Digital Government

Managing big data

More agencies are beginning to put their petabytes to work, but the most visible success stories are still localized efforts.

Modernization

FTC takes on 'Rachel from cardholder services'

The agency accuses companies of deceptive practices.

Emerging Tech

But who are the grammarians backing?

Romney’s tweets keep it cleaner -- on grammar and punctuation at least.

People

Hasbrouck takes over DISA field office command

DISA gets a new leader in a special ops field office while DOD promotes a new director of space and intelligence.

Digital Government

DISA sets a telework example

About 40 percent of DISA workers worked from home during Hurricane Sandy.

People

Government leaders get nudge toward exec ranks

ACT/IAC's 16th Partners Program has produced 32 graduates.

Modernization

Where you're not likely to get cell service because of Sandy

The Federal Communications Commission says Sandy has knocked out 25 percent of all cell sites.

Cybersecurity

DHS fights low morale

Homeland Security brings a range of management tools to the effort to cheer up its employees.

Digital Government

DHS contractor allegedly fixed an airplane with paper clips

Former exec pleads guilty to charges of fraudulent aircraft repair.

Cybersecurity

NCI site hacked -- or was it?

The National Cancer Institute denies that a hacker group called LulzSecEurope breached its security.

Cybersecurity

Syria's digital proxy war

Iran and the United States are squaring off in a life-or-death battle for information.

People

Lessons about managing teams

What's smarter, a team or a crowd? Steve Kelman finds out.

Emerging Tech

Pentagon taps BAE to make battlefield computing more efficient

Warfighters routinely discard intelligence because they lack capacity to process it.

Emerging Tech

In a race between a self-driving car and a pro race-car driver, who wins?

Humans, but only by a few measly seconds.

Digital Government

DHS seeks cyber fellows

Secretarial Honors Program focuses on tech.

Digital Government

Get ready for a seismic shift in federal IT

Severe budget pressure and consumer technology are redefining both the workplace and the CIO's role.

Modernization

FCC: Cellular and broadband is improving in Sandy's wake

Restoration helps recovery efforts, but outages linger.

Cybersecurity

Cyber rules of engagement still unfinished

With the risk of a cyberattack against the nation's power grid and other critical infrastructure growing, the military's promised rules of engagement have yet to materialize.