Acquisition
Can RFP-EZ really change procurement?
This Presidential Innovations Fellows project aims to help contracting officers and small businesses alike. Now agencies will see whether it works in real life.
Digital Government
Iran and North Korea are upping their nuclear games
One is prepping for a nuclear test; the other is bragging about putting its program into overdrive.
Cybersecurity
China hacked the New York Times for four months straight
Hackers managed to steal the passwords of every single Times employee.
Digital Government
U.S. agents rescue sex slaves through data fusion
Software that connects phone calls, money and old cases leads ICE to victims of human trafficking.
Digital Government
Hopes and fears: China edition
Steve Kelman finds that Chinese students have hopes that would sound familiar, but fears that are much less so.
Digital Government
Navy delays NGEN award
Officials cite complexity of requirements, not budget or sequestration concerns.
Digital Government
Another four years for VA Chief Information Officer Roger Baker?
There's 'no better federal CIO job,' he says.
Digital Government
Can computers predict medical problems? VA thinks maybe.
An advanced ‘clinical reasoning’ system will tap the Veterans Health Administration’s vast digital archive.
Modernization
Library of Congress wants mobile access options for staff
Employees can access data remotely only with government-furnished devices.
People
Hagel faces tough budget questions
While his controversial statements on homosexuals and Israel are more widely known, the Defense secretary nominee may also have to answer for what he has said about the DOD budget.
Acquisition
GAO pushes new interagency contracting rules
The policy framework is in place, but now GSA and DOD have to implement it.
Digital Government
Fast failure could lead to big-data success
Big data investments are often high risk, but it doesn't have to be that way.
Emerging Tech
Just putting bills online doesn't tell you what they mean
To aid transparency, the House should update the U.S. Code.
Digital Government
How agencies can put Hadoop to work
The open-source platform is proving its mettle, but it's just one piece of a bigger puzzle.
Modernization
Everything you need to know about BlackBerry 10
BlackBerry has a new OS and gadgets to help bring the brand back to the forefront.
Emerging Tech
Here is the robot that will extract water from the moon
NASA's latest prototype has found a way to, quite literally, get water out of rocks. No word on if it can get blood from stone yet.
Digital Government
Telework group expands into broader mobility issues
BYOD strategies will be part of the remade organization's portfolio.
People