Does the 'big data' hype hold water?
It makes for a great catch phrase -- and it does really exists -- but don't get carried away with the hype.
Teradata platform helps big-data analysts ask the right questions
Teradata Aster Discovery platform snaps multiple analytical tools together to help business users "uncover things they didn't know they needed to know," according to company officials.
HealthCare.gov: What went wrong?
The federal health care exchange website was forced into action by a hard deadline, despite bloated code and failed tests. What can agencies learn from the launch?
New phone on the block
The Phoneblok is an open platform device made of detachable and replaceable component blocks such as memory, battery, camera, speakers.
EPA site taps a deep well of water data
The How's My Waterway website and mobile app delivers easy-to-find, plain-language information on the condition of the nation's waters, drawn from the depths of EPA's technical databases.
What's next for GIS: The fourth dimension
With GIS tools becoming so essential at USDA and other agencies, officials are looking to integrate data sets and perform temporal analysis.
GIS becomes indispensable for managing agriculture
USDA is combining satellite images and streams of agricultural data into interactive maps anyone can use.
DOD wants to use satellites to look inside other cultures
The Defense Department's Special Operations Command is awarding a contract to GeoEye Analytics to build a geography information system that uses satellite imagery to help map human behaviors and culture.
Did agile processes contribute to HealthCare.gov's problems?
HHS should come clean about the system design, architecture and elasticity -- or lack of all three -- in the health care exchange website.
GPS accuracy still not good enough for emergencies
Location-based wireless services are in high demand, especially in public safety, but getting an accurate fix on mobile devices remains a challenge.
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California PD tests the limits of cellphone tracking
Mountain View police recently tested an opt-in system from Polaris and found that it mostly works, though there are trade-offs.
Werfel championed technology's problem-solving power
GCN's Government Executive of the Year used IT as an agent of change at OMB and now at IRS.
HSIN in action: Boston bombing, Deep Water, Super Bowl
The Homeland Security Information Network was in danger of cancellation until refocused project management enabled the launch of a more secure platform for sharing sensitive information across federal, state and local agencies, as well as the private sector.
PSC's Soloway drove acquisition reform
GCN's 2013 Industry Executive of the Year Stan Soloway has become a pillar at the nexus of industry and government.
Investigative tools equip Treasury agents to fight financial crime
The Bank Security Act IT modernization added analytics and forensic tools to help Treasury agents and regulators sift millions of records and chase down high-tech financial crimes.
Army follows the money, develops proactive battlefield management tools
Growing out of an initial effort to remove cash from the Afghan theater, the Office of the Deputy Chief Management Officer developed agile tools to manage requirements, contracts and acquisition.
CMS engineers a website redesign for the times
The agency gives Medicare.gov a lightweight interface that taps the same code base regardless of device and creates a reusable framework for Web services.
GIS collaboration software goes mobile
TouchShare adapts the TouchTable concept for mobile platforms, offering mission planners and emergency responders real-time collaboration.
Automated service extracts usable info from complex documents
Data Conversion Laboratory's Automated Document Processing system uncovers data buried in previously unusable and unsearchable documents like forms, technical manuals or images.
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