Modernization
Phone Apps Help Government, Others Counter Violence Against Women
The military is considering an app to help reduce sexual assault on bases.
Emerging Tech
Reagan Administration Emails Were the Dawn of Digital Transparency
The NSC's early email system expanded to the rest of the White House in 1986.
Digital Government
What the First Income Taxes Tell Us About HealthCare.gov
A Q-and-A with tax policy professor Joseph Thorndike.
Digital Government
Using Search Tools to Declassify Presidential Docs -- Starting With Reagan's
White House also vows to bring all FOIA requests into a single platform.
Emerging Tech
Smart Sanctions 2.0
Sanctions should carve out space for personal tech that can promote human rights.
Digital Government
Obamacare’s Next Step: Fixing Medicare and Medicaid Data Sharing
Medicare wants to standardize state Medicaid data.
Digital Government
Kicked Off HealthCare.gov? Try Now, Obama Administration Says
Officials say the site is working for the vast majority of users after two months of poor performance.
Digital Government
HealthCare.gov’s Lessons for Big Government
Site’s troubles prompt larger questions about government’s role in the economy.
Digital Government
Private Investment in Civic-Minded Tech Startups Soars
New companies that focus on using technology to make cities more efficient have increased 24 percent in recent years.
Emerging Tech
When Will You Own Your Genetic Information?
The shuttering of a personal genome kit company raises questions about when access to DNA data will be broadened.
Digital Government
HealthCare.gov Performs Well After Making White House’s Repair Deadline
Engineers have put many insurance seekers in an online queue to avoid overwhelming the site.
Emerging Tech
We the Ukrainian People
The White House site has been flooded with petitions related to violence in the former Soviet state.
Cybersecurity
Seizure Sunday Precedes Cyber Monday
ICE seized nearly 300 websites selling phony goods before the online shopping spree.
Digital Government
White House Declares Tentative Victory Over HealthCare.gov Woes
The site can now support 50,000 simultaneous users with response times under 1 second.
Emerging Tech
Q and A: What Feds Can Learn from Cities' Open Data Experiences
Data.gov chief Jeanne Holm, who works out of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Los Angeles, talks about the challenges cities are facing with open data.
Ideas
Thanksgiving Turkey With All the Digital Stuffing
Federal apps, websites and social media channels will work through the holiday.
Modernization
Bidding Process Begins for Cancer-Curing Computer Clouds
National Cancer Institute pilot project will let researchers remotely analyze genomic data.
Emerging Tech
Intelligence Researchers Want to Analyze the Analysts
Looking at how analysts' brains make sense of conceptual data.
Emerging Tech
Twitter Tells Feds How to Tweet More Effectively
The microblogging site urges officials to be interactive and to use pictures and timelines.
Emerging Tech
White House Must Weigh In on Kimmel-China Controversy
We the People petitioners upset after child on Kimmel’s show suggests killing Chinese people.
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