Digital Government

How Do You Cut the Number of Homeless Vets? Provide Housing

VA and HUD figure it out.

Digital Government

How to Precognize a Snowden

Since psych evaluations violate privacy rules, the FBI might turn to a whole new science.

Emerging Tech

Spotting the Trends in Disaster Tweets

FEMA looks for patterns in social media to improve emergency management.

Cybersecurity

House panel authorizes full funding for intell IT modernization

The legislation would also target insider threats in the wake of the leaks by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden.

Emerging Tech

Is Google's Secretive Research Lab Working on Human-Dolphin Communication?

The short answer is 'no,' but the long answer is much more interesting.

People

New bill would demand detailed HealthCare.gov data

Legislation would require state-by-state statistics, and put a price tag on the cost of the "tech surge" being conducted to fix the site.

Digital Government

A Closer Look at HealthCare.gov's Still-Unbuilt 30 Percent

Three missing back-end systems aren't needed until 2014 but were supposed to be done earlier.

Digital Government

Oregon's Obamacare Website Hasn't Enrolled One Person in Private Insurance Yet

And the fax line is always busy. The state site aims for functionality by Dec. 16.

Acquisition

GSA looks to trim Microsoft product costs

The General Services Administration says a new blanket purchase agreement could save the agencies 15-20 percent annually on commercial software.

Modernization

The Quest to Build an NSA-Proof Cloud

European leaders want to go head to head with Amazon and Google.

Cybersecurity

Senate panel approves DHS secretary nominee

Confirmation by the full Senate is expected, but could be slowed by procedural moves aimed at getting more information about the administration's border security plans.

Modernization

A fundamental shift -- and a long-term proposition

It might take a generation for federal IT managers to fully digest the technological evolution of the past few years.

Cybersecurity

Cyber, intell in 'infant stages' of cooperation

The military is still determining how best to apply ever-changing technology to gathering and using intelligence.

Modernization

Say 'Cheese' -- and Happy Birthday! -- to the International Space Station

App alerts citizens and astronauts to the best time for snapping a flyby photo.

Cybersecurity

Stuxnet Used an Old Movie Trick to Fool Iran's Nuclear Program

An earlier version of the virus relied on the cyber-attack equivalent of a camera trick in the movie Speed.

Digital Government

Nextgov Bold Awards 2013 Honors Feds for Innovative Tech That Saves Time, Money and Lives

Hackathon, whale app and BYOD effort among the boldest of the Bold Awards winners.

Digital Government

The HealthCare.gov To-Do List

What the online Obamacare marketplace must do by the end of the month and beyond.

Digital Government

Senator Seeks to Prevent NATO Use of Chinese Technology

Amendment pertains to a possible Turkish effort to buy an antimissile system from Beijing.

Acquisition

FITARA proposed as part of Senate defense package

Move could fast-track IT procurement reform, as the House added its version to the defense authorization bill in June.