Modernization
Apple is no longer the world's most valuable company
After a bad day on the markets, Exxon Mobil has reclaimed the title of most valuable company in the world.
Digital Government
Predictive analytics allows feds to track outbreaks in real time
Government scientists are analyzing tweets and Facebook posts to follow -- and anticipate -- the spread of the winter flu.
Digital Government
Are citizens' voices heard in rulemaking?
Agencies are often failing to conduct a full public comment process when considering new rules, GAO finds.
People
How to foster better performance
The traditional view of success focuses on an employee’s ability to complete assignments, but managers need to broaden that view to reflect changes in the workplace, write CEB's Van Riper and Cattie.
Modernization
Does counting data centers miss the point?
The number of closures is an easy measure in the ongoing data center consolidation effort, but it's hardly the most important one.
Digital Government
DARPA ethics probe concludes
A watchdog group had accused DOD's high-tech research arm of allowing too much coziness between employees and contractors.
Emerging Tech
Joe Biden's Google hangout takes on assault weapons and the NRA
'I don't view it as gun control, I view it as gun safety," says Biden.
Digital Government
Court denies recess appointments
A federal appeals court dealt President Barack Obama a setback in making appointments.
People
GAO's call to action in IT management
The government plans to spend $74 billion on IT this year, and needs to tighten its control over programs to prevent cost overruns and missed deadlines.
Digital Government
FBI and DHS team up to nab border intruders with iris recognition
Feds to build upon controversial immigrant fingerprinting program with eye pattern matching.
People
TechAmerica gains former Hill staffer
Scott Bousum, who previously supported the House Armed Services Committee, has joined the technology trade association’s global public sector team.
Digital Government
North Korea's plan to target the U.S. in a nuclear test
North Korea's National Defense Commission threatened a "full-fledged confrontation" with the U.S.
Emerging Tech
Lithium ion battery short circuited in first 787 Dreamliner fire
The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating problems with the grounded Boeing fleet.
Digital Government
Military could redefine global-strike weapons
Result could be to expand the kinds of conventional arms available to hit targets on short notice virtually anywhere around the world.
Digital Government
Can feds look to private sector for innovation inspiration?
Think-tank panel explores the problems and potential of bringing industry models to government.
Digital Government
Napolitano suggests DHS will never meet cargo scanning mandate
Last spring, Homeland Security chief told lawmakers it would cost $16 billion to deploy screening technology at all the international seaports that send cargo to the United States.
Digital Government
Microsoft Office deal opens to most at Defense
Employees can buy the software suite for their home computers for $9.95.
Modernization
Data center savings hard to track
While the effort to consolidate data centers is proceeding with some success, significant challenges are impeding progress.
People