Modernization
Supercomputers get help with Fortran
The National Labs are using a new tool to integrate the 1950s-era Fortran computer language into their supercomputing infrastructure.
Emerging Tech
Video: Want to Control Things With Your Mind? Get Some Open Source Hardware
Yes, you too can create an interface between your brain and a robot.
Digital Government
For the future to work, tech needs to bare all
Open-source systems and open windows onto those systems will be the keys to a future in which citizens trust and engage with Internet-connected devices everywhere.
Cybersecurity
Protecting government IT systems at the source
Most IT organizations understand the importance of protecting data but have a blind spot regarding the security of the IT systems themselves.
Cybersecurity
Here's what VA's decisive new CIO has planned
LaVerne Council is preparing to reveal a new cybersecurity strategy and an overall direction for IT operations at the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Emerging Tech
Government’s First Open Source PaaS Service Comes to Market
PaaS puts more security onus on cloud services providers than IaaS offerings do -- and that’s attractive for government customers who often lack information security expertise or have reduced budgets.
Cybersecurity
For NGA, key to open source might be embracing uncertainty
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has made a point of hitching its operations to the boom in open source data. The next step could be philosophical -- a willingness to accept uncertainty.
Digital Government
Video: Spy Agency’s Open Source Mapping Tool Helps First Responders Save Lives
GeoQ has helped in crises around the world.
Digital Government
USPTO hoping for some iconic collaboration
Agency partners with Noun Project to create standard symbols for intellectual property concepts.
Digital Government
How the Census Bureau evangelizes open data
Apps using open data to solve civic problems were showcased at Census Bureau demo day.
Cybersecurity
PSC takes on OPM, FBI lags on info sharing, Joint Chiefs' email crashes and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Digital Government
IFTTT: Your digital duct tape
IFTTT's developer platform can fuel everything from open archives to wearable devices with government application programming interfaces.
Digital Government
Q&A: The Case for Crowdsourcing War Games
Washington-based consulting firm WikiStrat is polling its a network of 2,000 experts for war game simulations.
Acquisition
IED-toting drones, NSA on GitHub, a new OASIS dashboard and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Cybersecurity
NSA joins GitHub, Shares Code for Cyber Tool
The agency is publishing the source code for its Systems Integrity Management Platform, which lets administrators make sure server clusters are compliant with security standards
Modernization
DHS funding, election-season API, spectrum sharing and 'secure enough' mobility
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Acquisition
One company shows how it is embracing agile
CivicActions puts its 'open' money where its mouth is on 18F BPA.
Emerging Tech
Q&A: Why Congress is Jumping on the Open Source Bandwagon
Ben Balter, chief executive for code repository site Github, talked with Nextgov about last week's announcement.
Cybersecurity
CIS not so agile with agile
A GAO report says an inability to effectively implement agile and open source techniques contributed to delays and added a billion dollars to an immigration processing system's price tag.
Digital Government