Digital Government
Sequestration clock ticks down the final days
As the window narrows for government leaders to undo sequestration's automatic spending cuts, leaders are ramping up opposition to the measure and warning of the grave impact that the cuts would bring. But other groups are taking a different tack, suggesting that at least some of the cuts could be beneficial for the nation.
People
High risk longevity: A graphic look
Who has been on the GAO High-Risk List the longest? Take a look.
Digital Government
Why does NOAA launch satellites?
The Conversation: Our responses to your questions and comments.
Emerging Tech
GSA Releases Guidelines to Measure Social Media Impact
Agency also unveils an open data stream of all government social media posts.
Ideas
USAID Seeks Expertise in Open Data, Venture Capital
Agency’s Presidential Innovation Fellows need experience in finance and data science, CIO says.
Digital Government
No Existing Technology Can Ensure Drone Safety, GAO Official Says
Unmanned aircraft operations need more spectrum, could be hit by GPS jamming.
Modernization
IRS Faulted for Wasteful Aircard and BlackBerry Purchases
Auditors tell CIO to do a better job monitoring which employees have business needs.
Digital Government
How Rubber Cement Brought Down a $4.6 Million Drone
The stuff used for minor car repairs isn’t so great for affixing computer chips to aircraft.
Cybersecurity
Sandia Draws From Nuclear Science in Inaugurating New Cyber Lab
Experience with supercomputing, cryptography and self-contained microelectronics design makes the lab a leader in virtual defense systems.
People
Summit stresses value of metrics in social media
Agencies are using social media tools in increasingly creative ways; measuring their impact is the next needed step.
Cybersecurity
It's Not Just You: Chinese Hackers Are Terrible at Making Passwords, Too
Investigation shows sloppy Internet habits of some involved in the hacking.
Cybersecurity
Is the Facebook Hack Part of a Bigger Spy Threat?
Facebook announced last week that its systems had been targeted in a sophisticated attack.
Emerging Tech
Like a Swarm of Lethal Bugs: The Most Terrifying Drone Video Yet
An Air Force simulation says researchers are at work on killer robots so tiny that a group of them could blend into a cityscape.
Digital Government
Why Some Scientists Aren't Happy About Obama's $3 Billion Brain Research Plan
Researchers say the project lacks clear goals and gobbles up money that could've gone to better studies.
Emerging Tech
NASA Lost Communications With the International Space Station
A scary break in communications between NASA on the ground and NASA in space comes during a routine software update. All on board are doing well.
Emerging Tech
We the People (of the World)
Azerbaijanis make a strong showing on the White House’s increasingly international petition site.
Cybersecurity
Hacking Against the United States is Traced to a Chinese Army Unit
The specificity of a new report is likely to inflame discussion of the threat posed to multinational corporations by state-sponsored hackers in China.
Digital Government
Why a Secret Court Won't Solve the Drone-Strike Problem
In our system, courts don't grant indulgences or offer absolution; they decide cases, and they don't advise the president.
Acquisition