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The postal service's hidden cool factor

E-mail made paper mail seem like old hat years ago, but the U.S. Postal Service is operating on the cutting edge of technology, behind the scenes.

Modernization

CIA CTO sheds light on intelligence community's need for cloud

The officially-unconfirmed contract between the CIA and Amazon has led to an upsurge of interest in the spy agency's strategy.

People

CDC's Seligman wins Federal 100 President's Award

Longtime CIO suggests that all his agency peers deserve recognition for the 'tremendous difficulties' they face.

Modernization

Challenge and opportunity await in data center consolidation

Consolidation pays off, but it's wise to take the long view on savings, say those in the trenches.

Digital Government

Teresa Carlson: Changing the game for cloud services

As vice president of the worldwide public sector at Amazon Web Services, Eagle Award winner Teresa Carlson led the company's entry into the federal market.

Digital Government

Federal Reserve calls for chief data officer

The proposed new position would add to the growing ranks of agency CDOs as feds seek the expertise to manage big data.

Modernization

Sources: Amazon and CIA ink cloud deal

Clandestine contract marks a radical shift in the CIA's cloud strategy.

Digital Government

Which agencies let their scientists speak freely?

The Union of Concerned Scientists finds that policies at some agencies inhibit the freedom of scientists to express opinions.

Digital Government

Of policy and petabytes: Shaping the use of big data

The future of big data is wide open, but policies and regulations may soon set its course. <br><br> <strong>Plus:</strong> The potential liabilities of lacking policies ... where policies come from ... the role of privacy.

Digital Government

NOAA assumes control of weather satellite

A converted satellite provides a valuable stopgap against a potential loss of coverage, but durability fears persist.

People

Data center initiative to become part of PortfolioStat

The ongoing effort to find and shut down unneeded data centers has shown some early success, but its status is about to change.

Digital Government

NASA clamps down on travel spending

Employees cancel speaking engagements as agency moves "aggressively" to deal with sequestration.

Digital Government

From the mail to McDonald's, big data is all around us

Big data helps mail your letters, it makes your burgers better, and it allows intelligence agencies to piece together disparate pieces of data into insights that might help them foil the next terrorist attack.

Digital Government

Big data's big hurdle: federal policy

Big data holds tremendous promise to help agencies glean otherwise impossible insights from massive repositories of data, but federal policies play a significant role in slowing its adoption and blunting its edge.

People

Telework Week sees participation surge

Annual event encouraging telework try-outs demonstrates enthusiasm, savings.

People

'Baddest' innovation fellow goes to GitHub

Ben Balter has taken a position at the open software collaboration platform, maintaining a focus on government.

Digital Government

Feds seek user input on mobile experience

GSA has launched a crowdsourcing tool intended to refine the government's efforts to create 'citizen-centric mobile.'

Digital Government

Does your agency need big data? Maybe not.

Although it seems to be everywhere, big data is not something that every agency needs to worry about. What makes the difference?