Digital Government

Wearing Shorts at the Pentagon: Inside DOD’s Digital Service Team

Google’s Matt Cutts went to Quora on Tuesday to answer questions about his work at DOD.

Digital Government

OPM Gets New CIO from Pentagon

David DeVries, DOD's principal deputy CIO, plans to join the agency in the coming weeks.

Emerging Tech

Intelligence Community Wants Multilingual Text Search

IARPA is looking for a system that can search databases in other languages.

Digital Government

White House Drops Final Federal Source Code Policy

OMB says Code.gov, a repository for federal open source software code, is coming in the next few months.

Modernization

How USAID Thinks About Mobile Apps

If apps don't communicate with each other, the data they collect isn't useful to aid workers.

Cybersecurity

DOD's Cyber Lessons for OPM

Acting Director Beth Cobert says OPM is trying to create widely accepted credentials for cyber skills.

Digital Government

GAO: Expect Delays in DATA Act Financial Reporting

The mechanics of reporting that data are messy, a watchdog report finds, and officials at least in one agency think they might miss the deadline.

Emerging Tech

What VR Proponents Think Congress Needs To Know

A group of virtual reality companies convened at the U.S. Capitol Tuesday to demo their technology.

Emerging Tech

White House Ramps Up Federal Drone Programs

The Interior Department will soon use drones for search and rescue missions.

Emerging Tech

NIST Tries to Define ‘Internet of Things’

Technologists can’t really agree on what qualifies as part of that network of devices and sensors.

Cybersecurity

Here's How Government Thinks Nanotech Will Transform Cyber

A team of agencies want easy-to-use technology that works just like the human brain does.

Digital Government

GAO: OMB, Treasury Don't Monitor DATA Act Enough

A new GAO report concludes the lack of oversight could lead agencies to incompletely report finances.

Cybersecurity

White House: Cyber Competitions Could Solve Skills Shortage

Office of Science and Technology Policy experts think contests could help the White House raise awareness about job opportunities.

Digital Government

EPA Tests Future of Public Comments

18F helped the agency build a system that lets citizens comment on specific paragraphs of proposed rules.

Cybersecurity

Professionals Across the Globe Agree: Governments Don’t Invest Enough in Cyber

And one in three thinks the cyber shortage makes their organizations more vulnerable to attack.

Digital Government

Pentagon Officially Opens Boston DIUx with Eye on Biotech

Carter also added tech heavyweights such as Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos to the Defense Innovation Advisory Board.

Emerging Tech

Why Federal Agencies Won’t Take Up the Internet of Things Anytime Soon

A new report suggests leadership vacuums and lack of an IoT strategy could hinder adoption.