Digital Government
White House Wants Techies to Delve Into Police Data
The program intends to make police data more transparent to the public.
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IARPA Wants a Hand-Held Laser Gun That Can Detect Chemicals 100 Feet Away
Current technologies for detecting narcotics, explosives and other dangerous chemicals requires physical contact.
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Is the Pentagon’s Innovation Unit Too Cozy with Silicon Valley?
Lawmakers are concerned by the "pinpoint focus on one geographic region" in the Defense Department's innovation efforts.
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Why big data needs a soul
The technologies that handle big datasets generated by federal agencies are adequate, but federal agencies have to plumb the depths of data's soul to make it useful.
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Lawmakers Want Updates on Pentagon’s Security Clearance Overhaul
That’s one of the requirements written into the House version of the Defense Authorization Act.
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This Technology Is Designed to Predict Big Earthquakes and Save Lives. So Why Can't It Get Funding?
Last week, in less than four days, the world had three earthquakes at 7.0 magnitude or more.
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Can the Pentagon keep up with rivals in tech?
Leading Defense Department officials warned lawmakers that global rivals could be outpacing the U.S. when it comes to accelerating military technology development.
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Rubio: Politicians Don't Talk Enough About Tech Jobs
Employees concerned about their jobs being replaced don't know how to prepare themselves, Rubio said Wednesday.
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Can the Fed do a better job protecting embargoed economic data?
An IG audit suggested ways the Fed could better safeguard economic data shared with reporters in special agency "lockup rooms."
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DISA claims progress in classified mobile
A year-old program to deploy mobile devices that can access classified information has gained steam, said Jack Wilmer, a Defense Information Systems Agency official.
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New European Law May Force Companies to Hire Data Privacy Experts
Tech, health care, drug and financial services companies that process large amounts of data will become particular hotbeds for hiring.
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Despite ‘Agile’ Approach, Agencies Might Not Meet DATA Act Deadline
It’s been almost two years since Congress passed legislation requiring agencies to standardize spending data.
Digital Government
Candidate to head Library of Congress pledges modernization
President Obama's choice to lead the Library of Congress told lawmakers that she planned to lead a technological transformation of the institution.
Digital Government
The Military Wants a Privacy Firewall for Disaster Response
A new tool to strip personal information from tweets and social media could help troops zero in on trouble spots
Digital Government
Feds might appreciate an easier budget process, but they're not going to get it
Budget uncertainty hurts agency planning and can lead to more waste. Congress wants to change -- but how?
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House panel slams feds for slow patching in Juniper breach
Lawmakers took agencies to task for allegedly slow-walking critical updates to compromised Juniper hardware, while noting that Juniper itself had declined the opportunity to testify before Congress.
Digital Government
Senate confirms VA watchdog
Attorney Michael Missal will join the Department of Veterans Affairs as inspector general. The agency had spent more than two years without a Senate-confirmed watchdog before Missal got the nod from the U.S. Senate on April 19.
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Facebook for Trees: The Forest Service’s Quest to Make a Tree Database More User-Friendly
The agency maintains a database that includes various characteristics of some 19 million trees over some 350,000-plus plots of land
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EPA’s Digital Chief Steps Down
The former 18F director and PIF is joining a Danish software company.
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