Emerging Tech

Best of the Instagraming your ballot tweets

The Cinderella social media star

Digital Government

Air Force boosts value of network hardware contract by $1.45 billion

Service reopens discussions with bidders in disputed follow-on deal.

Cybersecurity

New Jersey email votes shouldn’t be counted yet, experts say

Displaced voters are charting new electoral territory.

Digital Government

Commentary: Engagement requires more than just adopting smart devices

Agency customer service staff must be empowered to resolve problems.

Digital Government

Raytheon nabs Navy ship contract

Contract is for $22.5 million.

Modernization

The iPhone is having a rough Election Day

The mobile device is coming off a high during Hurricane Sandy.

Emerging Tech

Why we can't relax about this one glitchy voting machine in Pennsylvania

Video shows a vote being changed from Obama to Romney in battleground state.

Digital Government

DISA runs low on bean counters

The agency has lost key finance officials.

People

Retroactive repeal of sequestration possible -- but risky

The effects of sequestration could be mitigated if the president and Congress continue trying to repeal it next year, but it would be a gamble, analysis suggests.

Digital Government

What our Googling says about the election

State search results can tell an interesting political tale.

People

Feds slowly catching on to tablet trend

Federal adoption lags behind the private sector, but new research projects a steep growth curve.

Acquisition

DOD's Kendall pushes data for better buying

Experts generally applaud effort to improve defense acquisitions, with a cautionary note.

Modernization

New Jersey voters Tweet problems with online voting

Pew study finds 22 percent of registered voters have shared details on social media.

Modernization

Facebook IPO forced SEC to relocate filings to the cloud

Regulator’s website could not handle public interest in the social titan’s financials ahead of the May 17 stock debut.

People

What's with all these chiefs?

A proliferation of 'chief' titles does not bear much connection to better management, argues John Gilroy.

People

NAPA plans advice for the president on federal initiatives

Recommendations for the president on large-scale projects and performance improvement are set for release and discussion at a public event.

Digital Government

Obama's Facebook fans love Michelle; Romney's love winning

Data scraping reveals striking differences between the campaigns' Facebook audiences.

People

Feds well-represented on innovator list

Members of the Obama administration and both parties in Congress are among the top 20 innovators in democracy on TechCrunch's list.

Digital Government

Voting as an irrational act

Steve Kelman suggests that voting, objectively, makes little sense, especially when one has to wait hours for a moment in the voting booth. Yet millions of Americans do it anyway. Why?

Emerging Tech

Googling in the voting booth

An Election Day prediction.