'Scary' search engine can find millions of agency back doors
Shodan scours the Web for connected devices that aren't looking to be found, such as traffic lights, door locks and power systems. And many of them aren't secured.
NGA, geospatial community plan a clear picture of major disasters
A global consortium builds a cloud infrastructure to demonstrate how multinational organizations can share geospatial information after major disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake.
3D printing is yesterday's news -- time for 4D?
An MIT engineer is working on developing 3D-printed objects that would change over time -- and even build themselves.
FAA's supercomputer will be first 'tourist' in space
Before the joyrides begin, the agency will send a high-performance modular data center into space to test radiation levels 100 kilometers above the Earth.
Service lets agencies beam big data to and from Amazon cloud
Attunity's CloudBeam is a software-as-a service platform integrated with AWS S3, providing file replication and synchronization of files as well as managed file transfer service.
Printer analyzer can keep energy phantoms at bay
Verdiem's Print & Power Analyzer crunches the data on printer use and helps agencies save on costs.
5 agency IT processes crying out for automation
Government sysadmins are capable of innovation, but it's tough when you're busy maintaining the status quo via manual processes.
Police tap layman-friendly analytics to track gang activity
A mid-Atlantic city adopts uReveal, which lets analysts fuse and extract knowledge from any type of data, structured or unstructured.
Police tap layman-friendly analytics to track gang activity
A mid-Atlantic city adopts uReveal, which lets analysts fuse and extract knowledge from any type of data, structured or unstructured.
Ultimate public safety network is far off, but there are comm options
While first responders wait for the creation of a single nationwide public safety network, a variety of technologies are already providing interoperability.
Agencies should know the 4 types of gamers
Agencies getting into gamification need to know their audience, starting with which of the four types of gamers they want to attract.
Project 25: The long and winding road to radio interoperability
After more than 20 years of standards development, users of Project 25 radios are not assured of interoperable communications.
5 games in play at agencies
The public sector is finding gamification to be an effective way to educate the public, train employees and encourage innovation. Here are five examples.
Is the next big cyber threat lurking in government systems?
Former Air Force CIO Lt. Gen. William Lord (retired) says the installed base of outdated code in government systems is "the next Achilles' heel."
Upgraded aquatic robot 'a server rack at sea'
The Wave Glider SV3, with room for an 8U rack, not only takes sensor readings but processes the data, only sending back the results.
High score: Gaming moves to the forefront in government
It was viewed not long ago as the violent realm of teenage activity, but agencies are embracing gamification as a powerful tool for education, training and outreach.
2013 GCN Awards: Call for nominations
GCN has extended the deadline for nominations for the 26th annual GCN Awards until June 27, 2013. The GCN Awards recognize the contribution and commitment of agency teams to excellence in building government IT systems.
Why LTE is the next generation in wireless
The emerging Long Term Evolution standard offers a path toward a national public safety network that will provide mission-critical reliability with commercial availability.
A widescreen monitor takes input from smart phones
NEC's 29-inch backlit LCD is ready for just about any input.
Used phones are worth money -- and that can be a problem
As the high turnover rate for mobile devices creates a growing market for selling -- and stealing -- used phones, police await a national database that could help reduce thefts.
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