Modernization
Why Christmas Is an Agonizing Time for App Developers
A hit can mean millions of new downloads. But it also usually involves spending millions on marketing.
Digital Government
Analysis: A HealthCare.gov Warning Taken out of Context
Issa hasn't shown that consumers' data was ever at great risk.
Emerging Tech
2013 Was a Lost Year for Tech Innovation
Not a single breakthrough product was unveiled -- and for reasons outlined here, Google Glass doesn’t count.
Digital Government
Researchers: It Is Trivially Easy to Match Metadata to Real People
Telephony metadata NSA collects does not include customer names, but it's easy to figure them out.
Digital Government
Edward Snowden: Congress's Failures Forced My Hand
The NSA leaker says House and Senate leaders "elected" him by failing to do their oversight jobs themselves.
Digital Government
Emergency Alert System May Go Commercial
The current system is dogged by inefficiencies that could cost lives, FEMA says.
Digital Government
Good Cheer to All
A note of gratitude for this digital pulpit – and the NextGov news pages.
Emerging Tech
How Astronauts Nearly Missed Taking the Iconic Earthrise Photo on Christmas Eve, 1968
New NASA video weaves together the audio recordings from inside the orbiter with illustrations and imagery.
Digital Government
Obamacare Deadline Extended Until Christmas Eve
Administration officials are allowing consumers who want Jan. 1 coverage more time, citing heavy traffic concerns.
Emerging Tech
DARPA Contest Lets Robots Compete to Save Humanity From Itself
Competition incentivizes technology that could save lives in disaster scenarios.
Acquisition
10 reports worth a second look
Among the most interesting Critical Read pieces FCW published in 2013 were ones covering the security clearance process, performance management and FISMA.
Digital Government
A fun party game for the holidays?
"Revolutionary Road" by Richard Yates contains a number of colloquial phrases that have all but disappeared from the language.
Digital Government
Most Scientific Research Data From the 1990s Is Lost Forever
Some of it was on floppy disks.
Modernization
Census Dropping BlackBerry, Will Outfit Surveyors with iPhones
The iPhone pilot is the first step to a bring-your-own-device strategy for Census surveyors.
Emerging Tech
Behold: The World's First Digitally Signed International Agreement
Diplomacy, by ID card.
Digital Government
VA Paperless Processing System Shut Down by Software Glitch Last Week
Problem with ratings decisions was fixed by Wednesday.
Emerging Tech