IRS on the road to electronic archives for email
Before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, IRS officials discussed the agency’s progress in moving its email archives to digital formats.
Lightweight laptop to be added to standard models list
A 3.5 pound laptop will soon be added to the list of approved desktop and laptop baseline models for federal workers.
Kick off 2016 with good information governance
More than merely a matter of compliance, information governance can help organizations uncover business opportunities and protect them from security threats.
California, MapLight team up for new campaign-finance search tool
The Secretary of State's office and the non-profit research firm announced a campaign-finance search tool that provides easy insight into state-level independent expenditures.
USGS enhances National Map tools
The U.S. Geological Survey has made some improvements to the National Map program, making it easier for users to find, download and work with the GIS data.
Using Analytics Helps State and Local Government Websites Look and Feel More Commercial
Effective public engagement is crucial to reducing citizen call volumes.
Machine-readable budget in a human-friendly format
The White House used Socrata’s open data platform to deliver interactive visualizations of the President’s Fiscal Year 2017 budget proposal.
SPAWAR looks to advance GPS system software
The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command is considering a follow-on contract to sustain the system software used by the Global Positioning System-based Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Services.
NLM launches MedPix image database
The National Library of Medicine launched MedPix, a free online medical imagery database.
Why the Collaboration of Government and High-Tech Is Smart
Public-private partnerships help local IT departments afford meaningful solutions that handle vast amounts of high-value data.
The Benefits of Smart Cities Are Apparent, But Is Local Government Ready for Them?
And a bigger question: Is the widespread adoption of the smart cities model really just six to 10 years away?
USGS opens more science data
The U.S. Geological Survey will provide free public access to USGS-funded scholarly research and supporting data, no matter how it is published.
USDOT’s ‘Smart City’ Payout Could Be A Mobility Model-Maker
Seventy-seven municipalities pitched their transportation visions for a shot at the $40 million in winnings.
77 cities respond to Smart City Challenge
The winner of the Department of Transportation’s Smart City Challenge will receive more than $50 million in funding and support to improve its transportation network.
Notwithstanding endeavors to eschew obfuscation, website readability drops
More than five years after President Barack Obama signed the Plain Writing Act, a new report finds the readability of federal agency websites has gotten worse.
Federal 100 winners announced
The annual program recognizes 100 individuals who have played pivotal roles in the federal government IT community.
Developing a Cyberattack Curriculum to Improve Emergency Response
A pilot version of a new course was offered for the first time in January to Utah's state government.
Arkansas’ Popular Highway App Would Be Nothing Without the Cloud
With 80 percent of the state’s licensed drivers using IDrive, scalability is a necessity.
Reverse-engineering the brain to improve machine learning
Researchers are working to decipher how the brain’s visual system processes information in hopes of advancing machine learning algorithms and computer vision.
Solving art history mysteries with open data
Making provenance data open and accessible gives more people information about a piece’s sometimes sordid history, including clues that might uncover evidence of Nazi confiscation.
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