People
Tester takes leadership role on federal efficiency
Montana's junior senator has taken the helm of a new subcommittee overseeing the efficiency and effectiveness of federal programs.
People
A graphic look at federal hiring
Vacancies and staff turnover are seemingly a fact of life for today's agency IT executives. And for senior positions, the hiring hoops can take many forms.
Cybersecurity
What's wrong with cybersecurity training?
An emphasis on academic accomplishment rather than real-world skills might be part of the reason the government has so much trouble filling cybersecurity positions.
Emerging Tech
Snowden Petition Shows Many Paths to a White House Response
A post-indictment boost gave a petition to pardon the NSA leaker enough signatures for an official administration reply.
Digital Government
Most of Us Just Love Drones, Apparently
Survey shows an overwhelming majority of Americans support the use of unmanned aircraft for security and search and rescue.
Emerging Tech
Labor Does More With Less on Streaming Data
The agency has a single Application Programming Interface that connects to 175 data sets.
Digital Government
A Spiffed-Up Website for Obamacare
Greater 'functionality' coming later this summer.
Digital Government
Wyden: Medicare data should be more transparent
Wyden, Grassley re-introduce bipartisan bill to establish database for Medicare information.
Digital Government
Eight Clever Ideas for Making Government Work Better With Data
Easy-to-use tools to cut through bureaucratic red tape, via the Knight News Challenge.
People
Census in the spotlight at open source summit
With projects this year and in 2012, Census is testing the open-data waters in significant ways.
Digital Government
Feds Still Ahead on Telework
Government leads the private sector on expanding opportunities to work remotely.
People
Cureton's successor picked at NASA
Larry Sweet, NASA's new CIO, takes office as the agency is under IG pressure to improve its IT management.
Digital Government
Navy Relieves Enterprise IT Program Manager
Capt. Shawn Hendricks had an “improper relationship” with a female contractor, officials said.
Modernization
DISA Plans $450 Million Commercial Cloud Buy
Agency pursues five-year storage, Web, database and application hosting deal.
Digital Government
How a Massive Nuclear Nonproliferation Effort Led to More Proliferation
More than a decade of negotiations with Russia produced a clear winner, and it was not the United States.
Modernization
Say Hello to Solar-Paneled Clothing That Charges Your Phone
This "Wearable Solar" clothing allegedly can restore half of a phone's power when worn in bright sunlight.
People
Tangherlini nomination goes to full Senate
GSA's acting administrator has just one hurdle left before getting the job on a permanent basis.
People
New challenges face the new Presidential Innovation Fellows
A new group of private-sector leading lights has been assembled to try to outdo last year's class.
Emerging Tech
Meet 43 Smart People Who Plan to Make Government Work Better
The second round of Presidential Innovation Fellows will focus on improving disaster response and federal financial systems.
Cybersecurity