Emerging Tech
FOIA Online gets mixed marks at three months
The shared site isn’t delivering yet on some key functions.
Digital Government
CIO Council to agency IT shops: Get smart on social media and open government
New guidance also urges competence in cloud and IT governance.
Emerging Tech
New tactics emerge on We the People
Some White House petitioners may not be interested in an official response.
Emerging Tech
Innovation fellows help you navigate the federal Web
New tool will alert dot-gov visitors to related government sites.
Emerging Tech
White House raises We the People response threshold to 100,000 signatures
Only a handful of petitions have crossed the new threshold.
Digital Government
Government data goes public
Federal real estate data contributed to two IPOs this summer.
Emerging Tech
When We the People talk it’s not always pretty
Experts respond to secession petitions.
Emerging Tech
White House says no deal to secession petitioners
The administration also won’t build a Star Wars-style Death Star.
Modernization
FCC publishes proposed text-to-911 rule
Major deployments of new service will begin this year.
Digital Government
NIH to appoint chief data official
The associate director for data science would be one of few top data officers in government.
Modernization
Government Printing Office to publish House bills in XML
This will make it easier to publish bills as e-books or in mobile apps.
Emerging Tech
Training, relationships help with social media quality control
A new report aims to bust myths about government's use of social media.
Emerging Tech
White House responds to petition to deport Piers Morgan
Administration officials also took on marijuana legalization appeals.
Emerging Tech
Map of tweeting world leaders shows little blank space
President Obama is the most popular world leader on Twitter; Chavez is second.
Emerging Tech
Could online inmate visits reduce recidivism?
The idea could be a quick win for saving government money with IT.
Digital Government
Medicare appeals team seeks digital workflow
Aim is to move away from faxing, mailing and manually re-entering data into incompatible systems.
Emerging Tech
Game on for agencies and Pinterest
GSA has inked federal friendly terms of service with the social networking site.
Emerging Tech
Lieberman to archive emails from Homeland Security chairmanship
The Connecticut Independent will be the first Senate committee chairman to archive his emails.
Emerging Tech