Digital Government
How Boston Police Could Examine Videos From the Boston Bombing
Forensic video analysis remains a time-consuming, human task.
Modernization
Sprint Boston Network Operating in Wake of Marathon Bomb Blasts
Carrier did not receive any official requests to shut down network in area.
Emerging Tech
Social Media Plays Role in Response to Marathon Bombing
Events are unfolding on the ground and online.
Digital Government
Sketching the big picture on big data
Seventeen "big brains" from the public and private sectors offer definitions, challenges and more in new industry-funded report.
Digital Government
The Health IT Performance Challenge
Today’s regulatory landscape requires systems that incorporate sophisticated clinical decision support.
Emerging Tech
Your Itemized Federal Tax Receipt
How much did you invest in renewable energy research last year?
Modernization
Blame Your Mobile Provider and the US Government for Your Dropped Calls
The FCC's control of the airwaves is partially at fault for poor signals.
People
Shinseki: VA to move forward with electronic records
Veterans Affairs secretary assures senators that the VA will move forward on a joint electronic health records system, even as Pentagon officials are pausing to review their approach.
Digital Government
How Kaggle Is Changing How We Work
Like it or not, hyper-efficient job markets are on their way.
Modernization
Dish's $25.5 Billion Offer for Sprint Is All About Cord-Cutting
Dish believes the wireless high-speed Internet Sprint offers is the future of streaming TV.
Modernization
Six Reasons Why Chinese People Will Drive the Next Bull Market in Bitcoin
There’s one country where people probably won’t need much persuading to join the bit-craze.
Cybersecurity
Defense Plan for Cyber Intel Sharing Looks Like Controversial House Bill
CISPA-like program would be part of $79 million public-private initiative.
Digital Government
The Question of Whether We Can Patent Genes Heads to the Supreme Court
Does the centuries' old method for protecting intellectual property still apply when the invention comes straight out of the human body?
Cybersecurity
NIST celebrates cyber partnerships
New "Center of Excellence" aims to widen adoption of integrated security solutions.
Emerging Tech
Google Death: A Tool to Take Care of Your Gmail When You're Gone
For years people have been urged to create a social-media will for themselves. Now Google has made doing so very easy.
People
Delinquent feds in GOP crosshairs on Tax Day
House expected to pass bill to prohibit federal employment for those with "seriously delinquent" tax bills.
Digital Government
Chinese Bird Flu Cases Rise to 60 as the Virus Starts to Spread Around the Nation
New cases of the H7N9 strain have been reported in Beijing.
Cybersecurity
Why Spires is on leave
One month later, the DHS CIO remains on paid personal leave. A fundamental disagreement over CIO authorities is at least part of the reason.
Modernization
Cell Networks Use Much More Energy Than Data Centers
Wireless infrastructure tapping into the cloud uses 90 percent of the electricity.
Digital Government