Modernization
NOAA readies a supercomputing boost for hurricane season
With 13 to 20 storms expected, the agency plans a significant improvement in modeling accuracy when new equipment comes online.
People
The nuts and bolts of GSA's new mobile purchasing agreement
Mary Davie details service and equipment options, promises tools to assist agencies in choosing.
Digital Government
OPM Launches Job Search, Operating Status Apps
Goal is to broaden the reach of the USAJOBS website.
Acquisition
DOD officials outline next steps in acquisition reform
More than two years ago, Pentagon officials rolled out plans to overhaul Defense Department acquisition as part of broader spending reform. Now military leaders are pressing ahead with the next generation of the acquisition initiative.
People
Obama names picks to head Census, NOAA
Two of the most data-intensive agencies in the government are due for new leaders.
Emerging Tech
NASA's Plan to Lasso an Asteroid is Making Progress
Agency has a prototype of the ion propulsion engine, and they'd like to test it next year.
People
IT dashboards: Picture perfect?
Dashboards can nudge agencies toward better program management — but they can't do it alone.
Digital Government
Get a Computer Science Degree for Just $7,000
A new offering from Georgia Tech could upend higher education and help address the IT talent gap.
Modernization
GSA Softened Some Requirements for Bulk Wireless Buying Program
The agency stepped back on demands to pool minutes and prohibit roaming charges after GAO agreed with complaint from Verizon.
People
How the IRS's nonprofit division became so dysfunctional
The problems in the IRS's Cincinnati office could derail almost any agency program. ProPublica offers some insight into how they came to be -- and how others can avoid them.
Modernization
Someday, You May Use Bitcoin Without Even Knowing It
Bitcoin bankers have big dreams of reinventing the financial system.
Modernization
OMB Gives Agencies First-Ever Security Guidelines to Protect Smartphones and Tablets
The guidance could create significantly more work for officials, industry insider says.
Modernization
Making the Case for iPads in Every Classroom
Front Row Education makes an adaptive math learning iPad app for K-5 students.
Digital Government
White House Releases New Tools for Digital Strategy Anniversary
Federal CIO Steven VanRoekel says the effort serves as 'a giant permission slip telling government now is the time to innovate.'
Digital Government
VanRoekel touts digital strategy's first-year progress
Federal CIO showcases the progress the government made in the strategy's first year, looks to year two.
Digital Government
What Google's X Lab Is Cooking Up Next
The company's secretive research office working on a number of neat tech innovations
Digital Government
Feds make good on mobile deliverables
At the Digital Government Strategy's one-year anniversary, agencies get the promised guidelines for security and architecture.
Cybersecurity
Rep. Thompson wants better answers from DHS on Spires
Ranking member of House Homeland Security Committee tells Napolitano her department's response was both late and insufficient.
People
Hagel pledges DOD assistance in reducing VA backlog
The secretary outlined several specific ways DOD is helping, including allowing VA personnel direct access to DOD's medical records system.
Digital Government