Digital Government
New technology may have prevented airport stun gun debacle
Company officials say upgraded X-ray machines that show luggage from multiple angles might have made it easier to spot the device.
Acquisition
Vendors gripe at contracting conference
Steve Kelman found the opening sessions of the National Contract Management Association World Conference to be 'whining and self-serving'
Digital Government
CMS' antifraud systems are underused, GAO says
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services installed two anti-fraud systems in 2006, but neither is fully functioning as intended, a report says.
Modernization
Archives wants Wikipedia volunteers to help digitize documents
The National Archives and Records Administration wants help from Wikipedia-savvy volunteers to help prepare important digital documents for online access.
Acquisition
Agencies play it safe with contract types
Agencies have decreased their use of risky time-and-materials contracts.
Digital Government
Clinton kicks off open-government partnership
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton introduced a partnership to use technology to foster transparent information and government spending accountability.
Digital Government
Assessing the space shuttle program's tech legacy
As the space shuttle era draws to a close, we take stock of the technological gains it brought to us on Earth.
Digital Government
CIO looks back on nine years at Justice
Vance Hitch, the longest serving CIO, is retiring weeks shy of the 10-year anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks that prompted him to join the law enforcement agency.
Digital Government
VA to expand health data exchange in September
Program allowing Defense, VA and private sector providers to share information will be tested in 11 regions, up from five.
Digital Government