Customs to turn tech service desk to private contractor
The Customs and Border Protection’s IT office plans to migrate its Technology Service Desk operations to a contractor owned and operated service.
Honeywell offers HD video over analog networks
Honeywell introduced a video surveillance system that allows high-definition video to be transmitted over analog and coaxial cable networks.
Labor Department looks to re-engineer IT services
In a recent request for information, the Labor Department said it planned to build an IT and data communication environment that would integrate agency systems across the department.
Huddle earns FedRAMP ATO from USAID
Huddle announced its government and enterprise cloud service has been granted FedRAMP Authority to Operate by the U.S. Agency for International Development.
USDA funds rural broadband projects
Three rural telecommunications infrastructure projects in Arkansas, Iowa and New Mexico will get loans from USDA to improve broadband service.
Who’s online now? 18F builds web analytics dashboard
Marking its one-year anniversary, 18F unveiled analytics.usa.gov, a public digital analytics dashboard for almost 300 executive branch government domains.
Tech giants, Federal Reserve eye digital currency
According to recent reports IBM and Intel – and possibly the Federal Reserve – are considering using the blockchain technology associated with bitcoin to create a new digital payments system.
Google Nearline offers fast retrieval from cold storage
Google said its Nearline Storage service provides users with rapid retrieval of long-term storage at a low cost.
Minnesota consolidates geospatial sites
The state is building the Minnesota Geospatial Commons, a collaborative site for users and publishers of geospatial data, maps, services and applications.
County shelter uses facial recognition to ID lost dogs
Miami-Dade County Animal Services has partnered with Finding Rover, a free mobile app that helps pet owners find their lost dogs using facial recognition technology.
IARPA preps insider threat monitoring projects
The intelligence community will brief firms on its plans for new insider threat detection and monitoring systems.
HHS opens research pubs, grant data
In pursuit of its open government goals, the Department of Health and Human Services is expanding access to financial data and to the results of its funded scientific research.
Next BlackBerry tablet is aimed at government
BlackBerry announced the SecuTablet, a new secure tablet outfitted with technology components from Samsung, IBM and Secusmart, a German encryption company acquired by BlackBerry last year.
Ultra-small, self-testing Ethernet switch for harsh environments
Phillips introduced a ruggedized Ethernet switch that has no moving parts, operates with less than 8 watts of power and is fully sealed and cooled without the need forced air.
DARPA to pursue 'revolutionary' privacy tools
DARPA’s Brandeis project aims to develop tools with “revolutionary” impact that could help bridge privacy gaps that hamper collaboration and technology development.
GSA seeks .gov TLD management solutions
GSA released a request for information to learn about solutions, best practices and on-going approaches for managing Internet registration under the .gov top-level domain.
GAO to Census: Tighten up Internet response option
The Census Bureau’s plans to offer the option to use an cloud-based system to respond to the 2020 census is fraught with challenges, says GAO, including insufficient planning for changes in the agency’s IT infrastructure.
Vapor IO unpacks data center design for the network edge
Vapor IO introduced a modular data center design that features smaller, rounded data cylinders that can be rapidly configured for operations in metropolitan markets or where compute demand shifts rapidly.
Dell updates cloud tool with security analytics, social ID
Dell unveiled a new version of its Cloud Access Manager, an access management tool that taps a new security analytics engine to streamline access to web applications and OpenID Connect-compliant mobile apps.
NIH launches big data portal for Alzheimer’s research
The new data sharing and analysis web portal aims to speed the development of predictive models and effective therapies for Alzheimer’s disease.
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