Cybersecurity
CBP gets barrage of negative tweets about phones held at border
US Customs and Border Protection saw its Twitter traffic skyrocket in recent days due to angry smart phone customers upset about delays in phone shipments.
Cybersecurity
What cyber czar's departure means for White House cyber priorities
Howard Schmidt played a key role in developing some of the White House's cybersecurity initiatives. What will become of them when he steps down?
Digital Government
GSA's picklegate
Want to know how concerned GSA has become about conference spending? Check the box lunches.
Modernization
GPO teams with Barnes & Noble to deliver e-books
Government books come to Barnes & Noble's Nook e-reader.
Digital Government
First online immigration application now available
New ‘ELIS’ website lets visitors request extensions to stay in the country, a step toward digitizing the largely paper-based immigration process.
Digital Government
Washington Post helps us keep track of White House visitors
The newspaper has created a searchable database of the White House's visitor logs.
Digital Government
Pentagon-funded researchers refine 3-D printing
Defense shows interest in new manufacturing techniques that cut costs.
Acquisition
Government, industry see Networx spending differently, survey finds
The two sides have polar opposite views of Networx, and one side's hopes may be in vain.
Modernization
Shared services poised to reshape the federal market
Industry should brace for impact as the government adopts more shared services, CIO warns.
People
Providing evidence for funding will challenge agency thinking
Meeting OMB's new directives will require careful attention to detail in providing evidence, experts say.
Digital Government
A frontline dispatch from Spain, a country in crisis
Steve Kelman finds that Spain's economic worries are not obvious on the surface.
People
Internet not ready for democracy
NIST concludes that Internet technology isn't yet able to support online voting.
Digital Government
Defense and VA tap vendor to save clinicians from multiple log-ons
In software test at Chicago hospital, Harris bests Microsoft.
People
NRC commissioner to resign; accused of intimidating staff members
After an eight-year tenure at the agency, the head of the nuclear safety agency says he's leaving.
Cybersecurity
Phone hacking problems? Defense, intel agencies have an app for that
A download is letting soldiers and secret agents abroad make calls on popular smartphones and skirt eavesdropping adversaries.
Cybersecurity
Who's the top employer among IT and engineering students?
Government agencies make the top 10 list of best employers.
Digital Government
Navy computer game wants players’ bright ideas on energy use
Pentagon-funded crowdsourcing experiment will hit the Web on Tuesday.
Digital Government