Ideas
How Feds Fail
The way in which innovations miss the mark can be as important as how they succeed.
Digital Government
Shared Services Can Be a Money Maker for Some Agencies
Agencies counteract dwindling IT budgets by offering services to other divisions.
Emerging Tech
From Russia with Opacity
The former Soviet state officially withdraws from the international Open Government Partnership.
Emerging Tech
White House Defends Obamacare on We the People
The petition response came the same day the House voted to repeal the 2-year-old healthcare law.
Emerging Tech
How Data Can Aid Farmers' Markets and Education Innovations
Government information can aid the public but opening it up is just the first step.
Modernization
Cloud Computing Could Transform Foreign Aid
International assistance agency seeks a platform to build and share new technology.
Digital Government
Data Center Consolidation Savings ‘Minimal’ So Far
The government has kept insufficient metrics on savings and is unlikely to meet its goal of $3 billion in savings by 2015.
Emerging Tech
Dot-govs Dip Below 1,000
That’s down from about 1,500 when the White House launched a consolidation initiative in 2011.
Emerging Tech
The Story of an Open Document
Here's how the White House open data policy came together.
Modernization
Feds Release Source Code for Dozens of Government Apps
Agency developers could use the code to create new apps or suggest changes to existing apps.
Modernization
ICE Wants One Supplier for All Its Mobile Needs
Proposed contract would cover mobile phones, data and device management.
Ideas
Not All Data Are Equal
The government’s next job is to figure out which data is most valuable, reliable.
Emerging Tech
A New One-Stop Shop for State-Level Mobile Apps
The apps catalog includes more than 160 apps built by state governments.
Emerging Tech
How YouTube Can Make Your Congressional Hearing a Hit
Benghazi hearing draws crowds as first legislative live stream on the video sharing site.
Emerging Tech
CDC Wants Trainees to 'Temporarily Forget' Exercises Aren't Real
Virtual simulations can be an 'emotional vaccine' for staff before they go out in the field.
Digital Government
White House Orders Agencies to Follow New Open Data Standards
The new directive requires machine-readable formats for all new government datasets.
Emerging Tech
New Tool Could Free Syrian Rebels From Reliance on State Internet
The Commotion project also kept some Brooklynites online during Hurricane Sandy when larger Internet providers were overloaded.
Emerging Tech
Human Trafficking Hotlines Offer Help and Data
Aggregated information can tell police about new trafficking patterns and hot spots.
Modernization
Interior Storage Heads to the Cloud
Award to Verizon, IBM and others was slowed by a contract dispute resolved in March.
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