Digital Government
How Agency Data Turned into 3-D Maps of the Oceans
Anyone with a web browser can click on sections of the ocean to discover key variables like salinity, temperature and oxygen levels.
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Why open data needs a mission
DJ Patil, the Obama administration's top data scientist, believes open data has the power to help reveal and remediate social problems, but the data doesn't mean much without a mission behind it.
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FBI to Conduct Internal Probe of Election-Season Tweets
FOIA office’s sudden activity on Clinton and Trump pasts draws suspicion.
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After Criticism, 18F Charts Next Steps
The first priority is to right the cost-recovery issues highlighted first by GAO and the IG, according to GSA Administrator Denise Turner Roth.
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White House Launches Federal Software Code's New Home
U.S. Chief Information Officer Tony Scott unveiled Code.gov on Thursday.
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Over Half the World’s Internet Users Have Facebook
That's about 1.79 billion people.
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GPO names acting tech chief
Tracee Boxley, the Government Publishing Office's deputy CIO since 2012, is the temporary replacement for Chuck Riddle, who is now CTO at the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Is the CIA Ready for the Age of Cyberwar?
Behind the most sweeping reforms in the agency’s history—and their limits
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GPO Gets New Acting CIO
Tracee Boxley is replacing former CIO Chuck Riddle, who moved to SEC.
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Pentagon Tech Chief Says He'll 'Take the Hit' for GAO Criticism of JIE
“What we’ve tried to tell GAO is, in this case, you don’t measure JIE—you have to measure the components,” Terry Halvorsen said.
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Video: Testing the Materials That Will Take Us to Mars
Putting polymers to the test.
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America's Great Science and Technology Divide
More urban and diverse blue U.S. states score highest on an updated technology and science index.
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NSA Chief Has a Phone for Top-Secret Messaging. Here’s How It Works.
The Boeing device is less a phone and more a locked-down portal to a faraway server.
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Why government open-data practices are low-tech
The open-data movement is still in its infancy. In a new report, the Data Foundation charts how it can grow up.
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White House Lays Out Digital Tools for Presidential Transition
Obama commits to social media sharing finale before January departure.
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All it Takes to Steal Your Face Is a Special Pair of Glasses
Your face is quickly becoming a key to the digital world.
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The Progress and Pitfalls of Government's Open Data Efforts
It’s one thing to put the data out there for the public to consume or to potentially spark new industries; it’s another to standardize those data sets.
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Tech Heavyweights Talk Pentagon Into Getting a Chief Innovation Officer
It's one of several recommendations the defense secretary is implementing.
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Video: IG Report of 18F Continues to Raise Questions
The General Services Administration's digital shop recently faced a second scathing audit in a year.
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