California county deploys tablets for inmates
The secure devices feature educational content and allow inmates to place calls in the privacy of their own cell, increasing communication with friends and family.
White House updating opengov roadmap
The administration is seeking ideas for the third Open Government National Action Plan.
Tracewell debuts military-grade converged infrastructure server
Built on the Dell PowerEdge FX converged architecture, the Tracewell T-FX2 provides modular storage, compute building blocks and unified system management capabilities in a single form factor.
NIST drafts framework for privacy risk
The framework will help agencies calculate the privacy risk for their IT systems.
Code for America launches police open data census
The census lists types of police interactions and indicates whether open data is online, machine readable, up to date and available in bulk.
Census launches City SDK for civic hackers
The Census Bureau’s new software development kit adds powerful tools for making the most of Census datasets at the municipal level.
DISA comm kits offer secure mobile access
Defense Department mobile users will now be able to make classified voice, video and data calls and access SIPRNet through the Internet with the DOD Enterprise Classified Travel Kit Gateways.
It's data science, not rocket science
7 steps to a successful data science strategy.
Army Training Network goes mobile -- no CAC required
Soldiers can now access the Army Training Network using smart phones and computer tablets -- with just a username and password.
DISA approves 23 cloud providers
Provisional authorizations give a range of FedRAMP-approved services the green light to host DOD unclassified data.
FirstNet releases draft RFP
The First Responder Network Authority Board released a draft RFP for the construction, operation, maintenance and improvement of the nationwide public safety broadband network.
Hitachi launches software-defined infrastructure solutions
The new converged, hyper-converged and scale-out platforms use virtualization, flash and infrastructure automation.
Is this the year to tackle legacy systems?
Deloitte's report on tech trends in the public sector suggests "the environment is ripe for a renaissance."
New cloud security certification debuts
Rapid growth and adoption of cloud services increases demand for demonstrable cloud security expertise.
Philadelphia forks Analytics.USA.gov for local use
Code developed by 18F is used to capture "big picture" analytics for websites citywide.
NOAA's no-cost plan to get more data into the cloud
Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform, IBM, Microsoft and the Open Cloud Consortium will help the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration more effectively distribute its data.
HawkEye G adds threat analytics, third-party integration
The platform corroborates actual endpoint behavior with third-party data to help capture, analyze and remove malicious activity before it compromises resources.
Bloomberg investing $42 million to open local data
"What Works Cities" initiative aims to help 100 municipal governments do more with their data.
CDC announces smartphone coaching app for Ebola workers
The animated, speech-enabled, step-by-step mobile coaching helps healthcare workers follow directions for putting on and removing personal protective equipment in accordance with CDC guidelines.
New tool boosts threat protection inside the perimeter
The iboss FireSphere Threat Isolator integrates the company’s advanced persistent threat solution with HP’s software-defined networking architecture.
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