People
Rising Star: Lisa Alferieff
Lisa Alferieff, chief operating officer at TCG, managed the overhaul of the Treasury Department's Budget Formulation and Execution Manager system.
People
Honoring the 2012 Rising Stars
A dozen up-and-coming professionals have been recognized this year for making an early -- and substantive -- mark in the government technology community.
Digital Government
Paralyzed rats walk again after stem cell transplant
New research offers hope for combat veterans.
Digital Government
GAO gives agencies good marks on e-gov compliance
Watchdog urges better reporting and performance metrics.
Modernization
EPA to move email to the cloud by early 2013
Agency estimates $12 million in savings over four years.
Emerging Tech
Could a workplace social network replace email and phone? One agency thinks so.
NNSA plans to launch program next spring.
Digital Government
DHS defends acquisition plan for bioweapon detectors
Several auditors and lawmakers have urged the department to pause reassess its effort
Digital Government
Facebook knows how to trick you into voting
Peer-pressure on the social network drove 340,000 people to the polls in 2010, a new study has found.
Cybersecurity
GOP Senators assail White House for pushing executive order on cybersecurity
McCain, Hutchison and Chambliss op-ed says possible measure "creates an adversarial relationship instead of a cooperative one" with the private sector.
Emerging Tech
Maryland installs cameras to watch the cameras watching you
The move comes after a rash of traffic cameras were destroyed
Digital Government
Feds expect to shell out $20 billion for electronic health records
Flow of EHR incentive funds continues unabated.
Modernization
iPhone 5? Yawn. What will the 'phone' of 2022 look like?
A romp through the weird, scary, awesome future of mobile communications.
Digital Government
Obama releases sequestration report
The White House has outlined plans for implementing $1.2 trillion in budget reductions across the federal government.
Modernization
Military commanders want to choose their own battlefield apps
The DOD attributes a drop in Afghanistan casualties to better intelligence, but some military commanders want to choose their own systems to reduce losses further.
Digital Government
Commentary: IT is critical to preventing fraud and waste in austere times
Three lessons from Recovery.gov that should guide future transparency initiatives.
People
Battlefield rotations could be bad for contract management
In war zones, contract personnel are often just getting familiar with their work when it's time to go home.
Digital Government
Homeland Security pays $46 million for counter-IED tools
A-T Solutions clinched a contract to aid the public and private sectors in stopping domestic bombings.
Modernization
FEC move on wireless campaign contributions could aid Democrats
AT&T is the only nationally unionized wireless carrier.
Modernization
Republicans question feasibility of spectrum sharing
Lawmakers want to reserve space exclusively for commercial firms.
Digital Government