Digital Government

Nifty multi-agency website helps troops shift to civilian life

Resource shows bureaucracies can change for the better.

Digital Government

Video: Yes, you can major in social media now

Newberry College has added the major due to number of jobs in the field.

Emerging Tech

Feds with Klout

There’s no surefire measure for social media influence in government.

Digital Government

The year in tech, 2012

The tech landscape changed everything from how we elect presidents to how we fight wars.

Emerging Tech

Google gives $5 million to drone program that will track poachers

If left unchecked, poaching threatens to annihilate some of the world's biggest and most beautiful species. Can UAVs stop the bloodshed?

Digital Government

Calls to overhaul classification system grow louder

The system for restricting public access to government information is unsuited for the modern age, and prone to both overuse and compromise, say experts. Now, a congressional advisory panel is calling on President Obama to lead an update effort.

Digital Government

North Korea's rocket needs some work

Satellite images indicate the rocket is being removed from its launch pad and being dismantled.

Cybersecurity

Hacker group claims to breach NASA, Pentagon servers

Team GhostShell says it accessed 1.6 million records.

People

The E-Gov Act at 10 years

The decade-old effort to make the government more transparent, accessible and efficient with IT has been effective, but there's a long way yet to go, writes Tom Simmons.

Modernization

Larry Page just wants Apple and Google to get along

The Google CEO insists he wants to see more cooperation between the two companies.

Digital Government

Is the 'geeky' image scaring women away from tech jobs?

Survey respondents say promoting women with successful careers is the best way to boost representation.

Digital Government

How much crime really occurs? Don’t ask the feds.

FBI statistics do not reflect online crime, gun trafficking and other post-1930 illicit activities.

People

State's proposal to delay tweets draws undelayed reaction

Possible policy change at diplomacy agency would blunt one of the key strengths of social media, critics say.

Emerging Tech

The Chinese want to know why their news is on Twitter and they aren't

The Communist Party's official Twitter account has caused outrage among Chinese citizens stuck behind the country's Firewall.

Acquisition

Contracting's seismic shift?

Within the bureaucratic language of a recent OMB memo lies a provision that could dramatically alter federal procurement.

Emerging Tech

Via the Moon, a theory of life on Mars

NASA captures, quite literally, gravity's rainbow.

People

Harnessing the energy of youth for better government

'Ethical hacking' training for young people has some risks, but Steve Kelman thinks that bringing the enthusiasm of the young to bear is an idea with many applications in government.

Digital Government

FCC task force promotes broadband adoption

The Federal Communications Commission has brought together a group to encourage the spread of emerging network technologies.

People

The dangers of consultant-speak

Trendy buzzwords should never be allowed to obscure the fact that IT consulting is all about having a positive effect on the mission and the bottom line, writes Bob Woods.