Digital Government

It’s not too early to sign up for Telework Week 2013

Last year, program officials estimate 71,000 participants saved collectively $5.6 million in commuting costs.

Digital Government

Health care providers leave patients' data vulnerable

Risks will increase with the growing use of mobile and cloud technologies, study finds.

Digital Government

Pentagon, NIH fund pollen-based vaccine delivery research

Research could one day allow troops in the field to vaccinate themselves against biological warfare threats.

Emerging Tech

White House joins Pinterest

The administration hopes to broaden its social media reach.

Emerging Tech

NASA eyes Velcro to ease the way for in-orbit satellite repairs

The low-tech fastener is a cheap option for enhancing compatibility with emerging servicing technology.

People

Air Force assigns general to new Cyber Command role

Brig. Gen. Sheila Zuehlke was nominated for appointment to the rank of major general and assigned as mobilization assistant to the commander of U.S. Cyber Command. Her appointment was one of three recent Air Force personnel moves.

Acquisition

Should the small-biz contracting goal be raised?

Agencies can't hit the target that exists now, making a proposed increase of questionable value at best, according to some small-business advocates.

Digital Government

Great health care requires great medical educators

Education is not an industrial process; it is a human one.

People

Scoring CIOs on social media

A new analysis seeks to find which CIOs are the best at using Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.

Digital Government

Army leads services in substance abuse diagnoses

Service accounts for nearly three-quarters of total cases.

Modernization

Who's winning the mobile browser war?

Apple's Safari and Google's Chrome compete for dominance on smartphone screens.

Digital Government

Mobile health tech: From novel startups to global industry

Last week's mHealth summit in Washington, D.C., gave tech leaders an opportunity to evaluate the field and its future.

Modernization

Wireless broadband: Ready for government work?

The government has been slow to allow wireless networking, largely due to some familiar concerns: Security and reliability. That could be about to change.

Digital Government

Buggy software: Achilles' heel of big-data-powered science?

Scholarly writing suggests software defects are holding big data back.

Modernization

Legacy systems still power much of government

Despite all the talk of modernization, much of the government's IT spending goes to the operation of systems based on decades-old technology.

Digital Government

Report chronicles the rising burden of military mental health care

Mental disorders accounted for 63 percent increase in hospital visits during 11 years of war.

Emerging Tech

John McAfee can't stay out of the spotlight

Software magnate posts a Q&A while in a Guatemalan detention center.