Modernization
DHS has spent $430 million on radios its employees don't know how to use
Only one of 479 DHS employees surveyed was actually able to use the common channel, the department's IG found. Most did not even know the common channel existed.
Digital Government
Hatching cyberwar: Pentagon incubator will manage weapons
Experimental lab will serve as brain center for DARPA’s Plan X.
Digital Government
Monday: Budget talks, NASA funding and the biggest database on earth
Headlines and analysis worth reading.
People
Fast-tracking a government career
Career tips are like any other opinions: Everyone has one. To make sense of all the conflicting advice, FCW asked seven experts to tell us what young feds should do to get ahead, and what they should avoid.
People
Videoconferencing: From novelty to necessity
Video conferencing was once a curiosity for many and a bane for the camera-shy. Today, it's a handy and economical way to communicate.
Digital Government
Klossner: What comes after big data?
FCW cartoonist John Klossner offers a glimpse of the next IT trend.
Digital Government
France is sick of getting ripped off by Google
French authorities estimate the tech company owes more than $2 billion.
Digital Government
Virtual visits to doctors' offices yield good outcomes
E-diagnoses are about as accurate as in-person ones for some ailments, researchers find.
Modernization
DISA boosts mobile management software buy to 300,000 licenses
System will let managers remotely ‘deliver, update and delete’ apps on employee devices.
Modernization
Have a Thanksgiving question? Ask Karen
USDA food safety app has grown in popularity since its launch.
Emerging Tech
Developer of remote capture and measurement devices inks In-Q-Tel deal
Firm’s handheld tools can capture GPS location of objects at a distance.
Emerging Tech
The next niche market for solar? Drones—yes, drones
Very high efficiency, rugged solar panels could find their first markets outside the green demographics.
Emerging Tech
So, what is NASA Curiosity's history-changing discovery?
John Grotzinger, the principal investigator for the mission, said his team has found something really cool.
Cybersecurity
FBI warns of holiday online flash sales operated by ID thieves
Shopping apps and social media 'friends' also threaten gift-givers.
Digital Government
Working from bed: like, or dislike?
New trend among younger workers makes work-life boundaries all the more blurry.
Cybersecurity
U.S. government hacked into French presidential office, spied on senior officials, says a French news report
According to the French magazine l'Express, American officials gained almost unlimited access to computers of senior officials in the final days of the Sarkozy administration.
Emerging Tech
Obama to pardon both turkeys after useless Facebook contest
Only one bird will attend the ceremony, however.
Modernization
FCC circulates proposals to repurpose, auction spectrum
The most-watched proposals circulating at the agency involve a swath of spectrum that Dish Network wants to use to build a network.
Digital Government
Finding unified voice proves elusive for tech-industry groups
Efforts to consolidate are "100 percent dead," officials say.
Emerging Tech