Improved image analysis tools speed exploited children cases
New image analysis law enforcement tools supported by the International Center for Missing and Exploited Children speed the review of evidence and help agencies focus on victims of child abuse.
NASA to develop metroplex air traffic management tools
NASA awarded a $1.5 million small business contract to develop tools to optimize air traffic control systems given the complexities of growing aircraft and air traffic volumes.
Maritime test bed lets Navy validate ISR systems
Lockheed Martin has developed a new software test platform designed to mimic naval environments at sea and ashore, which will allow the company to validate sophisticated intelligence, communications and sensor systems before they are introduced in an operational environment.
Benchmark compares Hadoop systems
The Transaction Processing Performance Council's TPCx-HS benchmark was developed to provide performance, availability and energy consumption metrics of big data systems.
VA seeks toolkit to gauge health risks of veterans
The Department of Veterans Affairs is looking for information on development of a clinical toolkit to help enhance its online assessment of veterans' health risks.
DARPA challenges teams to predict virus spread
Teams will build models that predict the spread of the Chikungunya virus in the Americas; the tools could be applied to other diseases and inform responses to emergencies.
Narabot uploads images to Wikimedia Commons
The National Archives is working with Wikipedians on scripts that will surface NARA's images by mirroring them on Wikimedia Commons where they are more visible.
App speeds Customs inspection for travelers
The Mobile Passport Control app lets eligible travelers submit their passport information and customs declaration form prior to CBP inspection via a iOS smartphone or tablet.
What's next for government enterprise mobility
The partnership between Apple and IBM may help overcome traditional barriers to deploying mobile enterprise solutions in the government space: security and long development cycles.
How CMS takes on and beats back Medicare fraud
Integrated with several Medicare databases, the Fraud Prevention System uses predictive algorithms and analytics to compare billing patterns against Medicare fee-for-service claims prior to payment.
Postal Service envisions Internet of packages and things
The Postal Service explores how best to interconnect postal operations with the future Internet of Things, when the network can spot delays before the customer does.
Tracking Ebola with CDC's app
Developed by the Centers for Disease Control, the Epi Info viral hemorrhagic fever application is getting its first chance to speed contact tracing of everyone exposed to a person with Ebola and to help with the collection and management of data.
LOC recommends formats for preservation of software, data sets
The Library of Congress released a set of recommended formats for long-term preservation of a range of works, both for the Library and for library communities, creators, vendors and archivists.
Data lakes: Don’t dive in just yet
While some claim data lakes are essential to capitalizing on big data analytics, there is no common view about what a data lake is or how it can provide value, said Gartner researchers.
GIS app streamlines easement clearings
A team from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg, N.C., utility department developed an app that speeds up easement clearing – and saves costs.
Using analytics to reduce child abuse risk
Florida's Department of Children and Families is studying the use of predictive analytics to reduce child fatalities.
5 DARPA projects to break the military's dependence on GPS
DARA is backing development of systems that could provide geospatial data to troops when and where GPS is not an option.
Army tech shifts medical focus from treatment to prevention
Army Wellness Centers use state-of-the-art diagnostic tools and a central database of medical information to help improve the readiness of soldiers.
4 principles of simplified data management
It may seem that government database managers must collect large amounts of data and store it for many years, but this process is inefficient, unnecessary and results in escalating costs and headaches.
State Department wants a website for country performance analytics
The State Department wants to build a web-based databank of foreign countries' performance indicators to be used for data-driven problem solving.
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