Digital Government

IT Procurement Reform Comes with a Price Tag: $145 Million

That’s what the Congressional Budget Office estimates agencies would spend to implement FITARA.

Ideas

How to Build an Effective Government Website

The Recovery Board staff knows a thing or two about creating a complex site for tracking disparate data. Come to Prime and learn how they did it.

Digital Government

Obama’s Top Tech Official: HealthCare.gov Is a ‘Teachable Moment’

Federal CIO Steven VanRoekel offered no specifics about what went wrong or how the administration will fix the online insurance marketplace.

Ideas

Feds Could Exploit Open Data Policies to Improve Management

At Nextgov Prime, we'll explore how agencies can take advantage of APIs to operate more effectively.

Digital Government

Memo to President Obama: HealthCare.gov Is More Than Just a Website

The botched insurance exchange site shines a bright light on the government's problems with buying technology.

Digital Government

Health Exchange Website Failures Were Both Predicted and Predictable

And that’s why the administration’s bungling of HealthCare.gov is so baffling.

Modernization

Furloughed Feds May Have to Turn in Cellphones, Other Mobile Devices

Law prohibits government employees from working outside the office in the event of a shutdown.

Ideas

If You Want to Follow Federal Technology News, This App is for You

The Nextgov iPhone app delivers news and more to mobile users.

Digital Government

In-Q-Tel Investment Signals Intel Community Focus on Data Sharing

Deal with Socrata could help intelligence agencies share information more efficiently.

Digital Government

What Politicians Don't Tell You About Federal Employees

Meet 19 people who will make you rethink what government service is all about.

Ideas

Meet Jennifer Pahlka: She Wants to Reboot the Way You Work

The founder of Code for America will soon become the deputy U.S. chief technology officer.

Modernization

Secret Service Explores a Unified System to Manage Smartphones, Tablets

Administrators would be able to remotely wipe employee devices if problems are detected.

Digital Government

Timeline: Bold Ideas Well Applied Can Change the World

From the transcontinental telegraph to the Human Genome Project, federal agencies have spurred some of the nation’s greatest breakthroughs.

Digital Government

Video: Jon Stewart's 'Progress Report' on VA Claims Backlog

The Daily Show takes on the federal bureaucracy again.

Digital Government

Eight Agencies Make Harvard’s Top 25 List for Government Innovation

HUD is recognized for two programs, one to foster economic growth and another to help failing communities.

Emerging Tech

Meet Two Feds Who Made Government Work Better

A little technology smartly applied can move the bureaucracy in a new direction.

Ideas

Got a Problem with IT Reform? Let us Know.

The bill will fundamentally change the way agencies purchase technology.

Emerging Tech

Empowering Innovation One Great Idea at a Time

Richard Boly is on a mission to identify future technology leaders at the State Department.

Digital Government

Pentagon Grounds F-35 Aircraft Fleet

Suspension is the latest setback to the troubled Joint Strike Fighter program.