People
Increasing social media accessibility
Like service dogs, which assist the visually impaired in the physical world, technology exists to make websites more useful to people with disabilities. A new federal initiative seeks to accelerate and expand its use.
Digital Government
Could a furlough cost you your clearance?
The Conversation: Our responses to your questions and comments.
Digital Government
Two Days Left to Sign Up for the Bataan Memorial Death March
The event provides an opportunity to shake hands with history.
Emerging Tech
Unlocking Cellphones Should be Legal, White House Says
The administration statement comes in response to a We the People petition.
People
The value of tombstone thinking
It is easy to zero in on the activities that matter when you consider your accomplishments in terms of an epitaph, writes Bob Woods.
Digital Government
NASA Will Kick Off a $14 Billion Governmentwide IT Buy this Week
The space agency will release a draft RFP for the deal, which includes hardware and cloud services.
People
Delegate lays blame for sequester
Washington D.C.'s non-voting member of Congress offers encouragement to federal employees, pledges support.
People
GSA ponders offering new contract to cut conference costs
Conferences have been under scrutiny for some time, and the crush of sequestration's forced budget cuts only intensifies the pressure.
Digital Government
OMB details sequester cuts in report to Congress
The government's budget overseer updates its mandated report with the latest facts and figures.
People
State's innovation advisor stepping down
Alec Ross announces his plan to leave the department on Twitter and Facebook, promises more details soon.
Digital Government
Newborn Baby Cured of HIV, No One's Really Sure How
Some are calling the case of the Mississippi patient "a game-changer."
Emerging Tech
What Is 3D Printing? And Will It Change the World?
The PBS series "Off Book" considers the impact of this much-hyped technology.
Modernization
Why Are There No Big Cities with Municipal Broadband Networks?
Publicly owned Internet infrastructure is luring jobs to smaller towns. Should big cities follow their lead?
Digital Government
Government Canine Handlers Furloughed? Bring in the Robotic Dog Collars.
ATF has hired six Labrador retrievers that respond to electric taps on the neck.
People
Walmart Foundation exec to take reins at OMB
Obama expected to nominate Sylvia Matthews Burwell as budget director
Cybersecurity
Hacker breaks into his jail's mainframe during prison IT class
Government (Foreign) // UK
Digital Government
Pentagon Clears F-35 to Resume Flight Operations
The fighter fleet was grounded last week after engineers discovered a cracked engine blade.
Digital Government
Don’t Expect Defense and VA Health Records to Share Data Anytime Soon
If the past is prologue, the plan to making existing systems interoperable will be fraught with problems.
Digital Government