Digital Government
New Rules on Federal Bonuses Could Affect Efforts to Boost IT Skills
The incentives are designed to help recruit, retain and relocate skilled employees.
Cybersecurity
Another step toward automated customs checks
New interactive screens at O’Hare help travelers speed their way through customs by eliminating the need to have border agents process their passports and declaration paperwork.
Digital Government
Good News, Future Colonists! Mars Meals May Feature Nutella
And also seafood chowder ... and curried noodles ... and Spam.
Modernization
Interior making big moves to the cloud
The Interior Department is making a big push to the cloud in the midst of transforming its IT capabilities by awarding 10 contracts valued at as much as $10 billion over the next decade.
Cybersecurity
Readers divided about VA theory on stolen laptops
Readers offer a mixture of criticism and praise for Acting Assistant Secretary for Information and Technology Stephen Warren's response to VA data breaches.
People
The key to better IT portfolio management
Federal leaders need to balance their spending on operations and new projects to support strategic IT priorities and budget plans
Digital Government
Gartner study shows CIO budgets improving
Gartner researchers say even a small infusion of cash will put CIOs in a better position to deliver and manage IT services.
Emerging Tech
Why We’re a Long Way From Computers That Really Work Like the Human Brain
No machine has yet been able to replicate the brain's interconnected nature.
Cybersecurity
A tipping point for biometrics?
Nearly a decade after HSPD-12 was issued, the Department of Homeland Security is beginning to make real progress on linking ID cards to their holders.
Modernization
Identity management heads for the cloud
The Federal Cloud Credential Exchange should simplify online credentialing of citizens, but systems that authenticate agency employees might be tougher.
Cybersecurity
Hackers exploit weakest link at The Washington Post: a sports writer
Media // Washington, DC, United States
Digital Government
Can Drones Be Known for More Than Causing Death?
Some can do search, rescue, and recovery operations—and pizza delivery.
Digital Government
Well Done, VA Blogger Alex Horton
The former Army grunt is living proof the GI bill works.
Emerging Tech
The White House Didn't Promise to Respond Quickly
Website listing unanswered We the People petitions is built with streaming data supplied by the White House.
Digital Government
Defense Protests White Sands Wind-Power Line on National Security Grounds
Pentagon suggests SunZia bury 35 miles of line at a cost of $350 million.
Digital Government
State Department May Give Embassy Drone Surveillance Another Shot
Officials cancelled an earlier bid for the aircraft, but they've scaled back requirements in a new notice to contractors.
Emerging Tech
How a Cat Helped Pioneer New Postal Service Technology, Circa 1897
It's like a Dr. Seuss story, only it actually happened.
Digital Government
Proof That Geographic Data Really Should Be Free
New York City and California have begun to offer up their GIS files to anyone who wants them, and early results are amazing.
Digital Government