Emerging Tech

User Feedback Key to USASpending.gov’s 2-Year Facelift

Treasury has built an open beta site to collect user feedback before the final version goes live May 2017.

Digital Government

The Rise of Agency Innovation Labs

In the 2016 budget, the Obama administration proposed more funding to help launch idea labs.

Digital Government

OMB, Treasury Hammer Out Final DATA Act Standards

The new data standards aim to make it easier for the public and good-government groups to track federal dollars.

Digital Government

Tweeting About the New $10 Bill? Treasury’s Keeping Tabs on Your Tweets

The Treasury Department has started collecting and occasionally republishing the public's agency-related social media posts in order to gain a better handle on public sentiment.

Ideas

DATA Act at Year 1: In Need of a Growth Hormone

For the first time, the DATA Act has made it someone's job to define, and later enforce, common standards that will allow users to match and search across financial, budget and award reports.

Digital Government

Federal IT Spending Could Spike in 2016

The Department of Health and Human Services' IT spending may be the main driver, a new forecast suggests.

Emerging Tech

Paying the Government Just Got a Whole Lot Easier

Thanks to a newly unveiled partnership, the public can now make online payments using two popular digital wallet services, PayPal and Dwolla.

Ideas

The 3 Key Steps to Successfully Implement the DATA Act

The legislation requires the Treasury Department to undertake one of its most ambitious management and technological transformations yet.

Digital Government

Agencies Under the Gun to Meet Data Transparency Deadlines

The Obama administration has six months to prove its implementation of a sweeping new data transparency law is on track.