Government Technology

Twelve senators have asked the Federal Communications Commission to investigate complaints against the state and local law enforcement agencies' use of surveillance devices that simulate cellphone towers to gather cellphone identification and location information....

A study released by the Brookings Institution has found that the economic cost of temporary internet shutdowns that occurred in various parts of the world between July 1, 2015 and June 30, 2016...

Gen. Gustave Perna, commander of the U.S. Army Materiel Command, has said he believes additive manufacturing has potential applications in the service branch’s prepositioned stocks and depots, the Army reported...

General Motors and the U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center have rolled out a hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle prototype at the annual Association of the U.S....

The U.S. Navy has developed a mobile combat simulation platform that will allow civilian users to experience a Navy SEAL water extraction mission in a virtual environment. The service branch said Friday it will showcase the technology this...

Jan Tighe The U.S. Navy is set to distribute graphics, videos and articles on cyber threats in an effort to educate the service branch’s personnel and partners on the topic...

A new Deltek report says that U.S. civilian agencies awarded $75.5 million in cloud computing contracts during the federal government's 2016 fiscal year that ended Sept. 30. Deltek’s preliminary data on the...

The National Institutes of Health will provide approximately $20 million in funds to support research of the peripheral nervous system as part of the agency's Stimulating Peripheral Activity to Relieve Conditions program. NIH said...

The White House has unveiled 29 new digital tools from nonprofit organizations, companies and students that support national priorities as part of President Barack Obama's Opportunity Project. The tools use federal and local data to...

Robert Ferrell Lt. Gen. Robert Ferrell, chief information officer of the U.S. Army, has said that one of the service branch’s information technology programs is to reduce the number of data...