Coastal flooding challenge uses cross-agency data
NASA announced it will include a challenge focused on coastal flooding as part of its third annual International Space Apps Challenge
Buy or build workforce apps? It depends.
Human resources tools now on the market are likely to offer some combination of analytical and predictive features.
Software helps police manage lawful access to forensics info
Cellebrite mobile permission management helps admins manage data access privileges to groups of users on a right-to-know or need-to-know basis.
Can big data solve government's HR challenges?
A new generation of workforce applications, from recruitment to insider threat analysis, promises to bring big data tools to government's complex human resources challenges.
Treasury's Greenbook now available as e-book
With the e-book version of the Greenbook, Treasury joins the list of other agencies making the move to digital publications.
WavePoint platform enables remote M2M networks
FreeWave Technology's secure networking system is designed to ease linking remote and hard-to-reach industrial sites using high-speed wireless Internet routing.
DARPA office to grow defense technologies with biology
DARPA's new Biological Technology Office will create defense technology at the intersection of biology and the other physical sciences.
When to move beyond relational databases
While RDBMSs will always be robust and powerful, consider document and graph databases to make applications easier to develop and faster to run.
Hadoop: The good, the bad and the ugly
Government IT managers should be wary of technology overreach and focus on Hadoop's known success areas.
Public interest labs to test open governance solutions
The Governance Lab at New York University and the MacArthur Foundation Research Network have formed a new research network, Open Governance, to study how to enhance collaboration and decision-making in the public interest.
Penn State to auction its intellectual property online
Penn State will be the first university in the nation to directly oversee an online auction, where winners will receive licensing rights to patents derived from faculty research in the College of Engineering.
Storm surge map will alert coastal residents at risk
The National Hurricane Center's Potential Storm Surge Flood Map will be available online within 60 minutes of a hurricane warning, showing where flooding could occur and how deep the water could be.
Crime center kit boosts predictive policing capabilities
The Real-Time Crime Center Starter Kit from Motorola integrates systems so that municipal police departments can improve their effectiveness.
Big data: Will you know it when you see it?
IDC offers criteria for identifying the volume, variety and velocity of big data so that growth, changes and technology preferences can be measured and analyzed.
IRS adds new features to mobile tax filing app, sees ROI
Taxpayers can now check the status of their federal income tax refund and request their tax return with the updated IRS2Go mobile application.
NASA to test Google 3D mapping smartphones
Project Tango, Google's prototype 3D mapping smartphone, will be used by NASA to help the international space station with satellite servicing, vehicle assembly and formation flying spacecraft configurations.
How agencies can use technology to meet and exceed FOIA requests
Technology not only helps the public find information, but it can help agencies manage records better, respond faster and communicate with other agencies or departments.
HealthCare.gov set poor requirements. Here's how to avoid the same trap.
Poor requirements definition for HealthCare.gov led to consumer confusion in signing up for Affordable Healthcare Act insurance.
Social media flu tracker gets local filter
Researchers have developed an algorithm to help track local cases of influenza through social media.
Esri equips cities with climate change tools, analytics
The geospatial mapping software supplier launches a multifaceted program to support the White House’s Climate Data Initiative.
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