Acquisition
Proposed small-biz contracting goals 'laudable but overly ambitious'
Congress aims for higher overall small-business contracting goals, even as administration officials consider them "unrealistic."
Digital Government
Defense-VA disability evaluation system still broken, Senators charge
VA plans upgrade next month to key tracking system.
Digital Government
Pentagon enlists scientists to build intel-decoding software
DARPA wants technology that can ‘see through language.’
Digital Government
Federal officials, Hill committees probe Facebook IPO
House and Senate panels join SEC, others, in launching investigations.
Digital Government
White House seeks ‘badass innovators’
Fellows will spend six months to one year on five major technology projects.
People
VanRoekel's choice of hosiery draws attention
The top CIO of the government shunned his Washingtonian apparel to meet the demands of a culture that doesn't wear slacks.
Digital Government
VA DOD joint record to be deployed from 2014 to 2017
Even after the Veterans Affairs-Defense new joint integrated health record system begins rolling out in 2014, many functionalities will still need to be migrated to the new system, according to a senior VA official.
Cybersecurity
Al Qaeda video calls for electronic jihad on government computers
Senators release segment to generate urgency around a cybersecurity bill.
Digital Government
Hopes dim for bipartisan cybersecurity legislation
Two Senate bills are stalled while compromise seems unlikely.
Digital Government
Researcher: Alleged breach of dating site shows flaws in military’s social media policies
Guidelines called inadequate to safeguard sensitive data that soldiers share online.
Emerging Tech
Anti-pollution robotic 'fish' head to sea
Technology detects pollutants in seconds rather than weeks.
Modernization
Labor accused of scrubbing website of recent rulemaking documentation
Did the Labor Department move too quickly to remove online documents related to a controversial rule aimed at protecting child farm workers from heavy machinery?
Emerging Tech
NASA's video of the SpaceX Falcon 9 launch
Watch the first commercial space ship go into orbit.
Digital Government
White House launches federal digital strategy
Plan aims to make government info mobile friendly.
Modernization
170,000 military dating-site users exposed, hackers say
An affiliate of the LulzSec hacker group is claiming it obtained and published personally-identifiable information for 170,000 military personnel.
People
OMB's digital strategy emphasizes mobility
Also in the strategy: A moratorium on .gov domains and a call for innovators for 'game-changing projects.'
Cybersecurity
Senate cybersecurity bills snagged on 'fundamental' differences
McCain says a compromise is not coming soon.
Digital Government
White House reinforces mobile initiative
Obama directs agencies to implement a new intiative to help citizens more easily access government information and services on their mobile devices.
Cybersecurity
iPads could pick up on unique biological traits in individual hand gestures
Research presents new biometric possibilities for authenticating tablet users.
Digital Government