Tech in the crossfire of DHS funding debate
Officials at the Department of Homeland Security have been warning of the consequences to technology programs in the event of a DHS shutdown.
SBA opens online matchmaking for small business loans
The Small Business Administration is launching LINC, an online matching service that will provide lenders the financial information they need to help small entrepreneurs get business loans.
Box adds user-managed encryption keys to enterprise cloud
The Box Enterprise Key Management is cloud-enabled content management and collaboration system that gives enterprises full control over encryption keys, while preserving Box user experience.
Coast Guard searches for next-gen 911 data links
The Coast Guard said it wants to build an interface to take advantage of geo-positioning and other metadata produced by 911 call centers.
Facebook launches social media tool for cybersecurity pros
The ThreatExchange helps security professionals share threat information more easily, learn from each other’s discoveries and make their own systems safer.
DOE pilots big data infrastructure projects
Science data pilot projects across the Department of Energy are using supercomputers and ESnet to explore new approaches for collecting, moving, sharing and analyzing massive scientific datasets.
DISA launches chat, web conferencing service
The new open-source Defense Collaboration Services gives DOD employees secure web conferencing and instant messaging on both the NIPRNet and SIPRNet.
ICMA, SAS offer government performance analytics tool
The cloud-based Insights application runs comparisons on metrics gathered from police, fire, trash collection and other permit issuing agencies.
NASA software sharing to save Army months – and millions
NASA has transferred more than 2,400 automated software procedures to the Army in an agreement expected to save $4 million in time and development costs.
VMware hybrid vCloud gets FedRAMP approval
VMware’s vCloud Government Service provided by Carpathia gives agencies a way to extend their data centers to the cloud.
Big data: How to know it when you see it
Big data is often described by its Vs: volume, velocity, variety, variability and veracity.
VA wants SIEM as a service
The Veterans Affairs Department is gathering information on acquiring a security incident event management service to help it manage the entire VA cybersecurity enterprise.
CyberGIS: infrastructure for massive geospatial data, processes
CyberGIS is a geospatial-specific infrastructure that manages, processes and visualizes massive and complex geospatial data, while performing associated analysis and simulation.
U.S. organizations say a third of their data is bad
A global study discovers that organizations suffer from three common data quality errors: incomplete or missing data, outdated information and inaccurate data.
Cybersecurity gets big boost in 2016 budget
The president's 2016 budget calls for$14 billion in cybersecurity spending, about a 10 percent increase over 2015 funding.
Army ‘commits’ to open source with net forensic tool
The Army Research Lab recently posted code for Dshell, its forensic network analysis tool, to GitHub to support the forensic and incident response community.
AWS puts Trusted Advisor preview in GovCloud
For a limited time, AWS GovCloud customers will be able to run all 19 best practices, or what AWS calls “checks” available in the GovCloud, the isolated AWS region designed for government’s sensitive workloads.
Virtualization, energy saving drive SSA data center plans
The Social Security Administration’s National Support Center designed to take advantage of new technologies, including server virtualization and energy-saving tech to lower costs and closely monitor resources.
Colorado to demo LTE safety network
The LTE Demonstration Network will give first responders the chance to use some of the next generation LTE devices that will bring the power of broadband data to local, tribal, state and federal responders.
Student loan office casts net for ‘creative’ credit analysis
The Office of Federal Student Aid looks for new and unconventional data models to determine the credit worthiness of its loan applicants.
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