Cybersecurity

Exposure of DHS Employees’ Personal Data Shows Widespread Risk

Law enforcement officials discovered workers’ personal information had been leaked since 2009.

People

EPA's Lisa Jackson joins Apple

Former EPA head will lead computer company's environmental efforts.

Digital Government

Experimental Drug Could Treat Child Bioterrorism Victims

The United States announced a $17.7 million push to secure federal licensure of antibiotic.

Emerging Tech

'We're Trying to Portray the Universe as a Real Place With Real Landscapes'

The story of the scientists and artists who have given us our most beautiful pictures of space

Digital Government

Now, For Some Good F-35 Joint Strike Fighter News

Projected costs have dropped nearly $5 billion.

Emerging Tech

Solar Energy's Sunny Future

The crashing price of silicon may have killed off Solyndra, but the industry has also grown more competitive with other forms of energy.

Modernization

So Far, There Are Only 3 Big Winners in the Smartphone Market

Apple, Samsung, and Google.

Modernization

Your Smartphone, Made of Cement

Scientists just discovered a way to turn masonry into metal. Using lasers.

People

CyberCom chief receives TechAmerica's top honors

Gen. Keith Alexander praised for modernizing the way government responds to security threats.

Digital Government

A graphic look at agency apps

The number of apps agencies have released has grown by nearly five times in two years. Here's a look at some of the most popular ones.

Cybersecurity

DHS seeks to upgrade ID management system

The department's goal is add facial, fingerprint and iris recognition capabilities to its smart-card system.

Modernization

Defense cloud contract open to competition (again)

DOD's de facto cloud broker plans to cancel sole-source contract for unnamed intelligence agency and seek new proposals for private cloud.

Acquisition

The dangers of checklists

A reader warns that DOD may be losing the forest for the trees with Better Buying.

Cybersecurity

Agencies showcase latest apps and API efforts

New mobile web sites and programming interfaces show the spread of mobile government.