Digital Government

DARPA wants to blow up military design process, start over

The government's blue-sky R&D agency launches a new effort to reinvent the design and manufacture of defense equipment using computer aid and crowdsourcing.

Digital Government

A few bons mots on Drupal, Facebook from DOE's new media director

Cammie Croft, who heads up new media at the Energy Department, talks about the new Energy Blog that uses Drupal and about a recent dust-up on Facebook.

Digital Government

NASA, VA open-source plans spark debate

NASA and the Veterans Affairs Department drew criticism after announcing their latest plans for open-source software.

Digital Government

Open source is NASA's next frontier

NASA's new CTO proposes a brave new universe for the space agency -- one in which officials will have to conquer their fears of open-source projects.

Digital Government

White House contributes to open-source project

Whitehouse.gov has released the code for four open-source modules, adding to the ongoing Drupal project.

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GSA honors top federal achievers at IRMCO

GSA bestowed its annual awards for federal agency programs that improve government operations and increase transparency.

Digital Government

Federal 100: Guy Martin

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Digital Government

Nexus One: All that and a trackball

Google ups the ante in the smart phone frenzy with the Nexus One, a smart phone running the Android OS.

Digital Government

The ’00 7: The decade’s most important tech advances

We select seven technologies that changed the game during the unofficial decade of 2000-2009.

Digital Government

States and local agencies take to clouds, report finds

State and local governments will adopt cloud computing, virtualization, service-oriented architecture, open-source software and geospatial technologies at an accelerating rate over the next five years, according to a new Input report.

Digital Government

EU settlement will alter Microsoft's stance on interoperability

Microsoft provided more details about its settlement with the European Commission (EC), pledging to implement a threefold approach to interoperability.

Digital Government

Google phones may ring in the new year

Google is reportedly considering offering its own mobile phone based on the Android operating system as early as next year.

Digital Government

Droid does it better

The new Verizon Wireless Droid by Motorola is a phone that could really change the industry, and the way the federal government does its job.