Emerging Tech
White House Touts Citizen Responses to State of the Union
The Obama administration is collecting sentence-by-sentence responses to the speech using a new digital tool.
Cybersecurity
The return of CISPA
A controversial bill that died in the Senate last year has been reintroduced, with bipartisan sponsors defending the legislation's privacy protections.
Cybersecurity
So there's an executive order: Now what?
With the cybersecurity directive now official, stakeholders start to wrestle with questions of implementation.
Acquisition
OASIS creates thirst for answers
Does GSA's latest contract for professional services push strategic sourcing past reasonable limits?
Modernization
Why Google Pays Apple $1 Billion a Year
As of March, something like 80 percent of Google's phone-search profits came from Apple devices.
Digital Government
An Optimistic Era for Global Infectious Disease Control
The newly appointed director of the Global Fund to Fight HIV, Tuberculosis, and Malaria believes international health efforts are at the cusp of containing these epidemics.
People
How measurement motivates
Steve Kelman explains the power of stretch goals over general encouragement.
Emerging Tech
Walter Cronkite Demonstrates the Home of the Future in 1967
Take heart. You could be controlling your television from a panel half the size of a pool table.
Digital Government
National Library of Medicine Seeks User Data from Social Media
Officials want to know how people use data during emergencies and push information more effectively.
Cybersecurity
Zombie apocalypse infiltrates TV station’s emergency alert system
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Emerging Tech
State of the Union is Most Tweeted in History
More than 1 million tweets were posted using the #SOTU hash tag.
Cybersecurity
Obama’s cyber executive order lays foundation for mandatory regulations
The directive expands to all critical sectors a Defense Department program that shares classified threat intelligence.
Cybersecurity
Anonymous Wants to Ruin Your State of the Union Livestream
The do-gooder hacking collective wants to black out the speech for several reasons.
Digital Government
DOD Aims to Shield Nuke Operations From Budget Cuts
Administration officials say U.S. nuclear weapons operations are a national priority.
Digital Government
Analytics guru Nate Silver offers advice for agencies
Silver's big-data rule number one: 'Don't become too enamored with computers.'
Digital Government
Pentagon officials push back on the Hill
DOD's Ashton Carter warns that a new national defense strategy might be needed if sequestration takes effect.
Cybersecurity
Obama signs executive order for cybersecurity
Also: Expect the resurrection of one of last year's failed cybersecurity bills.
People