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Rebecca Carroll
Senior Correspondent
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Before joining Government Executive’s editing team, Rebecca Carroll wrote and edited for The Associated Press in Washington, New York and Bangkok, and for National Geographic News. She also was a Peace Corps volunteer in China, where she returned to study at the Johns Hopkins-Nanjing University Center. She holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania, with a double major in English and Philosophy.
Digital Government
Pentagon Casts Wider Net to Avert the Next Ebola Before It Arrives
New two-page EZ application is the first step to DARPA funding for biological technology.
- By Rebecca Carroll
Digital Government
Why Did This Federal Lab Pay 42 Different Prices for the Same Computer?
Energy Department has attempted to standardize equipment buys, but IT purchasing remains problematic.
- By Rebecca Carroll
Digital Government
An Outdoorsy Plea for Open Federal Campsite Data
Recreation.gov needs an API requirement, outdoorsy companies say.
- By Rebecca Carroll
Emerging Tech
White House Challenge: Make Our First 3-D Printed Christmas Ornament
You don’t even need a 3-D printer.
- By Rebecca Carroll
Digital Government
Republicans Target Tech Official to Link Obama to HealthCare.gov Woes
Todd Park formally subpoenaed to testify Nov. 19.
- By Rebecca Carroll
Emerging Tech
Anyone Ever Done This Before? Patent Office Turns to Crowdsourcing
What should the contract look like? PTO asks.
- By Rebecca Carroll
Digital Government
More Federal Employees Are Teleworking More Often
The uptick is slight but steady, survey of feds shows.
- By Rebecca Carroll
Digital Government
How the Government Spent $103 Billion in Just 2 Months
And those were just the contracts we know about.
- By Rebecca Carroll
Digital Government
IRS Agrees It Wastes Money on Software -- But Not That Much
Agency CTO disputes IG findings but agrees to manage licenses better.
- By Rebecca Carroll
Emerging Tech
Feds Use New 3-D Printer to Create Bomb-Sniffing Artificial Dog Noses
Dog noses have about 50 times as many olfactory receptors as humans.
- By Rebecca Carroll
Emerging Tech
Getting Health Info to Low-Income Cellphone Users
The digital divide is shrinking; useful apps aren’t keeping pace.
- By Rebecca Carroll
Featured eBooks
Digital Government
What ‘America’s Data Agency’ Should Be Doing With Its Data
Lessons from an open data roundtable at the Commerce Department.
- By Rebecca Carroll
Emerging Tech
A New Way to Find Federal Contracting Information
GovTribe’s free alternative to FBO hits the Web.
- By Rebecca Carroll
Digital Government
CDC Looks to Expand Ebola Screening at Major US Airports
The virus is also the target of the White House's latest Grand Challenge.
- By Rebecca Carroll
Digital Government
Feds Buy Back USASpending Website After Contractor Bankruptcy
Move finally opens federal contracting data.
- By Rebecca Carroll
Emerging Tech
FAA Needs a Cloud for Its PDFs
Digital AeroNav Products are getting unwieldy.
- By Rebecca Carroll
Emerging Tech
Peace Corps Sees Record Interest After Simplified Application Goes Online
Old application involved 60 printed pages and took as long as eight hours to complete.
- By Rebecca Carroll
Modernization
App to Help Feds Nab Child Predators Expands to Android
ICE says iPhone version was a success, expands program.
- By Rebecca Carroll
Modernization
Government Printing Office Becomes First Legislative Agency to Adopt Cloud Email
GPO opts for Microsoft Office 365.
- By Rebecca Carroll
Emerging Tech
US Needs a New Robotics Agency or the Machine Overlords Will Win … Or Something
Much is lost in the current patchwork approach, Ryan Calo argues.
- By Rebecca Carroll