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Rebecca Carroll
Senior Correspondent
Before joining Government Executive’s editing team, Rebecca Carroll wrote and edited for The Associated Press in Washington, New York and Bangkok, and for National Geographic News. She also was a Peace Corps volunteer in China, where she returned to study at the Johns Hopkins-Nanjing University Center. She holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania, with a double major in English and Philosophy.
Digital Government
Pentagon Casts Wider Net to Avert the Next Ebola Before It Arrives
New two-page EZ application is the first step to DARPA funding for biological technology.
- By Rebecca Carroll
Digital Government
Why Did This Federal Lab Pay 42 Different Prices for the Same Computer?
Energy Department has attempted to standardize equipment buys, but IT purchasing remains problematic.
- By Rebecca Carroll
Digital Government
An Outdoorsy Plea for Open Federal Campsite Data
Recreation.gov needs an API requirement, outdoorsy companies say.
- By Rebecca Carroll
Emerging Tech
White House Challenge: Make Our First 3-D Printed Christmas Ornament
You don’t even need a 3-D printer.
- By Rebecca Carroll
Digital Government
Republicans Target Tech Official to Link Obama to HealthCare.gov Woes
Todd Park formally subpoenaed to testify Nov. 19.
- By Rebecca Carroll
Emerging Tech
Anyone Ever Done This Before? Patent Office Turns to Crowdsourcing
What should the contract look like? PTO asks.
- By Rebecca Carroll
Digital Government
More Federal Employees Are Teleworking More Often
The uptick is slight but steady, survey of feds shows.
- By Rebecca Carroll
Digital Government
How the Government Spent $103 Billion in Just 2 Months
And those were just the contracts we know about.
- By Rebecca Carroll
Digital Government
IRS Agrees It Wastes Money on Software -- But Not That Much
Agency CTO disputes IG findings but agrees to manage licenses better.
- By Rebecca Carroll
Emerging Tech
Feds Use New 3-D Printer to Create Bomb-Sniffing Artificial Dog Noses
Dog noses have about 50 times as many olfactory receptors as humans.
- By Rebecca Carroll
Emerging Tech
Getting Health Info to Low-Income Cellphone Users
The digital divide is shrinking; useful apps aren’t keeping pace.
- By Rebecca Carroll
Featured eBooks
Digital Government
What ‘America’s Data Agency’ Should Be Doing With Its Data
Lessons from an open data roundtable at the Commerce Department.
- By Rebecca Carroll
Emerging Tech
A New Way to Find Federal Contracting Information
GovTribe’s free alternative to FBO hits the Web.
- By Rebecca Carroll
Digital Government
CDC Looks to Expand Ebola Screening at Major US Airports
The virus is also the target of the White House's latest Grand Challenge.
- By Rebecca Carroll
Digital Government
Feds Buy Back USASpending Website After Contractor Bankruptcy
Move finally opens federal contracting data.
- By Rebecca Carroll
Emerging Tech
FAA Needs a Cloud for Its PDFs
Digital AeroNav Products are getting unwieldy.
- By Rebecca Carroll
Emerging Tech
Peace Corps Sees Record Interest After Simplified Application Goes Online
Old application involved 60 printed pages and took as long as eight hours to complete.
- By Rebecca Carroll
Modernization
App to Help Feds Nab Child Predators Expands to Android
ICE says iPhone version was a success, expands program.
- By Rebecca Carroll
Modernization
Government Printing Office Becomes First Legislative Agency to Adopt Cloud Email
GPO opts for Microsoft Office 365.
- By Rebecca Carroll
Emerging Tech
US Needs a New Robotics Agency or the Machine Overlords Will Win … Or Something
Much is lost in the current patchwork approach, Ryan Calo argues.
- By Rebecca Carroll