People
A new name for the Telework Exchange
Trying to keep up with changing technologies and trends led a longstanding organization to find a new identifier.
Digital Government
Predictive analytics allows feds to track outbreaks in real time
Government scientists are analyzing tweets and Facebook posts to follow -- and anticipate -- the spread of the winter flu.
Modernization
Does counting data centers miss the point?
The number of closures is an easy measure in the ongoing data center consolidation effort, but it's hardly the most important one.
Modernization
Data center savings hard to track
While the effort to consolidate data centers is proceeding with some success, significant challenges are impeding progress.
People
Agencies learning to measure social media impact
Nearly every agency has embraced at least one of the 60 federally approved social-media platforms, and many have joined several. Now, agencies are turning to analytics to glean meaningful insights, improve their social media outreach and monitor the effectiveness of their platforms.
Digital Government
App will aid inaugural attendees
Inaugural Committee's app provides information about events and logistics at the Jan. 21 swearing-in ceremony, along with concurrent events around the country.
People
How asset management tools are proving their value
Agencies are building better catalogs of hardware and software purchases. With those in hand and some smart use of the information, they're developing more efficient approaches to managing IT departments.
Digital Government
For BYOD, some industry sharing after all
Hewlett-Packard shares its mobile-device policy with government-industry working group.
People
USDA points to telework's bottom-line benefits
While security concerns still bedevil telework, agencies are beginning to meet the challenge with results to show for it.
Digital Government
Analytics: Big data takes center stage in 2013
Data analytics generated headlines in 2012, and experts believe performance metrics and big data will become even more prominent in 2013.
People
ID management moves past passwords
As it becomes widely recognized that simple techniques aren't secure enough to prevent unauthorized access to government information, agencies are considering other options.
Digital Government
Mobile boosts productivity, risk for feds
Survey finds most employees bring their own mobile device to work, but just one in nine say their agency has a clear policy.
Digital Government
BYOD encounters yet another hurdle
As agencies try to craft effective policies, the private sector is not sharing lessons learned.
Digital Government
Why you really should read those terms of service
GSA's new agreement with Pinterest is the latest attempt to ensure agencies' social outreach do not conflict with federal law.
Digital Government
Finding structure for unstructured data
In a new set of papers, Booz Allen Hamilton details its Cloud Analytics Reference Architecture, blending big data and cloud computing into a solution that agencies are using to detect threats.
Digital Government
GSA clears Pinterest for feds
A government-specific terms-of-service agreement makes it safe for agencies to use the picture-hosting social-media service.
Acquisition
Bid protests: Useful tool or abusive practice?
Bid protests may be a necessary way for companies to stand up for their interests, but they also can be a tactic to game the system, according to some analysts.
Digital Government
IG details unaddressed tech concerns at Commerce
Despite past reports highlighting various deficiencies, many recommendations have not been implented yet, IG tells Congressional panel.
People
How to fix bad agency websites
First Fridays, a GSA-run usability testing program, helps federal agencies improve their online presence.
Acquisition