Modernization
US Firms Worry Edward Snowden Is Wrecking Their Business, but the Patriot Act Was Already Doing That
Reports show the U.S. cloud industry could suffer due to government surveillance.
People
How to measure training effectiveness
A diversity of opinions on how effective federal training is calls for performance measurement, Steve Kelman writes.
People
Making crisis-level collaboration the new normal
The Partnership for Public Service has some ideas to enable agencies to work together all the time as well as they do when under pressure.
Emerging Tech
Watch This Adorable Robot Scoot Down Utility Lines Searching for Damage
Meet the "SkySweeper."
Digital Government
NIH Works Out Deal With Henrietta Lacks' Family to Study Her Cells
After 62 years, researchers finally ask for consent.
People
FITARA's CIO vision clashes with DHS's approach
A DHS official criticizes the changes reform bill would make to the CIO's power, argues for an alternate view.
Digital Government
NSA Searches Some Americans' Emails for Any Mention of Foreign Suspects
Agents are reportedly combing over thousands and thousands of emails without warrants.
People
Despite progress, billions still at risk in IT investments
The federal government has blown nearly $10 billion on failed IT investments over the past decade, and another $8 billion is currently at risk.
Cybersecurity
U.S. Airways passengers’ personal data and frequent flier miles swiped
Hospitality // Transportation
Cybersecurity
Twitter hack prematurely kills Mikhail Gorbachev
Government (Foreign) // Media // Social Media
Digital Government
Trust Your Eyes, People: They're Better Than Gadgets
Another example of turning over basic brain functions to technology.
Digital Government
Military Illegally Aided ICE in Money Laundering Case, Civil Rights Lawyer Says
Special Operations Command applied data mining technologies to social media.
Digital Government
Sharing goes hand-in-hand with safeguarding
The Open Data Policy promises to make government information more freely available, which means agencies must incorporate security into their strategies.
Cybersecurity
CBP's development program paying dividends
Overflow crowds pack development meetings for Automated Commercial Environment.
Digital Government
Amid IT advances, Navy ponders path to Joint Information Environment
The Navy is '100 percent in' on the Defense Department's JIE, but specific plans are unclear.
Digital Government
GovTV: NOAA's own Shark Week
A shark-borne sensor network is bringing data analytics to the agency's conservation efforts.
Emerging Tech