Digital Government
The Chief Data Officer: Arguments pro and con
In an era of big data, does a new position for an agency leader dedicated to data management make sense?
Acquisition
Army vows to get aggressive in pursuit of purchasing discounts
Auditors have found that Army officials are neglecting a requirement to seek discounts and price reductions in contracts.
Digital Government
Big data affects hiring, privacy
The emerging concept of big data has been largely unregulated to date, giving rise to concerns about privacy and potential legislation.
Digital Government
One man is now tweeting every known U.S. drone strike
The social media experiment shows the size of the drone program.
Digital Government
Army awards $617 million Microsoft enterprise software license deal
Agreement covers 1.5 million devices.
Digital Government
Where E.R. doctors work entirely via Skype
In South Dakota, long-distance doctoring is bringing health care to rural communities.
Modernization
The Pope has tweeted
The leader of the world's Catholics has sent his first messages to his hundreds of thousands of (Twitter) followers.
Digital Government
FCC gives DISH permission for cellular network
The commission voted to require DISH to restrict the use of some of its airwaves so it doesn't interfere with the neighboring spectrum.
Digital Government
Book Excerpt: The Politics of Abundance
In “The Politics of Abundance: How Technology Can Fix the Budget, Revive the American Dream and Establish Obama’s Legacy,” former Federal Communications Commission Chairman Reed Hundt and National Broadband Plan Director Blair Levin argue that an essential ingredient for improving the debt-to-GDP ratio, which is at the heart of the “fiscal cliff” debate, is economic growth, and technology can provide the necessary catalyst.
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.
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.
Digital Government
Budget uncertainty puts federal IT dashboard in limbo
It won't be updated until Obama's fiscal 2014 budget proposal is out.
Modernization