Digital Government
Is 16 Minutes the Best We Can Do for Tornado Warnings?
For now, yes. But Congress would like to change that.
Digital Government
How Hard Will Lisa Jackson Pressure Apple's Suppliers on the Environment?
The former EPA chief faces new challenges.
Emerging Tech
Cell Providers Must Bounce Back 911 Texts That Don’t Go Through
Text-to-911 service is coming for major wireless carriers in 2014.
Emerging Tech
What Will the App Developers Make of This?
A look at the government's newly released streaming data feeds.
Digital Government
Video: Big Changes Coming to Your Gmail Inbox
The design overhaul will roll out to inboxes gradually.
Digital Government
Army Puts Out Casting Call for Spanish Radio Novella
Program would promote family values to counter guerilla messaging.
Emerging Tech
This Is What It Feels Like to Finally Reach Space
Smiles on the faces of all the astronauts last night as they boarded the International Space Station
Emerging Tech
Our Equal Future: Does Technology Hold the Key to a Flatter World?
Far from making the world more fair, technology serves to reinforce, and perhaps even increase, inequalities.
Acquisition
New sourcing rules for China IT remain a work in progress
Two months after becoming law, restrictions and their impact remain unclear to industry and agencies alike.
Digital Government
Navy Delays Award of $5B Network Contract to June 10
Award was originally scheduled for May 31.
Cybersecurity
China Doesn't Care if Its 'Digitalized' Military Cyberwar Drill Scares You
The drill is taking place on a large military training field and not some underground hack-a-thon bunker.
Modernization
Did Amazon short-cut FedRAMP?
A reader argues that Amazon Web Services did not go through 'the actual FedRAMP certification process.' Is that a fair criticism?
Modernization
The Most Fascinating Charts From an Epic Slideshow of Internet Trends
Facebook is the only major social network in decline. Saudis share more online than anyone. You check your phone 150 times a day. And much more.
Digital Government
NOAA resurrects backup weather satellite after GOES-13 failure
Faltering satellite provides imaging vital to short-term weather forecasts for the eastern United States and Atlantic Ocean.
Cybersecurity
DHS seeks better acquisition ideas
Borras: 'One-size fits all approach' to acquisition is 'unrealistic.'
People
RFP-EZ delivers early value
Administration says new online procurement tool brings cheaper bids, new vendors into the federal IT marketplace.
Emerging Tech
Jurassic Park Is Real...for 400-Year-Old Arctic Mosses
Scientists have successfully regrown vegetation that had been trapped in a glacier.
Modernization
SoftBank’s Contentious Bid for Sprint Nextel Finally Gets U.S. Government Approval
The deal was put on hold over fears that SoftBank’s ties to Chinese manufacturers would endanger national security
Modernization
Lisa Jackson, Former EPA Chief, Works for Tim Cook Now
Jackson stepped down at the end of 2012 from the EPA after a series of political disasters.
Digital Government