Digital Government
CDC's BioMosaic helps track MERS
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's app integrates demography, migration and health data to analyze the potential spread of the disease.
Digital Government
Sandia delves into brain-modeled computer systems
Computers based on the neural network of the human brain would be ideal for operating UAVs and solving big-data problems.
Acquisition
Public-private group envisions 'acquisition of the future'
AOF brings together government and industry in an effort to chart a new course for acquisition overhaul efforts.
People
Rung leaving GSA for White House post
Anne Rung, GSA's associate administrator of governmentwide policy, is leaving at the end of the month to become a senior adviser at OMB.
Acquisition
CBP offers 'explanation plus' to losing bidders
The plan is to tell vendors who fail to win a contract why they lost, within the constraints of the Federal Acquisition Regulation, rather than just telling them that they did.
Cybersecurity
Justice reassures ISPs on information-sharing
A DOJ white paper asserts that federal law does not preclude companies from providing aggregate data -- if that data contains no specific, detailed information on customers.
Cybersecurity
DHS looking for a few good private-sector executives
TSA and CBP are now participating in the Loaned Executive Program, which brings private-sector executives into federal agencies for unpaid six-month assignments.
Modernization
GSA holds Demo Day for 18F
The General Services Administration's coming-out party for its 18F digital incubator showed off the program's multifaceted capabilities.
Cybersecurity
GAO nudges DHS on high-risk areas
A new report both commends and jabs DHS for its work on IT acquisition and management.
Modernization
Pairing up for shared services
Potential users and providers should try to match their needs as closely as possible, top IT managers say.
Cybersecurity
NSA funds 'science of cybersecurity' research
Four universities are participating through the creation of "lablets" -- small laboratories launched with a first-year cost of about $8 million.
Acquisition
NIST eyes IT asset management for financial services industry
The agency and its partner, the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence, are looking for collaborators on a model system to guard against cyberattacks.
Cybersecurity
Former Unisys exec joins ICE as CIO
Kevin Kern replaces Thomas Michelli, who took over as deputy CIO of the Coast Guard in February.
Digital Government
Divided by a common language
Using the same terminology -- and applying the same definitions to those terms -- is crucial in managing mobile and other IT services.
Modernization
Industry group challenges GSA's telecom services strategy
Some requirements in the Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions RFI could "unduly restrict competition," argues the Coalition for Government Procurement's Roger Waldron.
Digital Government
CompTIA acquires TechAmerica
The merger of the two industry groups comes on the heels of the settlement of a lawsuit between TechAmerica and another rival, the Information Technology Industry Council.
Modernization
GSA looks to the next generation of telecom contracting
Mary Davie of the Office of Integrated Technology Services says the agency is prepping for a more complex and competitive future.
Digital Government
Tech groups settle lawsuit
TechAmerica and the Information Technology Industry Council revealed few details on the deal that dispensed with the $5 million case.
Modernization
Agency tech initiatives leaving money on the table
A MeriTalk study says another $19.7 billion could be saved through consolidation, virtualization, cloud computing, remote access and infrastructure diversification.
Cybersecurity