VA recruits Watson analytics, cloud to fight PTSD
Veterans Affairs launches a pilot project to test uses of IBM Watson analytics to help doctors sift electronic medical records to support clinical decision-making in treating PTSD.
Will CDM finally be ‘the realization of IT security’?
Tools and services are being chosen for Phase 2 of the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation program, which security watchers say could be a revolutionary step in how the government protects its information.
Texas Wants to Be a Cloud Model for Other States
The Lone Star State is leading its government agencies in a major reform effort to accelerate cloud adoption.
Tennessee City Bans Negative Social Media Comments
The sweeping new policy impacts anyone involved with city government from elected officials to employees to volunteers to vendors.
California Needs More Than 10 Trillion Gallons of Water to End its Drought
It probably isn’t going to get it.
Like Other State Capitols, Missouri’s Seat of Government Is Falling Apart
Water infiltration is undermining the building’s foundation, among other problems.
Need an app store? Salesforce, Microsoft have options.
Salesforce's AppExchange Store Builder is a platform to help organizations quickly create a fully customizable app marketplace. And Microsoft is expected to include app store management in Windows 10.
County Pushes Back on Fluoridation Skepticism
Despite public health research showing oral health benefits, adding fluoride to drinking water continues to be a controversial topic for local governments.
City smooths disaster recovery upgrade
Riverside, Calif., upgrades its data storage infrastructure by migrating half a petabyte of data from its storage area networks and establishing fail-over arrays for disaster recovery.
Apps, not malware, should be your biggest mobile concern
A two-pronged approach to mobile security focuses on enforcing security from the center while showing users the security risks at the endpoints of their mobile devices.
NIST revises guidance on security, privacy assessments
The publication provides guidelines for building security and privacy assessment plans as well as procedures for assessing the effectiveness of security and privacy controls used in information systems and organizations.
California Gets Much-Needed Funds to Deploy Expanded Earthquake Early-Warning System
When fully deployed, Los Angeles could get as much as a one-minute heads up that destructive waves are headed toward the city from the San Andreas Fault.
How an Arizona Town Uses Its Website and Facebook to Promote Local Businesses
Queen Creek serves as the lead cheerleader for its local businesses.
What Are the Odds Your City Will Have a White Christmas?
Decades of climate data pinpoint the nation's top spots for a snowy December 25.
A Complicated Land Transfer Saga Simmers in North Carolina
Local leaders in Raleigh want to transform a former state psychiatric hospital campus into their own “Central Park." But a deal has been hard to reach.
DOD greenlights Dell open network switches for agency use
Dell open network switches were added to the Defense Department’s Approved Product List, certifying they meet DOD security tests and are ready to be used with government networks.
Can BlackBerry Classic power a comeback?
BlackBerry Classic returns to the old form factor and includes BlackBerry Balance, the technology that allows personal and work data to reside in separate partitions on the device.
Azure and Active Directory: New releases and previews
In addition to announcing general availability of the Azure Government cloud, Microsoft also released several Azure products and previews, including Active Directory improvements.
Health IT wish list: more mobile, telehealth, analytics, open data
National Coordinator for Health IT's draft five-year plan outlines expanded health information sharing through mobile, sensor and analytics technologies.
'Religious Freedom' or a 'License to Discriminate'?
Michigan may soon become the 20th state to pass a religious freedom law. Critics say such laws open the door to discrimination.
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