The White House. (angela n. / Flickr) Christian Tom rejoins White House as head of digital strategy office Tom previously worked on Biden's presidential campaign, inaugural team, and in the White House. Jul 3, 2023 By Madison Alder
(Getty Images) Former Obama administration tech policy leader joins White House OSTP Alexander Macgillivray says his top priority is to grow the team of technologists working at OSTP. Dec 21, 2021 By John Hewitt Jones
Maria Roat speaks March 28, 2019, at the IT Modernization Summit presented by FedScoop. (FedScoop) Maria Roat: Agencies must keep emerging tech in mind as they modernize security Quantum computing, in particular, should be accounted for as agencies build zero-trust security architectures, said the deputy Federal CIO. Sep 8, 2020 By Dave Nyczepir
An underground tunnel. (kaktuslampan / Flickr) DARPA is looking for underground tunnels and Twitter has questions The agency went viral on Wednesday. Here's what those underground tunnels are all about. Aug 29, 2019 By Tajha Chappellet-Lanier
(Getty Images) It’s OK for government to joke around on social media sometimes, comms leaders say Social media is a place where agencies can engage "as real people" and show empathy. May 9, 2019 By Tajha Chappellet-Lanier
(U.S. Department of State / Flickr) State Dept. IG reprimands ambassadors over use of personal Twitter accounts It's not all their fault, though — department policies to distinguish between personal and professional aren't super clear. Feb 7, 2019 By Tajha Chappellet-Lanier
Lots of people are tweeting about their illness symptoms. (Getty) Winner of DHS’s Hidden Signals challenge uses Twitter to predict biothreats Pandemic Pulse pulls information from the social media platform as well as several other public data sources. Jun 7, 2018 By Tajha Chappellet-Lanier
One of CPSC Twitter’s most popular works of art. Consumer Product Safety Commission brings a touch of ‘Weird Twitter’ to the federal government Behind the agency's strange, meme-like tweets is a social media specialist who's just trying to get people to pay attention. Jan 22, 2018
The main reading room at the Library of Congress. (brunomes / Flickr) The Library of Congress has decided to stop collecting all your tweets The library will only archive tweets "on a very selective basis" come the new year. Dec 26, 2017
Twitter monitoring tool shies away from government surveillance use Amid concerns over government surveillance of social media, Twitter said social media monitoring company Dataminr is terminating direct access to all fusion center accounts. Dec 15, 2016