Digital Government
CDC seeks new data toolkit
Agency wants a "single electronic platform" to visualize epidemiology data.
Modernization
How to launch a successful API initiative
IT professionals can create security and access models that transform APIs from unwieldy legacy apps to self-defending services.
People
Picking up the open-gov torch
Obama administration officials are confident a solid foundation and a new team will support open-government plans even after the departure of two key leaders.
Digital Government
Commercial customs app developed by CBP employee
A new mobile website aims to help U.S. importers, foreign exporters and federal employees more easily access customs data.
Digital Government
NGA releases unclassified mapping tool for Ebola relief
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency wants to support Ebola relief with a customizable mapping tool.
Modernization
FAA seeks digital tool to aid investigations
The FAA wants to buy a commercial off-the-shelf forensic case management software tool.
Cybersecurity
Tightening security on federal payment cards
Beginning next year, new payment processing terminals at federal agencies must have the necessary software to support new security features.
Digital Government
Urban design tool taps DOE's building database
Researchers developed LakeSim to deal with problems in urban planning and assess a redevelopment project's long-term effects on energy and transportation needs.
Modernization
Why NASA should be paying attention to protests in Hong Kong
An app used by pro-democracy protesters could provide a solution to deep-space communications.
Cybersecurity
DARPA does math
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency wants help using complex algorithms to develop software that is as close to unhackable as possible.
Digital Government
9 things to look for in an open-source project
Although there is no litmus test for "good" open source, there are several indicators of a healthy project, writes GitHub's Ben Balter.
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."
Acquisition
Census keeps it short
Defying complaints about wordy solicitations, the Census Bureau’s appeal for a "mega-project management" solution is only 192 words long.
People
Why large government IT projects fail
We need to end the 'conspiracy of hope' and embrace agile development as the best way to avoid fiascos on the scale of HealthCare.gov, writes Asynchrony's David Elfanbaum.
Digital Government
The skinny on the White House's new open-government initiatives
The latest plan sets a timeline for implementing an open-source software policy by the end of 2015, among other goals.
Modernization
Issa report paints picture of strife, factionalism in run-up to HealthCare.gov launch
IT leaders at the Health and Human Services Department considered pushing for a limited launch to test for problems, but were rebuffed.
Digital Government
Battling bacteria with software
Sandia National Labs has developed software that will help researchers find weaknesses in deadly bacteria.
Cybersecurity
NGA's school for agile
A request for training offers more evidence of the federal pivot to agile.
Cybersecurity
Defective by design?
IEEE's Computer Society Center for Secure Design has identified a number of security concerns for software architects to recognize and avoid.
People