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
New DHS Accelerator Seeks Wearable Tech for First Responders
The department wants to modify commercial products for government use.
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
Education Official: Virtual Reality Can Reduce Reliance on the Classroom
Virtual reality headsets can be for more than 3-D movies.
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.
Digital Government
TechFAR Hub Aims to Clear Up Buzzwords Like 'Agile' and 'Open Source'
USDS and OMB's procurement policy office collaborated on the TechFAR hub.
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.
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