Modernization
Smokey Bear’s official app is close but no campfire
The forest fire fighter’s tool is heavy on text and light on innovation.
Emerging Tech
GSA launches governmentwide acquisitions dashboard
New tool is designed to give vendors a clear view of agencies' needs.
Emerging Tech
Want to save time sifting through website feedback? Look to HHS
Tool can organize open-ended comments into broad categories.
Modernization
Have a Thanksgiving question? Ask Karen
USDA food safety app has grown in popularity since its launch.
Emerging Tech
As Thanksgiving travelers head out, FAA flight status site goes down
Outage comes on one of the busiest travel days of the year.
Modernization
Medicare awards up to $15 billion for data centers
CMS move is part of a governmentwide push to reform IT spending.
Emerging Tech
The real danger posed by Nate Silver
Great aggregation comes at the expense of great raw material.
Emerging Tech
Non-secession White House petitions also surge
A breakdown of We the People petitions filed since the election.
Modernization
Government has shuttered 64 data centers since August
Officials expect to close 315 more data centers by late 2013.
Digital Government
IT projects may not be getting enough oversight
Watchdog recommends closer tracking and more CIO accountability.
Emerging Tech
Secessionists and big government
If the petitioners succeed it could mean a lot more government jobs.
Emerging Tech
Lawmaker: Let travelers choose between speed and privacy at airport checkpoints
Transportation security panel chairman said he would opt for speed himself.
Emerging Tech
Residents of all 50 states have filed secession petitions
A handful of Vermont residents joined the appeal for independence on Thursday.
Emerging Tech
The best of the non-secession petitions to the White House
One We the People petitioner's hokey plea for national unity
Digital Government
Expect IT consolidation, cost cutting during Obama’s second term
CIOs hope to trim costs through smarter contracts, shared services and cloud.
Emerging Tech
Citizens in nearly every state petition White House for right to secede
We the People petitions mocking secessionists also on the rise.
Emerging Tech
Russian Internet crackdown shows complexity of modern transparency
Nations can open information for some and close it down for others.
Digital Government
State CIOs aim to consolidate data centers, move to the cloud
State priorities largely mirror federal technology priorities.
Emerging Tech