Ideas

Storify: Nextgov's 2014 State of the Union Tweets

Relive the real-time updates of Obama's speech.

Emerging Tech

A Tech Free State of the Union

The president’s speech glossed over the troubled state of government technology and procurement.

Digital Government

Twice As Many U.S. Missileers Now Implicated in Cheating Probe

It is not clear what role additional officers played, AP reports.

Digital Government

EPA Abandons Major Radiation Cleanup in Florida, Despite Cancer Concerns

The federal agency will leave it to state officials to decide the fate of the sites.

Digital Government

Billionaire Veteran Blasts For-Profit Schools as GI Bill Predators

Jerome Kohlberg calls the institutions ‘domestic enemies.’

Digital Government

VA Kicks Off Contracting for New Electronic Health Records System

VHA seeks industry coordinators to help manage project.

Digital Government

Experimental Uranium Tech Receives $62 Million Boost from U.S.

Funding is part of a set-aside in the 2014 spending bill signed into law this month.

Digital Government

CFPB Director: Yes, We Have Data. No, We're Not the NSA.

"You are giving me quotes about the NSA, which is not us and not what we are doing," Richard Cordray tells a House committee.

Cybersecurity

What feds can learn from Coca-Cola's data breach

The beverage giant's breach, which involved a former employee stealing laptops with unencrypted data, is a teachable moment for federal agencies.

Digital Government

What Millenials Want

Hint: They don't expect to find it at government agencies.

Digital Government

White House Pushes Weaker Version of Spending Transparency Bill

The revised DATA Act could make it more difficult to track spending across agencies.

Cybersecurity

Agencies pay for public distrust in post-Snowden era

In the wake of the Snowden affair, Americans are growing more reluctant to hand over personal information to the government, which hurts legitimate data collection and could drive up costs.

Cybersecurity

Issa takes aim at federal security protocols

A House committee held a closed hearing to discuss potentially sensitive information related to the security of the HealthCare.gov website.

Modernization

Highlighting some lessons learned by federal cloud users

Migration to the cloud yields real benefits, but only when thought through and managed properly, say federal IT leaders who have made the move.

Emerging Tech

2 Spiffy—and Privately Owned—New Cameras Were Installed on the International Space Station Today

They’re so high-res that they’ll see people spelling out letters in a field.

Modernization

A Billion Smartphones Were Shipped in 2013—and That’s Not Even the Interesting Part

One way to boost growth: Convince people they need two phones.

Emerging Tech

Accumulating Space Debris Threatens Satellites

Orbital trash is making it harder to leave Earth and causing headaches and danger for the astronauts and equipment already in space.