Government Technology

The White House has introduced a strategy that outlines four initiatives designed to help federal agencies recruit, retain, develop and expand the number of professionals that work to protect government...

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology has launched a white paper solicitation on the use of blockchain technology in health IT applications in a move to address security,...

The Dallas police department has employed a robot developed by Northrop Grumman subsidiary Remotec to resolve a standoff crisis that involved a shooting suspect, Fusion reported Tuesday. Elmo Keep writes Remotec's Andros F-5...

The Congressional Budget Office has said a House bill that would require the Department of Homeland Security and Small Business Administration to create a strategy for small business development centers to provide cybersecurity...

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has launched a mobile application to the public via the iTunes and Google Play app stores in efforts to aid first responders during natural disasters. NGA said Tuesday the Mobile Awareness...

The General Services Administration has developed a government big data management platform designed to address data analysis speed and accuracy demand and support the government's mission to promote openness, transparency and accessibility....

A team of engineers at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri has secured a three-year, $750,000 grant from the U.S. Navy's Office of Naval Research to develop sensing technology based on the...

Walter Reed Army Institute of Research doctors have begun a series of Zika vaccine tests on monkeys and aim to carry over their efforts to human trials within the year, the...

Scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and University of California, Berkeley, have simulated the formation of individual and clusters of stars through the use of a NASA supercomputer. The group...

The National Institutes of Health has awarded $55 million in funds for a collaborative  research effort that aims to help individuals prevent and cure disease through precision medicine. NIH said Wednesday...