Digital Government
White House touts hackathon successes
Open Data Day event was a win for the open-source community and administration alike, leading to several tools for the White House's petition site.
Modernization
Just Think of All the Things You Could Do With an Affordable Infrared Scanner for Your Smartphone
The Mu Thermal Imager, which detects drafty doors and windows, aims to be an affordable device for improving home energy efficiency.
Digital Government
Most Docs Don’t Want You to See Your Full Electronic Medical Record
But they want you to help update the data it contains, survey shows.
Modernization
Could a Satellite Company Decongest American Wi-Fi and Save Itself In the Process?
You could soon be sharing your Wi-Fi spectrum with a communications satellite.
Emerging Tech
New Tech Spots Humans Behind Walls of Flame
This firefighting device to "see" people trapped behind flames also makes them look supremely creepy.
Emerging Tech
How Obama's Tech Tools are Changing the Debate
Critics deride the White House's fondness for platforms like Google Plus and web petitions, but they're proving potent tools for surfacing issues the media would otherwise ignore.
Digital Government
Thrifty Nuclear Terrorism Nanodetectors Delayed by Funding Uncertainty
No timeline for installing the atomic screeners at borders, airports.
Digital Government
Good customer service ideas can be free
Even at the oft-criticized Transportation Security Administration, a thoughtful employee can provide some added value at no added cost.
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