Digital Government

ATF officials ignored red flags on website intended to help stop gun-trafficking

When Phoenix agents documented suspicious weapons sales, supervisors let the firearms wind up with cartels, Republican aides say

People

FAA's SWIM program is drowning

Audit finds vital Federal Aviation Administration program flawed.

Modernization

How to be a cloud

Embracing an internal cloud model for IT service delivery will require most agency IT departments to change the way they do business.

Digital Government

How social are your media?

Agencies and corporations have been on a hot streak laying down and revising guidelines for the on-the-job use (or non-use) of social media. How's it working at your agency?

Ideas

House Panel Bumps up E-Gov Fund

People

House panel would restore small portion of transparency funding

A House subcommittee has approved a budget for the General Services Administration's electronic government programs, but transparency advocates said it still falls short.

Digital Government

Kundra's leaving evokes some congrats, some good riddances

The government IT and social media communities either have very positive attitudes, the never-extinguished entrepreneurial spirit, or hearts broken so many times as their leader prepares to move on to Harvard University.

People

After Kundra: What next?

Vivek Kundra has been a forceful leader for change in federal IT, say many observers. What will happen to the efforts now under way when he leaves the federal CIO post in August?

Ideas

CIO Kundra to Leave Post

Digital Government

Here comes the sun — at 2 a.m.

Steve Kelman rhapsodizes on summer in Sweden.

People

Federal CIO Vivek Kundra leaving White House

Federal CIO Vivek Kundra has been the most prominent force for technology in the Obama administration, but he is about to step down.

People

Weiner resigns from Congress

After facing political pressure, Rep. Anthony Weiner resigned from Congress today.

Digital Government

Legislation would limit government tracking of mobile devices

A measure seeks to clarify when the government can intercept location data coming from mobile devices that include cell phones, Wi-Fi-equipped laptops and vehicle navigation units.