Cybersecurity
ODNI crowdsources speech-recognition software
Automatic speech-recognition software that works in challenging acoustic environments is the "holy grail of the speech research community."
Cybersecurity
DHS network scanning authority, federal lab feedback and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Acquisition
5 predictions for fiscal 2015
The Information Technology Industry Council's Trey Hodgkins offers his forecast for the coming year.
Modernization
5 agency IT predictions for 2015
Red Hat's Gunnar Hellekson shares his forecast for the coming year.
Digital Government
Former Treasury official Gregg joins accountancy practice
Former Fiscal Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Dick Gregg led implementation of the Data Act for the department.
People
Agencies' declining use of performance data
The government's use of performance information is down from 2007, despite GAO's attempts to promote its long-term operational benefits.
Cybersecurity
Hacktivists Back Hong Kong’s Occupy Central
Autism site in the dot-HK domain becomes one of the first victims.
Digital Government
Who Needs an EHR? Some Defense Hospital Emergency Rooms Still Use Paper
Review of Military Health System faults IT systems.
Digital Government
NASA Awards Flurry of Contracts for IT Services Under SEWP V
The winning vendors reveals a who’s-who of IT defense contractors.
Emerging Tech
Here’s How the Incoming USAID Tech Guru Plans to Fight Ebola
Ruggedized tablets, belt-worn printers and a high-tech alternative to stifling protective suits among the ideas.
Digital Government
VanRoekel’s Successor: Why the Next Federal CIO Could be a Familiar Face
The search to fill the latest vacancy left by former Federal Chief Information Officer Steven VanRoekel probably won’t end in Silicon Valley, experts say.
Digital Government
Why a Simple Rubber Glove Could be Key to Fighting Ebola
Basic protective gear was revolutionary for 19th-century medicine, and health workers trying to stop Ebola are recognizing its importance all over again.
Acquisition
More SEWP V vendors, DOD cloud pilots, NSF data projects and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Modernization
FEMA logistics management system falls short
An IG report says the system does not communicate well with those of FEMA partners, making it difficult to track supplies for disaster relief.
People
Risky business
SBA's innovation office invests in solutions to problems that don't yet exist – like the 2007 seed funding for research into an effective Ebola treatment.
People
It's too soon to abandon CIOs
Alan Balutis argues we should let CIOs perform as the Clinger-Cohen Act intended before reinventing the role yet again.
Digital Government
NOAA taps NASA satellite manager for NESDIS
Stephen Volz will shepherd programs to build and launch the next generation of environmental satellites.
People
Collaborating across organizations -- practice makes perfect
Recent research supports what economists have long argued: Sustained collaboration adds real value, but you have to work at it!
Modernization