Digital Government
Next-generation polar satellites pass key reviews
The Joint Polar Satellite System's first new satellite -- JPSS-1 -- is on budget and on schedule toward its 2017 launch.
Modernization
The Meteoric Rise of Cellphones in One Chart
The number of mobile-cellular subscriptions will reach a projected 6.8 billion by the end of 2013.
Cybersecurity
New defense cyber policies are in the works
DOD's two-year-old cyberspace strategy is due for an update, general says.
Digital Government
Interactive Gettysburg: Using Modern Mapping Tools for a New Look at the Historical Battle
Seeing how Gettysburg played out on a map can help us understand why, in the end, it turned out as it did.
Digital Government
Meet the Hacktivist Who Wants to Warn Syrians About Incoming Missiles
A new service provides an alert system for SCUDs fired by the Syrian government. Assad is already trying to take it down.
Emerging Tech
The Future According to Ray LaHood: High-Speed Rail, But Also Tons of Hybrid and Electric Vehicles
Despite being a proponent of walkable communities, the outgoing U.S. Secretary of Transportation just doesn't believe Americans will ever stop buying cars.
People
Who gets performance information?
Can agency managers get the performance data that could help them improve their operations? How about non-managerial employees? A GAO survey reveals some insights.
Modernization
Interior takes records management to the cloud
New system promises to cut costs, deliver 'real business intelligence.'
Acquisition
Acquisition lessons from the private sector
A GAO report provides some insights into commercial services acquisition that the government can use, Steve Kelman reports.
People
Groups fear 'overcorrection' on vendor interaction
Letter from industry groups to the FAS commissioner warns that inspector general report could 'have a chilling effect' on managers' role in GSA Schedules.
Digital Government
The Number of Times We Could Blow Up the Earth Is Once Again a Secret
How many nukes does the Defense Department have now?
Digital Government
What Are We Going to Do About GPS Jamming?
The unclassified version of a report on vulnerabilities leaves much to worry about.
Digital Government
Defense Intel Agency Eyes TurboTax-Type Software to Run Acquisitions
Easy-to-use software may eventually serve entire intel community.
Digital Government
'Old School' Mindset Inhibits Federal Telework, Report Finds
OPM lays blame on agencies for not handing in telework program data.
Digital Government
Q and A: How Big Data Is Revolutionizing City Government
Harvard Professor Stephen Goldsmith wants to build a market for municipal data analytics.
Modernization
India’s New Surveillance Network Will Make the NSA Green With Envy
The country is going ahead with an ambitious program that will let it monitor any one of its 900 million telecom subscribers.
People
GAO urges OPM to improve telework reporting
Of seven reporting requirements established by the Telework Enhancement Act, OPM partially met only two, audit finds.
Emerging Tech
That Time an Astronaut Got a Pie Sent to the International Space Station
Pie in the sky, literally.
Digital Government
Feds and the Fifth Amendment
FCW readers are split on whether federal employees should be fired for invoking Constitutional rights.
Digital Government