State is first to allow voter registration via Facebook
Washington developed an app with Facebook and Microsoft that lets users get to online voter registration forms via social media.
Will your next government co-worker be a robot?
An MIT study says "telepresence workers" will be ready to perform manual labor by 2014 and be controlled from up to 1,800 miles away.
MIT chip could power wireless sensors
A chip that collects energy from light, heat and vibrations could keep low-powered sensors running without batteries.
FBI mulls how to build database of tattoos
The FBI asks experts for suggestions in how to add tattoos to its databases of fingerprints, DNA, voice signatures and iris scans.
Is NSA's Accumulo open source or Google knock-off?
A bill would bar the Defense Department from using the NSA's Accumulo open source software unless DOD can show no viable commercial open source alternatives exist.
Cyber bill accents threat-info sharing, government IT monitoring
Sen. Lieberman introduces cybersecurity bill that offers limited liability for sharing threat information and emphasizes continuous monitoring of government IT systems.
Minnesota selects Maximus to develop health insurance exchange
Minnesota's exchange will include a consumer-friendly website that will let residents determine their eligibility for subsidized benefits online as well as shop, compare and enroll in insurance plans.
Continuous monitoring of IT favored in FISMA plan
A compromise version of Cybersecurity Act of 2012 backs continuous monitoring of government IT security over regulatory compliance in the Federal Information Security Management Act.
Reporting potholes in Minneapolis? There's an app for that
Minneapolis upgrades its citizen services with a new mobile reporting system that put the city network in the cloud.
Dell's mobile data center: When you need an IT backbone overnight
Dell's launch of its Tactical Mobile Data Center will allow government, military and enterprise users to quickly deploy an additional, backup or remote IT backbone.
DOE wish list: Exascale computing at a price it can afford
The Department of Energy has enlisted a seven-lab consortium to develop hardware and software technologies capable of one quintillion calculations per second.
Big data just got a little smaller
A new way of using hard drives could help government agencies wrestle with the problems associated with big data.
Interior issues RFP for cloud-based hosting services
The Interior Department is looking for cloud–based hosting services to help modernize the way its applications and data are stored and managed.
Will Office 2013 get agencies looking Microsoft's way?
A glimpse at Microsoft's new Office 2013 reveals collaboration and cloud-integration features that should make agencies sit up and take notice.
EPA contracts support aggressive move to cloud computing
The Environmental Protection signs contracts that will help meet its goal of having 80 percent of its computing in the cloud by 2015.
Can government turn gold in computers to green?
The United Nation estimates $21 billion in gold is put into new computers every year. Can government tap that motherlode before it's exported as e-trash?
Virginia IT rebuild gives 'step on the gas' support for state workforce
A six-year project to consolidate its IT systems has produced a common desktop and applications that will help Virginia respond faster to productivity goals, state CIO says.
IPv6 roadmap tweaked to help agencies over finish line
The Federal CIO Council, together with ACT-IAC, has updated its IPv6 roadmap to help agencies meet looming deadlines for new Internet Protocols.
City planners probe downtown Philadelphia with 3D GIS
City planners turned to optical remote sensing technology for a pilot project to test a total 3D GIS solution.
4 steps to the right data-sharing architecture for your agency
The IT market is muddied with confusing claims about information sharing technology, so here are steps to an architecture that should clear things up.
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