Cybersecurity

Healthcare center worker was an ID thief

Healthcare and Public Health // Indiana, United States

Digital Government

Smarter Printing Could Cut Costs, Energy Use in Half

Agencies spend $2 billion a year on printing, only to throw away much of what they print the same day.

Digital Government

Navy Wants Some Good Anti-Terrorist Computer Games

The Naval Post-Graduate School plans to buy tech that runs on open source infrastructure.

Modernization

Military Commands Will Tap AirWatch to Manage Mobile Devices

Global Strike Command will piggyback on a system already installed by Special Operations Command.

Digital Government

House Could Withhold DHS Funds While Waiting for Chemical Security Report

Appropriators want to hold back $20 million until Homeland Security produces progress report and spending plan.

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.