Emerging Tech

The government wants your big data ideas

Competition offers prize purse of $1,000 for first place and $500 for second place.

Digital Government

Eleven tips for building a stronger cybersecurity workforce

Homeland Security task force releases recommendations.

Ideas

Pulling reliable info out of social media

Panelists discuss the role of Twitter, Facebook and YouTube in Syria.

Digital Government

Launch your movie career with a health IT short film and win $3,000

White House wants an ‘edgy’ video to promote electronic access to personal health information.

Digital Government

Email Is getting harder because everything else is so much easier

Since the beginning of this year, several news sites have seen a significant drop in email shares.

Cybersecurity

Panel hits DHS on fusion centers

Designed to enable information-sharing among law enforcement agencies at various levels of government, fusion centers have instead become 'part of the problem,' Senate panel charges.

Cybersecurity

New clues emerge of private Internet network in Iran

Findings highlight a hidden system only accessible within the state.

Digital Government

Start small to succeed with big data

A report from TechAmerica urges agencies to get started on big data initiatives, and offers guidance on how to make the efforts pay off.

Modernization

The real problem with Apple’s maps isn’t the maps; it’s Apple’s whole strategy

The company's weakness: it doesn’t have its head in the cloud

Modernization

Budget cuts threaten data center consolidation

The government is making progress on its quest to shut down redundant data centers, but several factors endanger chances of meeting its target date.

Digital Government

Senators challenge administration on layoff advice

The Obama administration's pledge to pay the legal fees of contractors who run into trouble for sequestration-related layoffs might not be legal.

Digital Government

Texas paper chronicles veterans' drug overdose deaths

Autopsy reports and other records expose a hidden pattern of early deaths.