Digital Government

Get To Know Sundar Pichai, Google's New CEO

Known mainly to Silicon Valley insiders, he has finally reached the tech summit.

Digital Government

Watchdog: DOD and VA Need Better Metrics for Health Record Interoperability

The two groups, overseen by the Interagency Program Office, don't have a good way to measure progress on interoperability, according to GAO.

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A Rebooted Approach to DevOps Training

DevOps University plans to use real-world scenarios, hands-on experiences and train agency employees at both the executive and grassroots levels.

Digital Government

No Protests After $9 Billion Pentagon Contract

Sources with knowledge of the bids tell Nextgov that Leidos’ bid was about $1 billion cheaper than the bids of its competitors over the contract’s 10-year base.

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No protests in DOD electronic health record award

The team of Leidos, Cerner and Accenture won the Defense Healthcare Management System Modernization contract, potentially worth $9 billion, on July 29.

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The American way of death data

The CDC is using emerging IT tools to improve the way mortality data is reported, collected and used.

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FedRAMP OKs IBM mobile, FAA warns drones and more

News and notes from around the federal IT community.

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Federal Customer Experience Still Terrible, Study Says

On average, the public is less satisfied with customer experience at federal agencies than they are with both TV and Internet service providers, according to a Forrester research study published Thursday.

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How the Census Bureau evangelizes open data

Apps using open data to solve civic problems were showcased at Census Bureau demo day.

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Commerce, PayPal to Share Data on US Exports

The payment system and the federal agency will work together to encourage U.S. exports.

Digital Government

Patent Office Preps to Overhaul Patent Filing Process

The public is asked to help the agency determine the best way to give its digital patent application system a large-scale refresh.

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There’s Finally a Great Use for IBM’s Watson: Making Fantasy Football Picks

Gone are the days of wasting hours searching for reports on fantasy football players, and having to weigh one pundit’s analysis against another’s.

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Clinton Will Turn Over Email Server, Thumb Drive to Justice Department

The Democratic White House front-runner's campaign says she "pledged to cooperate with the government's security inquiry."

Digital Government

CIOs Used to Keeping 'the Trains Running on Time' Should Adjust to Broader Role

Tomorrow's CIO "has to be more balanced in terms of his or her focus, more strategic and more involved in the agency discussion about how that agency fulfills its role in the future,” Tony Scott said.

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NASA's Tumblr to Give Users 'Regular Dose of Space'

The space agency is just the latest federal agency to make its debut on Tumblr.

Digital Government

Where Customer Experience is Winning (and Losing) in Government

Without the spotlight of a presidential administration or a top-down leadership push, most federal agencies have long fought a losing battle in meaningful customer experience improvements.