Cybersecurity
Chertoff: Real-time tracking key to better network defense
Firewall-centric approaches are a 'Maginot line,' former DHS secretary warns -- tough perhaps, but useless once breached.
Digital Government
How Twitter Is Changing the Geography of Communication
New research suggests that location plays a smaller role now in who we talk to and what we talk about.
Acquisition
GAO urges agencies to learn from private-sector purchasing
Big businesses know how to save money when negotiating contracts. A new report suggests that the government could emulate some commercial practices to good effect.
Acquisition
The Air Force goes to the front lines for cost-savings ideas
Steve Kelman explains why he likes the "Every Dollar Counts" campaign.
Emerging Tech
NASA's Mission to Find Earth-Like Planets Might Be Over
Two of the wheels that control the direction in which the spacecraft points are broken.
People
Where to find -- and how to woo -- your next hires
A new report from the Partnership for Public Service and Booz Allen Hamilton tells agencies how to compete with the private sector for highly skilled employees.
Cybersecurity
Measuring what never happened
Determining the value of cybersecurity and risk management can be difficult. When not all the variables can be controlled, experts say more than simple math is required.
Digital Government
This Stem-Cell Cloning Breakthrough Is Going to Revive the Same Old Debate
Researchers in Oregon are creating perfectly matched human tissues through the process of cell cloning.
Digital Government
Here’s a Sign Mass-Market Drones Are About to Take Off: Google Just Invested in Their Future
The tech company's venture-capital arm believes non-lethal uses for drones are spreading.
Digital Government
Ten Tips to Attract the 'Sheldons' to Your Agency
Agencies already hold critical tools to recruit and retain highly-skilled workers.
Digital Government
VA Takes a Brute Force Approach to the Claims Backlog
The department is requiring some staff to work overtime through September.
Modernization
Cloud Computing Could Transform Foreign Aid
International assistance agency seeks a platform to build and share new technology.
Digital Government
OPM Advertises Vacant CIO Position
The salary for the Senior Executive Service job ranges from $120,000 to $180,000.
People
Economic effects of open data policy still 'anecdotal'
At FOSE, VanRoekel touts examples and potential of open government efforts to date, while warning against letting commercial demands for federal data overwhelm the government's resources.
Digital Government
The skinny on SEWP
The NASA-run GWAC for tech products is being revamped -- and the agency wants others in government to know what's available.
Digital Government
Lawsuit Says IRS Illegally Seized 60 Million Health Records
Agents scooped up e-records in a tax case, violating health privacy laws, California suit alleges.
Digital Government
APIs help agencies say 'yes'
Census Bureau's approach to data garners singular praise at FOSE trade show.
Digital Government
VA seeks input on new standards for veteran-owned small businesses
Public notice cites challenge of balancing fraud prevention with business-friendly process.
People
Is the old-school agency hierarchy doomed?
Agency org charts probably will look the same for a while, but experts from both the public and private sectors say the new rules of innovation and sharing are rapidly changing things.
Digital Government