Digital Government

Shared Services Can Be a Money Maker for Some Agencies

Agencies counteract dwindling IT budgets by offering services to other divisions.

Emerging Tech

White House Defends Obamacare on We the People

The petition response came the same day the House voted to repeal the 2-year-old healthcare law.

Emerging Tech

How Data Can Aid Farmers' Markets and Education Innovations

Government information can aid the public but opening it up is just the first step.

Modernization

Cloud Computing Could Transform Foreign Aid

International assistance agency seeks a platform to build and share new technology.

Emerging Tech

Dot-govs Dip Below 1,000

That’s down from about 1,500 when the White House launched a consolidation initiative in 2011.

Emerging Tech

The Story of an Open Document

Here's how the White House open data policy came together.

Modernization

Feds Release Source Code for Dozens of Government Apps

Agency developers could use the code to create new apps or suggest changes to existing apps.

Emerging Tech

A New One-Stop Shop for State-Level Mobile Apps

The apps catalog includes more than 160 apps built by state governments.

Emerging Tech

How YouTube Can Make Your Congressional Hearing a Hit

Benghazi hearing draws crowds as first legislative live stream on the video sharing site.

Emerging Tech

CDC Wants Trainees to 'Temporarily Forget' Exercises Aren't Real

Virtual simulations can be an 'emotional vaccine' for staff before they go out in the field.

Emerging Tech

A Blast from the Open Data Past

The excitement around open GPS data proved founded.

Digital Government

White House Orders Agencies to Follow New Open Data Standards

The new directive requires machine-readable formats for all new government datasets.

Emerging Tech

New Tool Could Free Syrian Rebels From Reliance on State Internet

The Commotion project also kept some Brooklynites online during Hurricane Sandy when larger Internet providers were overloaded.

Emerging Tech

Human Trafficking Hotlines Offer Help and Data

Aggregated information can tell police about new trafficking patterns and hot spots.

Modernization

Interior Storage Heads to the Cloud

Award to Verizon, IBM and others was slowed by a contract dispute resolved in March.

Emerging Tech

Blind Agency Attorney Sues CBP Over Tech Access

Lawsuit claims years of inaccessible IT kept lawyer from promotion.

Digital Government

Agriculture Department Considers Data-Driven Nutrition Assistance

Officials could use the database to make smarter decisions and improve state and federal cooperation.

Digital Government

Are You Ready to Pay for YouTube?

A new strategy may help YouTube compete with other online outlets and major television networks.

Digital Government

Many CIOs Support IT Reform Legislation

Tech chiefs also praised PortfolioStat in survey, but have moved on from the 25 Point Plan.

Digital Government

What We Don't Know About the Deadly New SARS-like Virus

The disease has a mortality rate to 16 deaths among 24 known infections.