Digital Government

Rightsizing IT

Digital Government

How microservers could change the data center

Find out why some experts think microservers are going to give the boot to virtualization in many large datacenters.

Acquisition

GAO: Agencies question usefulness of contract inventories

Some agency officials fear their in-depth inventories of service contracts will turn out to be useful to no one due to funding, manpower shortages.

Digital Government

Think hard, invent something, win a prize

Contests are gaining acceptance as a research tool, Steve Kelman discovers.

Digital Government

White House releases 30-agency regulatory reform plans

The White House has updated progress on President Barack Obama's executive order on regulatory reform.

Modernization

Army could ditch robots for mules

Pack-bearing robots aren't working out in tests, so the Army is considering a return to a proven older method.

Cybersecurity

Cyber Attention: Why Now?

Cybersecurity

US wants to store European travelers' personal data for 15 years

A proposed rule has unsettled some European leaders, who are rankled by U.S. efforts to collect information such as travelers' addresses and credit card numbers.

Modernization

Texas surrenders to TSA pat-downs

A spat between TSA and Texas legislature has thrust airport pat-downs into the spotlight once again, with the debate pitting personal privacy against national security.

Cybersecurity

Battle lines drawn about government's role in protecting cyberspace

Should government be involved or hands-off in protecting critical infrastructure? The battle begins.

Cybersecurity

CIA official wants top secret classification system revamped

Should the CIA evolve its confidential tiers after 70 years to keep up with the digital times?

Digital Government

State Department gets serious about games

Gaming technology can be a powerful tool in the diplomacy arena, helping government and nongovernmental organizations solve complex problems together in a virtual setting, speakers said at the Tech@State conference.

Digital Government

Need a vacation?

According to one study, a lot of folks probably do.