Modernization
FTC finalizes privacy deal with Facebook
The FTC found that Facebook was sharing user information with advertisers and misinforming users about how they could control their own personal information.
Emerging Tech
Video: Where the Mars Curiosity Rover is headed next
The Curiosity science team gave the first firm indication of where they might be driving next.
Digital Government
Augmented reality: Where the real and virtual worlds meet
Agencies have quietly been adding augmented reality to their bag of tech tricks for years.
Digital Government
Could Israel safely deter a nuclear Iran?
Even if the Iranian leadership were not always rationally interested in self-preservation, Israeli missile defense, second-strike capability, and a careful understanding of Tehran's priorities could potentially keep a nuclear Iran at bay.
Acquisition
Lack of clearance reciprocity costs millions, survey shows
Contractors say they could fulfill their duties more efficiently and save the government money if security clearances were accepted more broadly.
Digital Government
Air Force wants smart system that can learn how to detect threats from sensor data
Pentagon is scouting ‘machine learning’ tech similar to what powers IBM’s Watson.
Digital Government
Google keeps paying deceased employees' families for a decade
The tech giant recently announced extensive new life insurance benefits.
Emerging Tech
Light-sensing technology maker nabs In-Q-Tel funding
Company develops black silicon, which enhances the infrared sensitivity of sensors
Modernization
GSA's proposed cloud brokerage grabs industry attention
There have been so many responses to a recent RFI that GSA has extended the deadline to allow for more, agency says.
Emerging Tech
State Department’s Kindle plan offers a lesson in diplomacy
How an obliquely-worded e-reader contract generated a lot of misinformation.
Digital Government
Customs and Border Protection flouts Napolitano’s vision for IT consolidation
The agency argues buying its own tool to track aircraft inventory is cheaper than collaborating with the Coast Guard to link portfolios.
Digital Government
Senators ask Pentagon to consider debarring United Technologies from future contracts
Company may have caused ‘significant harm’ to national security with China sales, lawmakers say.
Modernization
Google agrees to pay record fine for privacy violations
The FTC said that the search giant's actions violated a consent decree.
Modernization
Census debuts new economic indicator app
Gives the raw numbers for each piece of data as well as a graph charting a two-year trend line covering indicators.
Emerging Tech
Google's self-driving cars: 300,000 miles and not a single accident
The automated vehicles are slowly building a driving record that's better than that of your average American.
Acquisition
Will less federal spending really mean fewer jobs?
Conventional wisdom holds that federal budget cuts lead to less spending on contracts and, therefore, to job declines. Is that really true?
Emerging Tech
NASA's rover captures gorgeous panoramic view of the Martian landscape
But it's not from the rover you think. Don't forget about Opportunity, who's been exploring the planet for eight years.
People
GSA sees air travel savings in new City Pair arrangement
Agency's purchasing strategies have lowered prices and allowed the government more flexibility when employees book flights, as work begins on the second iteration of GSA's electronic air travel management system.
Digital Government