Digital Government

Former Defense Brass Object to ‘More Restrictive’ Nuclear Trade Policies

A half-dozen former U.S. national security leaders implored Obama to avoid tightening restrictions on foreign nuclear cooperation.

Emerging Tech

How Data Can Aid Farmers' Markets and Education Innovations

Government information can aid the public but opening it up is just the first step.

Digital Government

Issa reboots DATA Act

A bill to impose open data standards on federal government spending is getting another look in Congress, starting this week.

Digital Government

U.S. Destroys Fake Ballistic Missle in Test

The interceptor was fired using second-generation Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense technology.

Digital Government

Can less money lead to more creativity?

Some agencies are finding that tightening budgets are leading to smarter IT choices and inspirations.

People

Werfel takes reins at IRS

OMB Controller will take acting role at tax agency as scandal unfolds.

Digital Government

Government's Edge in Attracting Science Pros? Mission

STEMM panelists say more mobility would help, too.

Modernization

Google Figures Out the Simplest, Most Profound Way to Send Money: Over Email

Google announced it will gradually allow adult Gmail users to attach money to their emails.

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.