Digital Government

How Drones Are Helping Peru Save Its Ancient Temples, Pyramids and Cities

They can map the country's historic sites faster than humans, while also monitoring the areas for intruders.

Digital Government

A Database of 3D Fossils, Ready for You to Explore and Print

What's better than looking a picture of an ancient trilobite? Printing an ancient trilobite.

Modernization

JIE's murky progress raising questions

Complex systems, unclear timelines compound challenges for Pentagon's shared operational network.

Digital Government

If You Want to Keep Female Employees, Let Them Work From Home

Survey showed 100 percent of women said remote work policies affected their decisions to stay with employers.

Cybersecurity

How Snowden exploited NSA IT security gaps

Media reports detail the human-risk factors that facilitated leaks.

Digital Government

The Staggering Power of NSA Systems Administrators

Reflections on the Ex-PFC Wintergreens of the national-security state

Digital Government

Who's the next head of Hezbollah? New platform has some predictions

University of Maryland researchers test tool for mapping terror and criminal org charts.

Digital Government

Sequester not to blame for lack of innovation

The government has been wasting money in IT for the past decade, so blaming the current budget situation for a refusal to innovate is misplaced.

Cybersecurity

Napolitano bids DHS adieu

In a parting address, secretary warns of both cyber and fiscal challenges.

Digital Government

Silicon Valley Is Plucking Government IT Talent

Entrepreneurs and venture capitalists look to defense and intelligence agency employees.

Digital Government

Hey, How About Some HBO for Nuclear Missile Launch Crews?

Air Force Global Strike Command plans satellite TV buy.

People

CMS clears data-sharing hurdles for health insurance hub

Five agencies set to provide qualifying information for Affordable Care Act's Data Services Hub.

Acquisition

GSA addresses OASIS protest

Amendment assuages USfalcon's concern; second protest remains underway.

Emerging Tech

Google Is Laying the Groundwork to Build its Own Self-Driving Car—Without a Major Auto Manufacturer as Partner

The tech giant wants to have the first self-driving cars available to private citizens in California by 2017.

Cybersecurity

Who Hacked China's Internet Yesterday?

The Chinese Internet was hit with the largest Denial of Service attack it has ever seen.

Digital Government

All the Hurricanes of the Past 170 Years, Mapped

See where 11,967 cyclones overlap in space in this fascinating look at the planet's most powerful storms.

Digital Government

Making the case to attend SXSW

One government IT expert's picks for panels with real work relevance.

People

Feds urged to telework on anniversary of March on Washington

OPM asks agencies to show flexibility, avoid "unproductive time" on Aug. 28.