Digital Government
Tech for 2020 Census comes into focus
Officials estimate that improved self-reporting could save $548 million, and that technology to improve the management and productivity of field workers could result in $2.3 billion in savings.
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GSA Wants to Make It Easier for Agencies to Buy Agile
The plan is to come up with a new contracting vehicle that will eventually allow agencies to purchase software and services from agile-certified vendors.
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18F tries task-based audition for agile vendors
GSA’s innovation lab is asking vendors to showcase their talents by explaining how they would revamp the FedBizOpps website.
Digital Government
Why Fewer Americans Are Googling Things
People who are coming online now are getting used to a world in which they go to apps rather than a browser to look for something.
Digital Government
How FBI Databases Are Helping France ID the Charlie Hebdo Gunmen
French authorities have reportedly identified three suspects in the attack on the satirical newspaper.
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FCC Chief Hints He’ll Enact Obama’s Net Neutrality Plan
The move, a reversal from last year's proposal, would face fierce resistance from Internet providers and Republicans.
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How to catch the attacker with valid user credentials
Behavioral analysis could make continuous diagnostics and mitigation more effective than ever.
Digital Government
IBM’s Full-Court Press to Capture DOD Health Records Contract
DOD is expected in June 2015 to award the $11 billion contract for overhauling its electronic health records system.
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DISA Aims for Next-Gen System to Secure Millions of Connected Devices
A Jan. 5 request for information queries contractors on a “next-generation” system that would allow the agency to better configure, secure and keep tabs on millions of devices connected to DOD’s networks.
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IBM, Epic already prepping for military EHR work
Though DOD is months away from making an award in its $11 billion electronic health record contract, IBM and health record partner Epic are readying plans to transform the way the military provides health care to service members and families.
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Inspectors Warn: Scrap Proposed $443 Million Border Drone Surge
U.S. unmanned jets fielded to catch border trespassers have not proved their worth and DHS is lowballing cost estimates, the watchdog reported.
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Report: Air Force Drone Program at ‘Breaking Point’
The force has enough drones, but so few pilots that it may not be able to fulfill the growing demand for air patrols.
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NWS Says 'No Involvement' from China-Owned Unit in IBM Supercomputer Deal
The National Weather Service will get forecast-boosting supercomputers that will increase processing capacity by almost tenfold.
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CIA Watchdog Who Revealed Senate Hack is Resigning
Inspector General David Buckley will step down at the end of the month, the agency said.
Digital Government
SEC moves to ease access to financial statement data
The move could empower data scientists and programmers to build securities analysis tools that scale across the entire U.S. market.
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Accenture retained, Army database approved, drones descend and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Digital Government
How a New Social Network Could Help Close the Cyber Worker Shortage
By this spring, organizers aim to have 10,000 registered users participating on the CyberCompEx site, a partnership of the U.S. Cyber Challenge and Monster.com.
Digital Government
Engineers and Computer Scientists Don’t Really Like Working From Home
Telework has raised the question of whether, despite the interruptions and agitations of office life, people who do collaborative work are better off working from one place.
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Here’s What People Did Before They Could Google Things
Before there was Google, there were librarians.
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