Digital Government
Commerce taps big-data development partners
The Commerce Department's National Technical Information Service has chosen 35 companies and academic organizations to capitalize on the federal government's vast data assets.
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Incessant Consumer Surveillance Is Leaking Into Physical Stores
Retail is on its way to a future of personalized everything—even prices.
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GSA Wants a Digital Federal Staff Directory
Ideally, users could search for equivalent employees across agencies.
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Video: Inside DARPA's Space Surveillance Telescope
The telescope will keep an eye on Earth's space junk.
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Think tank: U.S. elections are far from hack-proof
Despite frequent reassurances from intelligence and security officials that the U.S. voting system can't be hacked, one cybersecurity think tank is warning that hacking the election is not only possible, but relatively easy.
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Census calls off 2017 field tests, cites funding uncertainty
Bureau officials said the decision to cancel the upcoming tests is not ideal, but it is "the best overall operation remaining amid current uncertainty" about fiscal 2017 funding.
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DOT Launches New Automated Transportation Technology Advisory Committee
The group will be tasked with informing federal policy making.
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The Percentage of Computing Jobs in the US Held by Women is Expected to Shrink
Women currently hold 24 percent of the jobs in computing.
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White House Announces Privacy Office, Official
The White House unveiled a new office focused on protecting people's information.
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Half of American Adults Are in Police Facial-Recognition Databases
Cities and states are investing in biometric scanning technology, with few laws in place to restrict what they can do with it.
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Mission Possible: A Spy Agency Builds a Tech Scout Network
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is embedding in startup incubators.
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A Computer’s Hot Take on the 2016 Election
An artificial intelligence found Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton seemed to get “happier” coverage than Donald Trump. But is that evidence of media bias? Not necessarily.
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What IARPA Knows About Your Canceled Dinner Reservation
It could predict impending disease outbreaks.
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The Apps They Carried: Software, Big Data and the Fight for Mosul
A variety of digital tech tools aim to provide coalition forces some sense of the dangers around the next bend.
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IRS Dropped $12M on an Email System It Couldn’t Use
Inspector general faults procurement process for multiyear cloud subscriptions.
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Aneesh Chopra: Relying on Bid Protests Is ‘Absurd'
Bid protests in the federal government have increased 60 percent since fiscal 2008, but their success rate has declined.
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IARPA seeks to predict the unpredictable
IARPA is hosting forecasting tournaments, crowdsourcing intelligence and combining human research with automation in order to accurately forecast – and prevent – catastrophic events before they take place.
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Air traffic systems need better security monitoring, says watchdog
A critical inspector general report found that the FAA's air traffic systems aren't properly linked to Department of Transportation's CIO for cyber oversight purposes.
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Tracking the World's Emotions, in Real-Time
A new app is collecting data to create a snapshot of global mental health.
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