Modernization
Europe’s Fight Over Data Privacy Has a Silver Lining—a Cloud-Computing Boom
Microsoft revealed it has spent $3 billion on data centers for its Azure cloud-computing platform in Europe to date.
Emerging Tech
In the Future, Body Cameras Won't Need Humans to Interpret Footage
The intelligence community wants technology that can interpret video feeds.
Digital Government
The Algorithms That Tell Bosses How Employees Are Feeling
Sentiment-analysis software can help companies figure out what’s bothering workers—or what they’re excited about.
Digital Government
Medicine at Forefront of White House Open Data Initiatives
For at least two projects, the impetus is personal as well as technological.
Digital Government
OMB Will Revamp Payment Accuracy Website
House members demand better data, more progress on curbing improper payments.
Emerging Tech
White House Unveils Data Sharing Platform for Climate Change Research
A public-private partnership, including Microsoft, Google and Amazon Web Services, aims to open up climate-related data.
Modernization
Video: Google Targets Travelers With New Organizational App
Travelers who book plans with Gmail accounts can take full advantage of the new app.
Digital Government
TB-Tracking Headbands, Mapping Cancer and a Malaria Hackathon: How Data Fights Disease in Africa
Medical researchers are joining forces with IBM's Watson.
Cybersecurity
Nothing Pixelated Will Stay Safe on the Internet
Sensitive information such as obscured license plate numbers or censored faces may soon become easier to reveal.
Ideas
6 Data Management Steps To Consider Before an Administration Shift
When addressing large challenges with an enhanced data management strategy, there are a number of steps agency executives should consider today as they prepare for the transition to a new administration.
Emerging Tech
The First Satellite in Facebook’s Plan for Global Internet Success Just Exploded
Earlier today, a SpaceX rocket carrying the satellite that Facebook planned to use exploded during a pre-launch test at Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Emerging Tech
Survey: New IT Means New Complexity
A new survey found piggybacking new technologies onto old systems is sometimes problematic.
Digital Government
HHS Revises Open Gov Policy to be More Open
The agency published the fourth draft of its open government plan.
Cybersecurity
At Least One State Declines Offer for DHS Voting Security
Some security experts say it wouldn't even take the resources of a foreign nation to manipulate actual votes using this country's antiquated tallying systems.
Cybersecurity
5 Ways Agencies Can Prepare for Cyberattacks
Agencies are under great pressure to protect personal data.
Digital Government
Silicon Valley to US: Asking for Foreign Travelers’ Social Media Accounts Creates 'Chilling Effect'
The U.S. could set a bad example for countries with far worse human rights records.
Digital Government
OPM Wants Agencies To Review Their Telework Data
Data collection and reporting on telework remain a "challenge" for agencies, says OPM.
Digital Government
Tips for the FBI (or Any Organization) For Hiring a Data Scientist
There are different types of data scientists, so agencies need to be clear on what their needs.
Cybersecurity
FBI Wants Cyber Analytics Systems That Keep Humans In Control
Investigators need tools to let them drill into terabytes of data.
Digital Government