Digital Government
Obama tries Twitter to make debt-ceiling case
The Obama administration urged voters to make their feelings on the debt ceiling vote known via Twitter, and it credits the strategy with helping secure a deal in time to avert default.
Digital Government
White House's Twitter followers get Rickrolled
The Obama administration talks a lot about "winning the future," but one member of its economic team recently tweeted a No. 1 pop hit from the past.
People
Possible FAA partial shutdown imminent
Many FAA operations could shut down this weekend if a budget impasse in Congress isn't resolved.
People
Telework fosters productivity, study says
Employees can be more productive in a telework arrangement, according to a recent study.
People
SSA official fired for disputing IT policy, he says
A fired IT official claims the SSA pushed him out when he disagreed with the agency's approach to IT.
People
Minnesota lawmakers strike a deal
A state government shutdown of nearly three weeks ends as Minnesota lawmakers make a deal.
Modernization
FDA proposes regulating mobile health apps
For the first time, federal regulators are scrutinizing the mobile health applications market.
People
NASA teacher workshop begins
NASA has chosen 48 teachers to participate in this summer's Simulation-Based Aerospace Engineering Teacher Professional Development Program.
Modernization
Treasury announces plan for invoice portal
The Treasury Department will install an electronic invoice processing system by the end of fiscal 2012.
People
Maryland recruits disabled workers with telework option
Talented disabled workers in Maryland are being lured with telework incentives through a state program.
People
NASA lays off space shuttle workers
As the space shuttle Atlantis makes its final flight, NASA readies the pink slips.
Modernization
Why the iPad changes the rules
Federal executives reveal their favorite, most effective ways to use Apple's popular tablet computer.
Digital Government
Group claims credit for Fox News Twitter hack
A group of hackers named the Script Kiddies has taken responsibility for a series of messages posted on Fox News' Twitter account over the July 4 weekend claiming that President Barack Obama had been assassinated.
People
Agencies can ask teleworkers to work during hurricanes
Federal HR officials are told how to handle the upcoming hurricane season that's predicted to be busier than normal.
Digital Government
Los Alamos lab to restart supercomputers
After a wildfire forced the lab's closure, officials are preparing to restart the Cray and IBM supercomputers used for weapons research.
People
More than half of federal teleworkers are unsatisfied
Employee satisfaction with telework has hovered at 37 percent during the past five years.
People
Federal pay, benefits would be at risk in August, group says
Unless the debt ceiling is raised, the federal government sometime in early August would be unable to meet a wide range of spending obligations, group says.
Digital Government