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
Leadership of intell review group remains unclear
A high-level group of independent experts will review federal intelligence and communications technologies as a step in advancing the debate over U.S. surveillance activities, but who will lead the group and determine its membership remains unclear.
Digital Government
Contractors who tell don't have same protections as feds
Though the number of federal contractors has grown significantly over the past decade, examples of whistleblowing contractors are extraordinarily rare, and they don't enjoy the same protections as federal employees.
Digital Government
DHS Buys a $95 Million IT System to Improve Employee Skills
The talent management platform will analyze and develop skills for 250,000 feds.
Cybersecurity
DHS faces growing leadership gap
At least 15 DHS leadership positions are vacant or filled temporarily, and the department's head is leaving next month.
Modernization
America’s Most Profitable Company Per Employee Makes Your Phone Work—and it’s Not Apple
InterDigital has developed many of the technologies critical to our wireless world.
Digital Government
Larry Ellison, NSA Database Supplier, Approves of NSA Surveillance
Ellison, co-founder and CEO of Oracle, appeared on an interview with CBS.
Digital Government
Get Ready for More Nights Without Power
Ten years after the 2003 meltdown, weather-related outages are on the rise.
Digital Government
Udall floats plan to streamline tech transfer
Sen. Tom Udall, whose state is home to the Los Alamos and Sandia National Laboratories, is proposing a plan to speed the commercial use of technology developed under government auspices.
Cybersecurity
New BPAs to aid in cyberdefense
Offered by GSA and DHS, new purchase agreements provider continuous monitoring and other services to secure .gov websites.
Cybersecurity
Stranger swears at sleeping toddler though hacked baby monitor
Healthcare and Public Health // Telecommunications // Texas, United States
Emerging Tech
Social Media Could Help Educate More Vets About Benefits
The department has spent millions on Facebook advertising to veterans in the past two years.
Digital Government
Army Iraq Vets Plan 2,700-Mile Trek to Reflect
Milwaukee-L.A. hike also aims to raise awareness of PTSD and other vet issues.
Cybersecurity
DHS Awards Contractors $6 Billion for Agency Network Surveillance
Booz Allen Hamilton and 16 others earn spots on the continuous monitoring project.
Emerging Tech
White House Responds to Another Round of Gun Petitions
The appeals followed the shooting of 20 children at a Connecticut elementary school in December.
Digital Government
Sequester Shutters System for Tracking Threats from Outer Space
Air Force eyes a $2 billion replacement fence, subject to Pentagon review.
Digital Government