Government Technology

Officials at the Office of Personnel Management have said former and current federal employees whose personal data were compromised in a cyber hack at OPM must register again to retain coverage...

The Treasury Department's inspector general for tax administration has found that as of March 25, the Internal Revenue Service identified suspected tax refund fraud cases valued at $72 million driven by the introduction...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has published a report on technology transfers between federal laboratories and private sector entities in fiscal year 2014. NIST said Thursday the "Federal...

The Justice Department has released a policy that seeks to help federal prosecutors determine when to bring charges or launch an investigation under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. Leslie...

Tony Scott The White House has released draft guidance that details several actions on how federal agencies can develop and execute plans to update their information technology systems. Federal Chief...

The U.S. Army has developed a bionic knee device designed to help soldiers generate energy and recharge batteries through walking and other knee movements, the Army said Wednesday. Jane Benson...

A tool developed by researchers from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center is now available as an open-source program to help private industry and other agency centers plot a mission’s path to interplanetary destinations. NASA...

A research team funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has developed a method that uses electrical stimulation to encode intensity levels of touch pressure in the nervous system. Researchers...

Rob Cook, a former Pixar executive, has been appointed commissioner of the General Services Administration's Technology Transformation Service that was established in a push to boost federal government technology. GSA said...

The General Services Administration has introduced three initiatives under GSA's Digital Communities that aim to increase the adoption of digital public services across the federal government. Justin Herman, manager of governmentwide social media...