Digital Government
IT spending up 2.1 percent in president's budget
While the budget provides an overall modest increase in IT spending, the changes range widely across individual agencies, from significant cuts to a 22.1 percent bump.
Digital Government
Why Google Fiber and Its High-Speed Clones Are Too Expensive for Your City
Installing the fiberoptic cable in Kansas City cost $84 million.
Digital Government
Astronauts' Favorite Space Food: Shrimp Cocktail
It's rehydrated, ghastly pink, a little bit slimy ... and apparently delicious
Emerging Tech
Why Bitcoin 'Millionaires' Could Accidentally Become Tax Felons
Trading in the currency could become a problem for users.
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.
Emerging Tech
Air Traffic Control of the Future Requires Better Coordination Today, GAO Says
Airlines need to upgrade planes to get the most from FAA's $18 billion 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.
Modernization
Navy CIO Tells Units to Use Commercial Cloud Services for Public Information
Move puts a dent in DISA’s plans to become the key host provider for Defense.
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