execs are eligible for retirement.
Emerging Tech
Social Media Makes the State Department Nimbler
Diplomats advised to 'never tweet anything you don’t want to see on the front page of the Washington Post.'
Digital Government
DISA Signs $40.5 Million Adobe Software Deal
Pact covers DISA, Army and Air Force.
Digital Government
Edward Snowden Just Got Yet Another New Job
University of Glasgow students elect the former NSA contractor to represent them as rector.
Digital Government
Under Fire, GOP Adjusts Fake Democratic Campaign Sites
NRCC changes the donation page to make it clearer who benefits from contributions.
Digital Government
Underground Plutonium Waste Plant Hit by Radiation Leak and Fire
Facility stores 3.2 million cubic feet of waste in salt caverns.
Digital Government
Map of the World key to full immersion in geospatial data
Advances in cloud computing, mobile technology, networking, data transfer and computing speed allow for immediate access to geospatial data, and the intelligence community is ready to put that data to use.
Modernization
Now Your Phone Can Help Cure Cancer
Harness your smartphone's incredible processing power to help conduct scientific research.
Modernization
White House team seeks answers on agency spectrum management
The move is the latest in the administration’s effort to free up spectrum for use in wireless broadband to meet the growing demand for data-intensive mobile services.
Cybersecurity
The Target Data Hack Cost Banks More Than $200 Million
New estimates pin the cost of last year’s robbery higher than previously thought.
Emerging Tech
The Best Cameramen at the Olympics Are Drones
The use of unmanned aerial vehicles for sports photography is far from a passing gimmick.
People
New Zealand civil service: A land without turkey farms
Steve Kelman discovers that the Kiwis' public sector does not even have terms for "turkey farm" or "retired in place."
Cybersecurity