Digital Government

The Google Maps of the future sounds useful but creepy

The dialogue with the map will become much more personal, according to one Google executive.

Cybersecurity

DHS to pick up $6 billion tab for cyber surveillance systems at every department

Homeland Security strives to roll out real-time threat detection programs for lagging agencies.

Modernization

Why Is Eric Schmidt Going to North Korea?

Google executive will allegedly try to meet with officials in the hermit kingdom.

Modernization

Bandits make off with $1.3 million worth of Apple products in Paris

A group of masked men targeted the store's boxed inventory.

Tech

Doctors blazed the BYOD path at Veterans Affairs

VA had to scramble to keep up with tech-savvy medical staff.

Modernization

Commentary: Get your priorities straight before consolidating data centers

Otherwise, plans could backfire, costing agencies far more money than they expect to save.

Modernization

More than half of American homes don't use a landline

With the ascent of mobile, landlines dip back to World War II-era penetration.

Cybersecurity

Small N.C. cloud company nabs first FedRAMP security certification

Any federal agency can now tap Autonomic Resources’ remote networks without testing security.

Modernization

Commentary: Mobility is key to transforming federal operations for a more austere future

This is the perfect time to seize on BYOD opportunities and make the most of tightened budgets.

Modernization

New online privacy loophole lets Facebook advertise to kids

FTC updated the controversial Children's Online Privacy Protection Act this week.

Digital Government

The best open data releases of 2012

Useful tools, maps, and data visualizations all made the list.

Modernization

A new NASA image of North Korea’s lack of electrical infrastructure

The agency's Suomi NPP spacecraft reveals the country's energy bankruptcy.

Emerging Tech

Data.gov moving to an open source platform

India and Ghana are already using the open source platform for their data sharing sites.

Digital Government

You can download your entire Twitter history now

Twitter will roll out the archiving option over the coming weeks and months.

Modernization

Do the United States and China need a cybersecurity hotline?

A red telephone for the Internet age, and four other ways digital security in the People's Republic could move ahead in 2013

Digital Government

Air Force Special Ops wing plans to buy inexpensive iPad flight software

Service eyes apps that cost 10 times less than the competition’s.

Modernization

North Korea's bunk satellite could float out of control for years

The rogue country's recent launch is now considered space junk.

Modernization

A graphic look at data center closings

By the numbers: How states and agencies stack up for the elimination of unneeded data centers.

Modernization

Video: An astronaut-guided tour of the most amazing house ever built

Fun fact: The space station's pantry is stocked with marshmallow fluff.

Modernization

GSA has yet to approve any cloud products under FedRAMP

Companies are spending as much as $200,000 to go through the certification process.