Digital Government
My 4th of July Celebration, 1965
When I awoke aboard the USS Pickaway off the coast of Da Nang, South Vietnam, I thought I was in for a real bang-up celebration.
Digital Government
Apple’s Web-Based Office Software Will Force Google and Microsoft to Up Their Game
iWork for iCloud hopes to be a web-based app experience that’s as good as a desktop application.
Modernization
NGEN's risky choices
The Navy is confident that the successor to the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet is sound, but its short span and emphasis on cost worry some observers.
Digital Government
Troops With Traumatic Brain Injury Show Symptoms 5 Years Later
Long-term TBI study mandated by Congress has been unfunded since 2006.
Cybersecurity
CBP job applicants sign up for text messages
SMS messages can make the federal job application process less frustrating by providing immediate updates and reminders, Border Patrol says.
People
IRS employee credit cards vulnerable to fraud
IG recommends stronger controls to prevent improper purchases.
People
Space-based backup guards Weather Service systems
Because even the forecasters of the weather are vulnerable to it, the National Weather Service is escaping the atmosphere altogether.
Emerging Tech
Westboro Baptists Are Broadly Reviled, White House Shows
Map shows signatures of people who see controversial church as a hate group.
Cybersecurity
Schambach to leave CSC
The TSA's first CIO tells current colleagues he'll retire in August.
Cybersecurity
Federal Standards Body Proposes Cyber Protocols for Private Sector
The NIST preliminary guidelines are slated to be finalized this fall.
Emerging Tech
Customs and Border Protection Wants to Arm Drones
Agency is close to finalizing payload standards, documents show.
Digital Government
State Department Spent $630K to Buy Facebook 'Likes'
Employees thought money was wasted on 'buying fans,' IG found.
Digital Government
Air Force Deploys Air Tankers to Battle Arizona Forest Fires
All four C-130s will be ready to fly Wednesday.
Emerging Tech
Infographic: See Every Manned Space Flight Since 1961
From Mercury to the space shuttle, all manned flights in one graphic.
Digital Government
We’ll Just Have to Wait for Good News on VA Claims Backlog
The system that crunches claims data is ‘undergoing operational repair.’
Cybersecurity
Manager Likely Rubberstamped Snowden’s Foreign Travel
Intelligence community employees must report overseas travel in advance, but a trip to the Far East wouldn't necessarily be scrutinized, officials say.
Emerging Tech
Russian Rocket Failure Destroys Three Navigation Satellites
This is the satnav system’s second major crash in three years.
Cybersecurity
Issa lobbies for data act
The chairman of the House Oversight Committee tries to build a broader constituency for his bipartisan open data legislation.
Cybersecurity