Cybersecurity
Smart Charging Stations for Electric Cars Are Vulnerable to Hacking
City or utility systems that run the chargers could be taken down.
Emerging Tech
NASA Contest Winners Offer Microclimate Data on Earth and Spinach on Mars
International Space Apps winners hailed from Kansas City, Philadelphia, Athens and London.
Digital Government
VA Halves the Number of Claims Backlogged More Than Two Years
Veterans benefits chief says all such claims will be processed by mid-June.
Digital Government
Pentagon Says 20 Vendors Can Meet its Electronic Health Record Needs
Defense acquisition chief says Pentagon will not get locked into proprietary software.
Digital Government
GSA sets wireless purchase agreement
The General Services Administration's new blanket purchase agreement with the four major U.S. wireless carriers will not only allow the agency to consolidate service plans and centralize device management, it could save the government hundreds of millions of dollars.
Digital Government
Op-ed: Combating Blood Money With Big Data
The shortest path to criminal networks is through analytics.
Digital Government
DOD looking for new health records system
After a month-long review to determine the way forward in a joint electronic health records program with the Veterans Affairs Department, DOD officials now say they will open their end of the system to competition.
Emerging Tech
Massive Catalog of Streaming Government Data Coming Thursday
The list of nearly 300 federal APIs marks the one-year anniversary of the federal digital strategy.
Modernization
Senators Turn Tim Cook's Hearing into an Apple Genius Bar Visit
Sen. John McCain asked Cook why he has to update his apps so frequently.
Emerging Tech
The Collapse of China’s Photovoltaic Industry Will Spark the Next Solar Boom
The global solar industry may have hit the doldrums, but it could double again to a $155 billion business by 2018.
Digital Government
Student Spies Trade NIH Research to China in Exchange for Tuition
The three scientists accused worked at New York University's Langone Medical Center conducting research on MRIs.
People
DATA bill introduced
The Digital Accountability and Transparency Act establishes standards for federal spending data published to the USASpending.gov portal.
Modernization
Mobile Data is the New Luxury Good in Southern Europe
The growth of data usage in Europe has slowed down in places where the economy has been hit by the euro crisis.
People
Getting government into high gear
The IBM Center for the Business of Government's look at the tools and strategies available for accelerating service quality and reducing costs.
Digital Government
China’s Bird Flu Has Been Conquered—at Least For Now
The total number of infections has not increased since the tally hit 131 on May 8 (including one in Taiwan) but China, and the rest of the world, are not out of the danger zone yet.
Digital Government
Kepler space telescope's mission may be over
While NASA engineers are still working on the problem that sidelined the scope, no solution is in sight.
Emerging Tech
Teens Are Turning Away from Facebook Because Tumblr Is Real, and Parent-Free
Young people are maintaining Facebook accounts, but aren't using them frequently.
Cybersecurity
Is supply-chain risk overstated?
Software is at greater risk of cyber-attack than hardware, but foreign-made gear is still raising concerns.
Digital Government
House working group to examine supply chain security
A bipartisan working group will look at the federal government's role in establishing best practices, among other things.
Modernization