Modernization
Air Force seeks software to monitor iPads for electronic flight bags
Mobile device software will manage access and security for thousands of smartphones and tablets.
Modernization
Vet health progress propelled by partnership, vision and IT
The DOD and VA are focused on finding the right technology to serve troops over a lifetime -- even with bumps along the way -- and those closest to the effort say the stumbles are leading to progress.
Emerging Tech
Engineers face hurdles making advanced chips for complex machines
Technology could limit innovations in computers, weapons systems
Emerging Tech
Curiosity Rover busts out the telephoto lens
Even better photographs of Mt. Sharp, the rover's eventual science destination.
Modernization
Interior seeks to safeguard mobile devices
The Interior Department seeks ways to protect information and networks when employees carry agency mobile devices to foreign lands.
People
GSA's crackdown on spending saves millions
Acting Administrator Dan Tangherlini promises more savings yet to come in his quest to curb waste.
Cybersecurity
GAO overrules Justice on ID smart card contract, again
Office of Justice Programs is told to reevaluate vendors' proposals for securing computers with ID cards.
Digital Government
Mass consumption in China
A Harvard professor encounters China's burgeoning consumer culture.
Digital Government
VA held nearly 1,000 conferences during the past three and a half years
Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki ordered a comprehensive review.
Modernization
FAA revisits mobile electronic devices on aircraft
Current FCC regulations require aircraft operators to determine whether interference from a given mobile electronic devices could cause safety risks before allowing such devices to be used.
Modernization
Interior seeks ability to wipe mobile devices of employees abroad
Technology would help the department keep its networks secure.
Emerging Tech
Hardware makes resurgence in Silicon Valley
As the costs of prototyping fall, hardware startups grow.
Digital Government
Why the government isn't ready for sequestration
Only months from deadline, federal agencies are as unprepared as ever for massive budget cuts. What's the holdup?
Cybersecurity
Windows 8 is watching you
Microsoft's latest operating system provides the company with information about every program users install.
Cybersecurity
EDITORIAL: Technology meets cultural resistance on ID cards
In the United States, cultural and political opposition to a national identity card is all but insurmountable. Yet the need for a workable solution grows more pressing by the day.
Cybersecurity
ID management: A matter of trust
People have countless reasons to support good digital identity management. When the federal government is involved, however, a complex challenge gets even trickier.
Modernization
We're close to strengthening the privacy of your cell phone's location! (But only in California.)
Right now, law enforcement can ask your cell provider where your phone is at pretty much any time.
People
Is a paperless government by 2019 too much to ask?
To accomplish the goals laid out in the Obama administration's recent records management directive will take money, IT and employee training -- three things the government is short on these days.
Digital Government