Challenge.gov tops 200 competitions in two years
More than 16,000 citizen "solvers" have taken part as the project reaches challenge No. 201.
VA, DOD joint office delivers mobile app for PTSD patients
PE Coach app gives PTSD sufferers a central site to track their therapy sessions and more.
Air Force wants to eliminate radar interference from wind turbines
The proliferation of wind turbines especially near military installations has created risks to radar systems.
Managed service can help organizations meet HIPAA privacy rules
HIPAA Essential from StillSecure can help organizations meet the requirements of the HITECH Act.
Md. governor's office trades paper, printers for iPads
One-man iPad pilot program now embraces 30 staffers and has reduced office paper use by 90 percent to 95 percent.
Numerator: Government's biggest big data challenges
Senior executives in the public sector don't have the right data management tools necessary to turn the volume and variety of data collected by their agencies into a form they can readily analyze and base decisions on, according to a recent "scorecard of big data business challenges" by Oracle Corp.
2 years late, GSA goes online with first phase of acquisition database
Online database will create a one-stop shop for the public to search more than 600,000 entities for information about government contractors and grantees.
Air Force to expand use of cyber warfare training center
Illinois center will include more military commands, educational institutions and other federal agencies.
Cloud mapping tools to aid first responders during disasters
Esri's GIS public information maps will be made accessible on Microsoft's cloud-based disaster portal.
DOD wants cyberterrorism-prediction software
DARPA seeks proposals for new software that can scour social media and other sites to predict cyberterrorism events.
Some feds view IT as a cost, not an opportunity
Just 56 percent of federal executives said IT helps support their daily operations.
Army's 'Kraken' puts data from many sensors onto one screen
With troop drawdowns in Afghanistan, the Army will use computerized surveillance technology to improve perimeter security and help protect small units in remote outposts.
GSA looking to turn everything into a service
Everything-as-a-Service has emerged in the post-personal computer era as a cost-effective, streamlined way to buy IT services and solutions.
New ‘Universal Gateway’ speeds data to Navy vessels
Office of Naval Research’s “network bridging system” moves data instantaneously between the combat system and the command and control network.
First step to the cloud – virtualization – can be a doozy
For most agencies, server virtualization is a first step toward cloud computing. If you do it right, a move to the cloud is that much easier. However, if you make a mess of it, your journey to the cloud could be tougher.
4 out of 5 cops, feds agree: Social media aids crime fight
According to a recent survey, law enforcement agencies have embraced social media as a key tool in pre-identifying and investigating criminal activity.
State is first to allow voter registration via Facebook
Washington developed an app with Facebook and Microsoft that lets users get to online voter registration forms via social media.
Reporting potholes in Minneapolis? There's an app for that
Minneapolis upgrades its citizen services with a new mobile reporting system that put the city network in the cloud.
Dell's mobile data center: When you need an IT backbone overnight
Dell's launch of its Tactical Mobile Data Center will allow government, military and enterprise users to quickly deploy an additional, backup or remote IT backbone.
EPA contracts support aggressive move to cloud computing
The Environmental Protection signs contracts that will help meet its goal of having 80 percent of its computing in the cloud by 2015.
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