Digital Government

How the Right People Analyzing the Best Data Are Transforming Government

‘If you want to succeed, you’ve got to be willing to fail and test things out,’ OMB official says.

Digital Government

Former NSA Director: Big Data Is the Future

NSA’s only failure was letting Snowden breach its data, Keith Alexander says.

Cybersecurity

Why the FBI Wants to Procure Malware

Agency expects the malicious code to provide actionable intelligence for criminal and intelligence matters.

Cybersecurity

Lawmakers Say Favored NSA Reform Bill Doesn’t Go Far Enough

House members want to insert an amendment barring the agency from exploiting zero day flaws.

Cybersecurity

NIST Removes NSA-Tainted Algorithm From Cryptographic Standards

Snowden documents say NSA introduced weaknesses to the number-generating guidance.

Emerging Tech

First Instrument Deemed Ready for NOAA’s Next-Gen Polar Orbiting Satellite

Its timely completion bodes well for the agency's $11 billion program to replace vital weather-monitoring spacecraft.

Digital Government

GSA's Bev Godwin to Retire

The director of GSA’s Federal Citizen Information Center has been a champion of technology innovation.

Digital Government

White House: No Deportation for Justin Bieber

Obama administration declines to comment on anti-Bieber We the People petition.

Digital Government

NASA Found the New ‘Earth-like’ Planet Using Old Data

Kepler Space Telescope found a lot of data before it malfunctioned in 2013; scientists are now going back through it.

Digital Government

GSA's Dave McClure to Retire

The associate administrator of the General Services Administration's Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies was a leader in key initiatives.