Digital Government
Obama Administration blasts Russia over weapons shipments to Syria
Move could escalate conflict, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says.
Modernization
Encryption could drive government to break into your cloud
Paper: Law enforcement increasingly will depend on surveillance access to stored records.
Digital Government
Northrop Grumman to roll out Navy drones, despite Maryland crash
Global Hawk project marred by at least seven crashes.
Modernization
USAID, Citi partner on mobile money
Agency, bank seek to offer mobile financial services to “unbanked” mobile phone users.
Modernization
Border patrol drone program plagued with problems
Customs and Border Protection's drone surveillance program lacks a consistent budget and isn't well planned, audit finds.
Digital Government
Navy: Global Hawk drone crashes in Maryland
Incident occurred during a training exercise.
Digital Government
Innovation contests spread through government
Cristin Dorgelo, hired away from the X Prize Foundation, is pleased to see innovation competitions bringing results to government.
Acquisition
Is GSA stuck with proprietary numbering system?
Dun & Bradstreet provides unique identifiers used to designate businesses in contract coding, and GSA would like more freedom than it now has.
Cybersecurity
Is the high-tech ID another form of security theatre?
Drivers in New Jersey and other states are facing longer lines in the Federal government's efforts to require still more proofs of identity in order to obtain a license.
Modernization
Labor looks for hosted financial system
The Department of Labor wants somebody else to run its core financial management system.
People
Transparency credited for preventing Recovery Act fraud
The high level of scrutiny on the Recovery Act minimized the risk of fraud and abuse, former chairman says.
Digital Government
Biochip could diagnose flu strains in minutes
Brown researchers have developed a new gene amplification process.
Digital Government
Who are China's Americaphiles?
Are most Chinese people interested in friendship with America, or domination? Steve Kelman asks the question.
Digital Government
Freeze border security drone purchases, IG says
Customs and Border Protection let its fleet sit idle 63 percent of the time the unmanned aircraft were supposed to be flying.
Cybersecurity
Déjà vu all over again
Although the concerns have morphed a bit, the government is still struggling to address the challenges FCW highlighted in our first issues back in 1987.
Digital Government
Obama administration weighing more aggressive medical isotope policies
White House said it would look to favor buying medical isotopes produced without the use of bomb-grade uranium.
Acquisition
Could penalties for frivolous protests protect agencies?
Companies that develop a habit of filing protests without merit should pay for it, expert recommends.
Modernization
NASA reveals IT reform progress
A year after releasing a strategic IT management plan, NASA's CIO touts progress.
Digital Government