Digital Government
New Plan for New Mexico Power Line: Bury the Missile Range Parts
Burying the line addresses Pentagon objections, but it’s expensive.
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Sexual Harassment and Bullying at VA Phoenix Medical Facilities?
IG investigating complaints.
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Federal IT Reform Could Mean Bonuses for Procurement Staff
House-approved FITARA includes "monetary incentives" that aren’t in the Senate bill.
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Comcast Promised Poor Americans Cheap Internet, But Most of Them Didn’t Get It
Of the 7.2 million low-income people in Comcast’s service area, only 2.6 million are eligible for Internet Essentials.
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Pointing to data-driven successes
The White House Energy Datapalooza highlighted what the Obama administration says are money-saving -- and planet-saving -- uses of big data.
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What Exactly Those Data Brokers Know About You
At least nine companies know more about you than Google or Facebook.
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White House Spotlights Contributions of Girls in STEM
Science Fair emphasizes young women who are excelling in science, technology, engineering and math.
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FTC Lifts the Veil on Companies That Sell Your Data
Congress should rein in the consumer data-broker industry, report urges.
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Planning for the future STEMM shortfall
A new report from the IBM Center for the Business of Government highlights agency success stories and offers advice on STEMM succession planning.
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Senate Defense Bill Mulls Bonuses for Cyber Pros
Legislation also directs the services to consider if the cyber battleground warrants new career fields.
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WikiLeaks Claims NSA Is Recording 'Nearly All' of Afghanistan’s Phone Calls
Journalists had previously refused to identify ‘Country X’ due to concerns for national security.
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GSA toots Data.gov’s horn
With 105,000 data sets provided by 227 federal entities, Data.gov has grown to include 4.5 million unique visitors.
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Video: The US Forest Service's Laboratory of Fire
At the Fire Lab in Missoula, Montana, researchers reverse-engineer spreading fires.
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How the Right People Analyzing the Best Data Are Transforming Government
‘If you want to succeed, you’ve got to be willing to fail and test things out,’ OMB official says.
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Agencies Waste Hundreds of Millions on Software
And GAO says the White House bears some of the blame.
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Tapping the potential of predictive analytics
The Internet of Things really could change everything -- and agencies need to start preparing now.
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Benevolent government data mining, or Big Brother?
Steve Kelman suggests that fast-improving analytics can raise some interesting questions.
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House Passes Federal IT Reform Yet Again, This Time With Defense Bill
FITARA was cut from last year’s Defense authorization at the last minute.
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