People

What’s so funny about duplicative websites

FCW cartoonist John Klossner finds offers a lighter perspective on the Obama administration's Campaign to Cut Waste.

Modernization

Norfolk battens down NMCI's hatches in preparation for Irene

With Hurricane Irene bearing down on the mid-Atlantic region, the Navy and Marine Corps are working overtime to ensure their critical IT systems -- including NMCI -- remain up and running through the storm.

Digital Government

Teleworking Through Irene

Cybersecurity

Beware fake FEMA disaster app

The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced a new mobile application for disaster preparedness on Android, but an apparently fake FEMA app appears to have fooled many.

People

Feds already sacrificed to shrink deficit, union says

A federal employee labor union points to contractors, outsourced work and federal employees' sacrifices as the congressional "supercommittee" hunts for areas to reduce the deficit.

Digital Government

Moon mission to explore Earth's origins

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Digital Government

New Performance.gov website faces performance problems of its own

Funding cuts have hurt development of key features; search function fails to return results for common terms.

Digital Government

What's next, locusts?

Here in the capital region, the biggest calamities we experience are usually political in nature. Lately, they have been just in nature.

People

Virus-detection system works in a city near you

Sniffing the air through special filters in hidden detectors throughout the U.S., Biowatch is a main arsenal in the war against pathogens.

Modernization

Hold the phone after a disaster

Use bandwidth judiciously to allow others to make emergency calls after a disaster. It's up to users to be considerate, writes Bill Jackson.

Digital Government

Here Comes the A-Pad

Cybersecurity

FBI deploys fingerprint system for mobile devices

Police officers have access to a new fingerprint checking system that allows them to see if someone is a nationally known 'worst' offender.