The federal government's ongoing adoption of cloud technology has been costly, time-consuming, fragmented, and challenging, due to mitigating issues and barriers across legal, technological, procurement, and organizational boundaries. Government-led research has examined such challenges and specifically identifies cultural change, or lack thereof,…

For some colleges and professors, classified research promises prestige and money. Powerhouses like the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Johns Hopkins University have for decades run large classified laboratories. But most other universities either do not allow such research or conduct it quietly, and in small doses. The…

President Barack Obama's call for innovation to improve the nation's schools strikes a chord with many in policy circles, who are already discussing how the federal government can play a role not only in supporting the expansion of what works, but also in creating solutions to unsolved problems. But some experts are pointing out that significant…