Digital Government
OMB asks for evidence-based budgeting
Agencies should base their fiscal year 2014 budget requests on evidence of programs' effectiveness, with an eye toward spending less, OMB says.
Digital Government
Navy’s new network will cost half the previous estimates
Continuous competition after contract award will drive down costs further, official says.
Emerging Tech
The community organizing geeks who could revolutionize campaign tech
One was Mark Zuckerberg's Harvard roommate. The other went to Jerry Falwell's Liberty University. Together, Joe Green and Jim Gilliam want to democratize the most powerful Internet organizing tools.
Digital Government
Wanted: Tools to help paratroopers during airdrops
Technology for retrieving supplies is lacking.
People
Politically minded feds gain unexpected ally
Utah representative who's supporting new legislation hasn't always been an advocate for federal employees.
Digital Government
Customs and border agency tries new twist on industry days
Seminar is designed to guide company investments in new technologies.
Digital Government
Up front about drone ops
More transparency could defuse public criticism, officials say.
Digital Government
Army hosts MOSES open-source virtual world
The focus of many federal virtual world activities has moved to the U.S. Army's "MOSES" experimental open source environment
Digital Government
Energy offers online training to employees in 3D virtual buildings
The Energy Department is offering multiple training courses online in 3D virtual worlds in its National Training and Education Resource online platform.
Acquisition
Senators turn to GSA's regional offices for answers on spending abuses
After questioning headquarters officials in Washington, senators are taking their inquiries directly to the regions.
Modernization
Twitter signs on to privacy policy
FTC and Markey praise the social media network for the move.
Cybersecurity
Army eyes Internet replica for crisis drills
Portal will allow military to practice influencing the message.
Cybersecurity
Panel sympathetic to geolocation privacy concerns
The bill includes some exceptions for bypassing the standard such as for emergencies involving possible death or serious harm and national security.
Digital Government
Fun, competition inspire better service and happier employees
Could the same principles that apply to gaming help increase workforce productivity and employee engagement?
People
Women in Technology get awards for work in IT
The association gave out awards to women who are making an impact on their fields.
People
Why IT reforms have failed to make much difference
Government IT reforms centered on hot technologies have done little to significantly improve how agencies are delivering services to taxpayers.
Modernization
Tougher sledding ahead for data-center consolidation
Now that they’ve closed many of their smaller data centers, agencies are moving on to bigger operations and challenges.
Digital Government
Tough times make shared services a necessity
Some agencies missed the deadline for coming up with acceptable unification plans, OMB officials say.
Digital Government