Digital Government
Government Culture Inhibits Shared Services
The will and technology are there but silos and limited risk tolerance are a hindrance, CIO Council official says.
Emerging Tech
Congress' Plan to Stop Exporting Technology to Repressive Regimes
The Global Online Freedom Act of 2013 would make it illegal for firms to export equipment that could facilitate digital monitoring.
Digital Government
John Brennan’s Love-Hate Relationship With Drones
The CIA nominee wants to dump the drones program on the Pentagon, but Defense nominee Chuck Hagel won't be happy about that.
Emerging Tech
First White House Petition Crosses Raised Response Threshold
Officials now require 100,000 signatures for an official response.
Cybersecurity
Prospects for Comprehensive Cyber Reform Are Questionable
Nonetheless, there is bipartisan agreement on the need for better information sharing about threats to critical networks.
Cybersecurity
NIST seeks comment on key cyber guide for agencies
Final public draft of 'Security and Privacy Controls' open for comment until March 1.
Digital Government
Crowdsourcing the weather
NOAA's mobile app allows users to report precipitation in real time to improve forecasts.
Digital Government
Iran's Stealth Fighter is Probably an Elaborate Fraud
Experts believe that the Iranian jet is hardly the aeronautical breakthrough the Islamic Republic wants the world to think it is.
People
DOD, VA shift medical record strategy
New short-term goals are intended to move closer to the objective of an integrated electronic health record.
Digital Government
Using Attrition as a Sequestration Substitute Has Drawbacks
Broad workforce cuts could erode critical services or shift the work burden.
Cybersecurity
Is our view of cybersecurity too local?
Looking at other countries could provide useful insight to better shape agencies' own cyber strategies, report suggests.
Modernization
BlackBerry Z10 has not sold well in home-market Canada
Despite lackluster sales, analysts remain cautiously optimistic.
Digital Government
Iran airs spy footage it (allegedly) took from a captured U.S. drone
Iran says it found the drone in late 2011.
People
How to assess your team
Technology executives at federal agencies must oversee and develop a wide range of employees: longtime civil servants, political appointees, their hires and those they have inherited. Dan McCarthy offers a tool to make that easier to do.
Digital Government
Analysis: Is big data to Barack Obama what big oil was to George W. Bush?
Data-collection practices are at odds with some EU policies.
Digital Government
How to influence policy
Most agency appointees come in planning to shape policy, and quickly find it's not as easy as they had hoped.
Digital Government
EPA withholds information on dirty bomb report
The information could reveal whether the officials are speaking out against their own agency’s long-held health standards.
Emerging Tech
Contacting lawmakers at the click of a button
Washington staters can contact their legislators by commenting on legislation.
Digital Government