Digital Government
Can big data save agencies big bucks?
How advancements in big data can help federal agencies avoid duplication, redundancies and other budgetary challenges.
Emerging Tech
Could a $500 Gadget Have Prevented the Metro-North Tragedy?
Some want to see broader use of technology to control train speed.
People
A PortfolioStat progress report
The Office of Management and Budget launched PortfolioStat last year to help 26 major agencies identify and reduce duplicative IT investments. Here's how they’re doing.
Digital Government
A U.S. decline?
Steve Kelman assesses U.S. standing in Asia -- and finds we still have a great deal to lose.
Digital Government
The Federal Managers' Guide to Tech Trends in 2014
New tools and mandates are fueling unprecedented innovation in government, but they’re also creating new challenges.
Cybersecurity
L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center clients hit up for money
Financial Services // Healthcare and Public Health // California, United States
Digital Government
Commentary: Every Federal Agency Needs an Innovation Lab
Safe places to think and act outside the bureaucratic box.
Emerging Tech
Reagan Administration Emails Were the Dawn of Digital Transparency
The NSC's early email system expanded to the rest of the White House in 1986.
Digital Government
Marking Three Years of Telework Progress
Act requires agencies to establish expanded telework programs and notify all employees of their eligibility to telework.
Digital Government
What the First Income Taxes Tell Us About HealthCare.gov
A Q-and-A with tax policy professor Joseph Thorndike.
People
FAA regs render Forest Service drones flightless
The aircraft were bought six years ago to monitor marijuana fields, but can't get off the ground.
Digital Government
NSA Also Spies on Trolls, Orcs and Elves
The agency has infiltrated online games populated by mythical creatures.
Modernization
Obama wants agencies to push the Green Button
GSA, DOE and EPA are tasked with launching a pilot energy data exchange program at federal facilities within 120 days.
Acquisition
GAO: Take account of reverse-auction growth
GAO recommends issuing governmentwide guidance aimed at helping agencies maximize competition and savings when using reverse auctions.
People
DOD's Takai honors IT excellence
The Army Enterprise Email Migrations Team was a big winner in the DOD CIO awards.
Modernization
Wheeler postpones spectrum auction until IT is tested
The disastrous launch of HealthCare.gov looms as an object lesson on proving technology before it is deployed.
Cybersecurity
Eight Tech Giants Urge Obama and Congress to Curb NSA
Open letter says electronic surveillance needs to be restricted by law.
Digital Government
About 10 Percent of Obamacare Enrollment Files Have Errors
HHS has struggled to figure out the extent of HealthCare.gov’s back-end problems.
Cybersecurity