City planners probe downtown Philadelphia with 3D GIS
City planners turned to optical remote sensing technology for a pilot project to test a total 3D GIS solution.
Too tired to vote? Don't hit that touch pad.
As a N.C. state legislator found out the hard way, errors caused by workplace fatigue can have decisive and sometimes irreversible results.
DISA to lead defense cloud efforts
DOD aims to move the department's network applications from a "duplicative, cumbersome and costly set of application silos" to an environment offering greater agility and cost-effectiveness.
State not following NIST cloud guidelines, IG report says
State's Systems and Integration Office has made a strong effort to promulgate a mission statement and a set of goals, but lacks adequate controls and procedures to monitor its multi-year contracts, IG report says.
GAO identifies 7 challenges for 'cloud first'
GAO examined seven agencies that have successfully aligned their cloud adoption efforts with the cloud-first policy and found seven challenges common to cloud implementations.
NYC adds free WiFi to pay phones, making them useful again
The pilot program expands the city's public wireless access, with costs being covered by the pay phone providers.
DHS moves forward on cloud-based IT services
DHS is overcoming hurdles in culture and component stovepipes, says CIO Richard Spires
In European plan, cars in a crash would auto-dial for help
The European Parliament wants all new cars be to equipped with sensors that will automatically notify rescue services in the event of a crash.
Twitter OKs most government requests for user account info
Twitter's transparency report shows it complies with most government requests for user account information, but sometimes the government has to use some legal muscle.
Hack at U of Nebraska shows university data at risk
Higher education is not immune from the scourge of data breaches, as the recent exposure of more than 650,000 records at the University of Nebraska demonstrates.
NIST guide explains cloud in plain terms
The guidance gives general how-tos in five areas: management, data governance, security and reliability, virtual machines, and software and applications.
IT revolution reshapes federal marketplace
As agencies move toward a model of sharing goods and services, it's changing the business landscape, according to Richard Spires, CIO at the Homeland Security Department.
Tougher road ahead for fed data-center consolidation
Many government departments and agencies have rid themselves of the most obvious efficiency offenders: small data centers, facilities previously marked for closure and IT resources deemed surplus to mission requirements.
FedRAMP closer to rollout with GSA's release of third-party assessors
The GSA May 14 released a list of accredited third-party assessment organizations -- or 3PAOs for short -- that will do initial assessments and test the controls of cloud service providers per FedRAMP requirements.
DOD expands cyber threat info program
The Defense Department is expanding a program to share cyber threat information and inviting all of its eligible contractors to take part.
IRS saves millions with server virtualization, IG says
Successfully virtualizing some of its servers helped the Internal Revenue Service save $10.2 million in equipment costs over two years.
Agencies could save twice as much on cloud, survey says
Federal agencies have saved an average of $5.5 billion yearly by implementing cloud computing, a modest number next to the $12 billion in potential savings estimated by new research
Virtual worlds emerge within agencies
For NOAA and other federal agencies, the focus of virtual world activity has moved beyond Second Life and diversified onto other platforms and gaming engines.
Server yields no clues to U. of Pittsburgh bomb threats
A server seized in connection with a series of bomb threats directed at the University of Pittsburgh won't help authorities find the person responsible.
Mobile tech, employee error blamed for rise in medical data breaches
More than a quarter of U.S. health care providers in a recent survey experienced a breach of patient data in the past year, continuing an upward trend.
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