Digital Government
Veterans Outreach Project to Spend $1 Million on Facebook Ads this Year
The Make the Connection campaign spent $2 million to lure Facebook followers last year.
Emerging Tech
Contest Aims to Make Proposed U.S. Laws Machine Readable Worldwide
The challenge is to align federal legislation with emerging international standards.
Digital Government
FDA Wants to Track its Social Media Reach
The proposed tool would let FDA know who’s responding to its programs and what they think.
Digital Government
White House Revamps Government Data Trove
The new Next.data.gov website, still in beta form, boasts better search and responsive design.
Emerging Tech
When Government Goes to Burning Man
Protecting the environment during the desert arts festival can be costly.
Modernization
Analysts Expect Government Cloud Spending to Rebound in 2014
More money is going toward infrastructure services instead of software.
Digital Government
Are Microsoft's Government Search Days Numbered?
GSA considers new vendors for USASearch.
Emerging Tech
Japanese Drones Hit Middle America in WWII
The unmanned bombing craft were supposed to spark forest fires in the West but mostly missed their marks.
Modernization
New App will Guide Visitors Around the Site of John Brown’s Famous Raid
Mobile apps already guide tourists at Gettysburg and Antietam.
Emerging Tech
Rebooted Smokey’s Giving Bear Hugs
The updated Forest Service icon now embraces campers who avoid wildfires.
Emerging Tech
VA Spent $2 Million on Facebook Ads
One division spent heavily on the ads while others spent little or nothing.
Emerging Tech
Look Who’s Gif-ing Now
A Connecticut senator is using animated gifs to urge action on student loans.
Digital Government
Government Has Dropped the Ball on IT Reform, Lawmaker says
Connolly criticizes slow progress on data center consolidation, cloud computing.
Emerging Tech
Social Engagement Shouldn't Wait Until After a Crisis Hits
Emergency managers are struggling to communicate better on social media.
Digital Government
GSA Launches Reverse Auction Site
Reverse auctions have saved agencies 17 percent on some past purchases.
Emerging Tech
Storify: Government Goes Instagram
Officials announced an agreement with the photo sharing site on Monday.
Emerging Tech
Border Protection Agency Considers E-Commerce
Agency is in the market for an electronic storefront for IT purchases.
Emerging Tech
White House Promises Open Government 2.0
The administration is gathering public feedback to improve transparency.
Emerging Tech
Westboro Baptists Are Broadly Reviled, White House Shows
Map shows signatures of people who see controversial church as a hate group.
Digital Government
Q and A: How Big Data Is Revolutionizing City Government
Harvard Professor Stephen Goldsmith wants to build a market for municipal data analytics.
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