FedPod is FedScoop’s daily podcast highlighting the top news and events in federal government IT, hosted by David Stegon. [audio:https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2012_08_Podcast081512.mp3|titles=Roger Baker, Up-and-coming, APIs] An update with VA…

The Census Bureau announced that on Tuesday around 2:29 p.m. EDT, the U.S. population reached 314,159,265 residents, or “pi (3.14159265) times 100 million.” Pi is a mathematical…

The Department of Education is taking its data to the people. The agency is spearheading a new initiative to make more of its data open and developer-friendly…

“Up-and-coming” is a regular FedScoop feature profiling the rising stars in federal government. Nominate your favorite up-and-comer here. Who? Robert Burchard (@robertburchard) New Media Environmental Protection Agency’s…

The Government Printing Office awarded two contracts that include an embedded secure electronic chip and antenna in U.S. passports. The five-year contracts have been awarded to Gemalto,…

(Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) The Department of Defense plans to develop a new Air Force One aircraft that will be deployed after 2020, according…