Emerging Tech
Commerce Wants Your Thoughts on Preliminary Internet of Things Guidance
As connected devices proliferate, the internet of things could eventually "increas[e] efficiency and convenience for industry, consumers and government to improv[e] safety,” Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker said in a statement.
Digital Government
Government Shared Services Meet Challenges in People, Capital
Shared services continue to face challenges from how agencies are funding to finding the right personnel.
Cybersecurity
Trump Appoints Legislative Cyber Leaders to Transition Team
Reps. Devin Nunes, Marsha Blackburn and Tom Marino have sponsored cyber and tech legislation.
Digital Government
Commerce Wants Amazon's Alexa To Tap Into Its Data
The Commerce Department hosted a hackathon with Amazon.
Digital Government
White House Expands Employment, Housing Data Effort
Fitbit, LinkedIn and other companies are collaborating on the Opportunity Project.
Emerging Tech
Why Adopt IPv6? NTIA Wants Your Thoughts
The internet of things will necessitate faster IPv6 adoption.
Cybersecurity
Commerce's Cyber Hit List: Third-Party Apps, Phishing
CISO Rod Turk said the department is focused on collaboration between bureaus.
Cybersecurity
Commerce, Energy and Justice Departments Get Generally Positive Cyber Assessments
Agencies' inspectors general are submitting reports as part of the 2015 Cybersecurity Act.
Digital Government
Commerce Data Guru Announces Departure
In a post on Medium on Thursday evening, Tyrone Grandison, Commerce’s deputy chief data officer, announced his planned exit nearly exactly a year after he joined the agency.
Ideas
Commerce Department Now Embraces GitHub for 'Collaborative Problem Solving'
America's data agency can now use GitHub for collaboratively building open source software.
Emerging Tech
FirstNet CEO: ‘$7 Billion Doesn’t Go As Far As It Used To’
During a Senate hearing, lawmakers pushed FirstNet experts to predict whether the broadband network would be deployed on schedule.
Digital Government
Commerce Wants To Help You Make Money From Federal Data
The department is looking for businesses to help government use data.
Digital Government
Census Names New Top Tech Official as Agency Prepares for 2020 Count
The hires comes less than a month after lawmakers pressed the agency to appoint a permanent CIO, following a nearly yearlong vacancy.
Digital Government
Lawmaker: Agencies Don’t Need Billions in New Funding to Upgrade Legacy IT
Agencies should repurpose savings from data center consolidation, says Rep. Will Hurd, R-Texas, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s IT operations subcommittee.
Emerging Tech
Watchdog: Risk of Weather Satellite ‘Data Gap’ Shrinks, But Risks Persist
The potentially forecasting-affecting "data gap" is now estimated at between seven to 10 months.
Cybersecurity
How Last Year's OPM Hack Could Affect the Census
A loss of public trust in the federal government could undermine Commerce's ability to collect data for the 2020 census.
Emerging Tech
Can the Internet of Things Change Economic Inequality? Commerce Wants to Know
he Department of Commerce wants your input on the Internet of Things.
Digital Government
Can Open Data Create More Opportunities for Americans? A New White House Effort Hopes So.
Powered by open federal and local data sets, the newly launch project provides access to resources around employment, housing, schools and other neighborhood amenities.
Emerging Tech
Why Commerce Wants Robots to Fix Themselves
NIST wants to create a standard test by which manufacturers can evaluate robots’ agility before deploying them in the factory.
Cybersecurity