Digital Government
VA struggles to serve New York City veterans after Manhattan facility floods
Some calls to emergency numbers go unanswered.
Emerging Tech
Your guide to the election and social media
The role of Facebook, Twitter and newer services in voting, monitoring and calling the results.
Digital Government
Google iOS Maps app will be ready by 2013, if Apple will have it
It is unlikely, however, that Apple will accept the mapping app
Modernization
Mobile apps help campaigns track voters
The Romney campaign's Project Orca and the Democratic Party's Mobile Pollwatcher app are helping count voters.
Digital Government
Electronic filing simplifies review of Medicare payments
Providers have complained a paper-based process is burdensome.
Modernization
The iPad Mini did not break a weekend sales record
While Apple says it sold 3 million miniature tablets, but that number is less than previous years.
Digital Government
Japan plans development of missile-tracking UAVs
Goal is to deploy drones in 2020.
Cybersecurity
Could Decision 2012 be hacked?
Electronic voting -- and even e-mail voting in some parts of storm-ravaged New Jersey -- brings security risks.
Digital Government
Telework allows 70 percent productivity at PTO during Sandy
Was your agency also able to carry on during the storm?
Cybersecurity
Governments and companies band together to push cyber protections
Organizations that fail to follow the protocols could be more vulnerable to lawsuits.
Digital Government
Sandy shows storm-prediction progress
As bad as Sandy was, it could have been far worse. Advances in the government's prediction tools allowed early, accurate warning.
People
NARA map shows elections past and future
An interactive online map allows users to research past presidential elections or apply state-by-state scenarios to the current one to see how various state wins or losses affects electoral vote totals.
Digital Government
New Jersey to allow voting by email (and fax) for residents displaced by Superstorm Sandy
Anyone displaced by the hurricane just got declared an overseas voter
Ideas
TechAmerica names new board chairman
HP Enterprise Services VP Dennis Stolkey is a longtime board member
People
Acquisition: Bridging the communication gaps
Federal acquisition executives say there's still room for improving communications between contracting officers and program managers, and between government and industry.
Digital Government
Dewatering SWAT Team has been pumping out more than an Olympic-size pool per minute
The Army Corps of Engineers team is overseeing pumps at six different sites
Modernization
When the International Space Station passes over your house, NASA will send you a text message
Good news, space nerds! NASA will send ISS viewing info directly to you.
People
Tech solutions for the changing acquisition landscape
Business process management software can aid agency acquisition processes, writes Appian's Evan McDonnell.
Digital Government