Emerging Tech

IRS Should Be Doing More With Its Websites, GAO Says

Better analytics could help the agency develop a Web strategy, auditors say.

Digital Government

White House Debuts Shared Services Catalog

Officials want to reduce the number of IT systems in government to save costs.

Emerging Tech

Boston Bombing Aftermath Documented on Vine

The six-second video site has become an outlet for grief in the wake of the bombings.

Emerging Tech

Social Media Aids First Responders and Grieving Public After Bombing

Vine was the new revelation during this disaster; Google glasses could be the story of the next tragedy.

Emerging Tech

Your Itemized Federal Tax Receipt

How much did you invest in renewable energy research last year?

Digital Government

Big Data Can Help Keep the Peace

Social media and cell traffic yield early warning signs of violence.

Digital Government

President’s Budget Moves Spending Transparency Site from GSA to Treasury

The move could be good or bad news for transparency advocates.

Digital Government

House Oversight Chairman Calls IT Budget Request Misleading

Poor reporting makes it impossible to tell whether IT spending is up or down, Issa says.

Emerging Tech

Majority of Senate Standing Committees Still Aren’t Tweeting

Senate Homeland Security is the seventh of 16 standing committees to launch an account.

Emerging Tech

Here’s What Government is Vine-ing About

Some agencies and officials are already posting six-second videos to the new social site.

Emerging Tech

Paper Records Can Be Tracked Too

The Education Department is considering a radio monitoring system for documents it can’t yet digitize.

Digital Government

Welcome to the Data Driven World

The government’s big investment in big data is changing what we know and how we know it.

Emerging Tech

Development Agency’s Chief Innovator to Step Down

Maura O’Neill championed private sector funding models for innovations in international development.

Digital Government

Food and Drug Agency Triples Down on Data Mining

The FDA has begun solicitations for three services to analyze drug data in the past month.

Emerging Tech

U.S. Embassy in Cairo Briefly Shuts Down Twitter Profile After Morsi Spat

Egyptian president chided the embassy for tweeting the link to a Daily Show segment that criticized him.

Emerging Tech

Merge the Dakotas and Ban Butterscotch Candies?

More fun with We the People petitions, courtesy of Comedy Central's Daniel Tosh.

Emerging Tech

U.S. Mint Wants to Modernize its Lucrative Commemorative Coin Business

The new system should be equipped for emerging customer relations tools such as mobile and online chat.