Emerging Tech

Here’s What Government is Vine-ing About

Some agencies and officials are already posting six-second videos to the new social site.

Digital Government

Calling All Hackers

The White House wants to produce production-ready apps available under an open source license.

Digital Government

Most CIOs Check In After Hours, Study Finds

Only 14 percent never work in the evenings or on the weekends.

Emerging Tech

Paper Records Can Be Tracked Too

The Education Department is considering a radio monitoring system for documents it can’t yet digitize.

Modernization

Navy makes its own cloud migration plans

Working with DISA is still an option, but the Navy's plans favor a direct relationship with commercial providers.

Acquisition

Administration pushes back on IT sourcing restrictions

Could restrictions on buying IT from China prove "highly disruptive" to agencies?

Digital Government

Defending 'tombstone thinking'

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

Emerging Tech

Forget Bitcoin, This Virtual Currency Doubles Your Money Every Month

Currency creator Sergey Mavrodi wants to make you rich and destroy the financial system at the same time.

People

Federal retirements outpace predictions

Numbers for March more than double estimates, but less than February's total.

Modernization

Consider the BlackBerry Z10, a Smart Fish in an Ocean of Smartphones

A review of Blackberry's new mobile offering

Modernization

Those Ocean-Going Robots We Told You About Just Got Smarter

Researchers at Liquid Robotics unveiled its next-generation Wave Glider SV3, which has what the company calls “intelligent autonomy.”

Modernization

Modular data centers: Weighing the pros and cons

A prefab approach to changing needs can help agencies quickly boost their IT capacity and save energy, but it's not for everyone.

Cybersecurity

Malware Turns Hacked Computers Into Slaves That “Mine” New Digital Currency

These cybercriminals don’t want to steal your money, they want to use your computer to create Bitcoins out of thin air.

People

White House gears up for second 'hackathon'

Programmers keen to create new apps for the government's online petition system have another shot at it, but the deadline to apply is fast approaching.

Modernization

You're Not Really Following @BarackObama on Twitter

The account is now in the hands of a non-partisan, not-for-profit group.

Cybersecurity

Hackers expose patients with rare parathyroid conditions

Healthcare and Public Health // Nonprofit // UK