Digital Government

Pentagon Assigns $380 Million to Controversial Air Defense System

The department is cooperating with Germany and Italy on the Medium Extended Air Defense System.

Digital Government

Reader skeptical of Congress's Twitter-friendliness

The Conversation: FCW's reporters and editors respond to your comments.

Modernization

Contract signals shift in intelligence agencies' cloud and big data plans

A DISA contract, more public than a recent CIA deal, reveals some of what the intell community has in mind for cloud services.

Digital Government

Spending cuts: Welcome to the new normal

The sequester's across-the-board requirements will be softened, but the overall budget cuts are here to stay.

Digital Government

Navy trying to keep up with fast-evolving cyber threats

A 'full spectrum attack' could overwhelm America's defenses, expert warns.

Digital Government

Feds feel the pinch in Obama's proposed spending plan

The president's budget proposal offers a middle ground between the austerity budget passed by the Republican-led House and the more liberal document approved by the Senate, with a mix of spending cuts and revenue increases.

Digital Government

VA’s Top Budget Priority: Processing Disability Claims

Total cost of new system is pegged at more than half a billion dollars through 2014.

Digital Government

Did Jon Stewart Foil the Pentagon's Health Records Plan?

The comedian could finally do what Congress hasn't been able to do: Force the Defense Department to address its ‘intolerable’ system.

Cybersecurity

Homeland Security No. 2 Departs After Fostering Civilian Cyber Workforce

Jane Holl Lute strove to position her department, not the Pentagon, as U.S. network defender.

Digital Government

EPA Relaxes Public Health Guidelines For Radiological Attacks, Accidents

Watchdog groups blast a new guide for coping with a disaster's environmental fallout.

People

OMB nominee gets easy first hearing

Carper's committee shows bipartisan support for the likely next budget director.

Digital Government

Pentagon Uses Online Tools to Enhance Collaboration and Cut Travel Costs

The number of registered users has jumped 700 percent to over 700,000 users.

Digital Government

GAO dashboard tracks action on recommendations

As annual report on overlap and duplication is released, new Action Tracker monitors agency response to GAO suggestions.

Digital Government

In a Secret Drone War, Immoral Kill Deals Will Always Tempt Us

Killing targets simply because foreign governments want them dead carries a high potential for blowback.

Modernization

Yes, People Are Hoarding Bitcoins

The total value of outstanding bitcoins surpassed $2 billion today, up by about 1,300% since the beginning of the year.

Emerging Tech

Stephen Colbert Forced Bill Clinton to Join Twitter

The former President now has close to 34,000 on the social networking site.

Emerging Tech

Majority of Senate Standing Committees Still Aren’t Tweeting

Senate Homeland Security is the seventh of 16 standing committees to launch an account.