Digital Government

How Facebook’s IPO was Bungled by Nasdaq’s Computers

A glitch in the exchange's computer system botched the social network's public offering

Modernization

Feds showcase successful moves to the cloud

Officials from DHS, Interior and the federal courts share case studies for those looking to get started.

Cybersecurity

Could the sequester make us smarter about security?

Agencies can achieve a much bigger bang for their precious bucks by investing in better management of existing security assets.

People

DOD still lacks proper workforce plan

A new audit reveals that Defense officials have not followed requirements for workforce planning, identification of critical functions.

Acquisition

Navy NGEN contract delayed again

The expected award date has been pushed back by a month.

Digital Government

Airport Scanners No Longer Show Graphic Body Images, TSA Says

The agency made the changes in advance of a May 31 deadline.

Cybersecurity

Op-ed: The Human Side of Cyber Threats

An agency’s biggest data security vulnerability is its employees.

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

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.

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?