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