Emerging Tech
We the Which People?
The White House petition site is being leveraged by a foreign audience.
Emerging Tech
Government Requests for Google User Data Rise
U.S. officials request more data from Google than any other nation.
Emerging Tech
The Vatican Makes a Bid for Top-Level Domain Status
.islam and .mormon also make the list of possible new top-level Internet domains.
Digital Government
White House issues guidance on modular IT development
New approach aims to reduce cost and schedule overruns.
Digital Government
White House unleashes ‘innovation mojo’ of broadband providers, developers
U.S. Ignite program will produce apps in medicine, clean energy and public safety.
Digital Government
Fraud can’t be stopped with data alone
Data analysis must be crafted on the front and back ends, IGs say.
Emerging Tech
Clicks and Mortar…But Mostly Mortar
Some early dot-coms added physical infrastructure rather than replacing it.
Digital Government
The truth behind transparency
In a world where open data doesn’t always mean open government, progress is tough to gauge.
Emerging Tech
New Top-Level Domains Could Give the Internet More Structure
.corp and .llp Could Save Consumers From Being Scammed.
Emerging Tech
Timelines Might be the Next Big Thing in Congressional Advocacy
Facebook Feature Allows for Quick Updates and Deep Dives.
Digital Government
Agencies touting IT reform at 18 months
Updates come weeks after OMB launched a digital government strategy.
Emerging Tech
Census to launch API for demographic, economic app builders next month
The bureau also is working on a few apps of its own.
Digital Government
Requesting public documents is about to get easier
System due in September could save more than $200 million over five years if deployed governmentwide.
Modernization
Energy inventory missed 500 data centers
Those omitted from a count the department sent OMB are managed mostly by contractors.
Modernization
Microsoft launches Office 365 for Government in a segregated cloud
The new service will support IPv6 by September.
Emerging Tech
Is Your Job a Social Network? Sometimes.
Should workplace social networks be transformative or augmentative?
Digital Government
Top tech official calls for new panel to help liberate government data
CTO Todd Park seeks to spur data-driven apps in energy, education, safety and nonprofits.
Digital Government