Digital Government
PlayStations power Air Force 'supercomputer'
The Air Force Research Laboratory has built a supercomputer that is driven in part by several hundred Sony PlayStation 3 consoles.
Digital Government
A call for critical thinking about securing our electric grid
The nation’s electric power grid is a vital part of our critical infrastructure, but it might not be as vulnerable and fragile as it appears. One expert says it is more resilient than we give it credit for.
Digital Government
NASA plans Tweetup event for Space Shuttle mission
A small group of followers of NASA's Twitter feeds will participate in a Tweetup event where they will get a behind-the-scenes look at a Space Shuttle mission.
Digital Government
2020 vision: 10 things you'll see on the Web in the next 10 years
By 2020, you'll have one device for all uses, proximity networking will take hold, and spam just might be brought under control, says IDC senior analyst Shawn McCarthy.
Digital Government
Health data standard could be key to better informed patients
The new rules for achieving "meaningful use" of electronic health records could be advanced through adoption of a technical standard for delivering health information to patients, according to a new white paper.
People
States improve transparency of Recovery Act spending
State governments in Kentucky, Illinois, Minnesota and Utah made the most dramatic progress in reporting publicly their federal economic stimulus spending online in the last six months, according to a new report.
Acquisition
Bid protest numbers increased during fiscal 2009
Protesters filed more complaints with the Government Accountability Office about agency contracting decisions in fiscal 2009 than in the previous four years.
Digital Government
White House bars agencies from posting some statistics
Privacy and other concerns prompt administration officials to pull several submissions to the transparency Web site Data.gov.
Cybersecurity
Organizing cybersecurity efforts remains key challenge
Panelists say new White House cyber coordinator might not have the full authority needed to address rapidly multiplying threats.
Digital Government
FBI aging technique led to bin Laden mug mixup, IT professor says
New technology that uses physics, science of plastic surgery and computer graphics portrays how a person naturally ages, providing a more accurate portrayal.
Digital Government
The Army's Five Year Afghanistan Plan
The United States has operated in Afghanistan for nine years and based on a FedBizOpps notice last week, at least one part of the Army plans for another five years.
Digital Government
In cybersecurity, our greatest enemy may be...
In many cases, the greatest cybersecurity threat comes from a deliberately designed weakness in software.
Digital Government