Researchers develop food safety inspection database
Scholars from the University of Maryland and UCLA built a national database for food safety inspection information.
USGS: 18 million electronic maps downloaded
More than 18 million US Topo quadrangles and Historic Topographic Maps have been downloaded in the past six years from the USGS Store or The National Map Viewer.
4 tactics cities use for better management
A new report released by the IBM Center for The Business of Government highlights methods cities are using for IT better management, engagement and service.
Can analytics help firefighters save lives?
The New Orleans Fire Department used data analytics to identify households at risk for fires and conduct door-to-door smoke alarm outreach.
Interactive website tracks extractive revenue
Working with 18F, the Interior Department’s Office of Natural Resources Revenue launched an open data website to track revenue the government makes from the coal, natural gas and oil that is extracted from public lands.
NYC launches portal for city agency reports
New York City is now making city agency reports available in one consolidated hub.
NOAA partners with fisherman to save cod populations
The unusual partnership combines fishermen’s experience with unmanned underwater vehicles to locate and protect spawning clusters of cod.
25 cities partner for health care innovation
The 2015 Multi-City Innovation Campaign focuses on health and human services challenges where technology interventions intersect, and can directly impact, city or county government services and goals.
How hard is it to permanently delete data?
Even though Hillary Clinton deleted her email, experts can probably recover it.
Resistance to DCGS-A persists
Critics are increasingly vocal with their dissatisfaction with the Army’s Distributed Common Ground System and the military’s insistence that soldiers continue to use it.
What’s new at Data.gov
Data.gov has incorporated third-party tools for data visualization and built a Help Desk feature based on the Open311 specification.
GTL offers communications services platform for corrections
The Flex platform provides several options for managing email, messaging and video communication throughout corrections enterprises.
The secret to IoT could be timing, literally
Integrating the cyber and physical worlds really is a matter of timing, according to a new report by the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
Researchers show air-gapped systems susceptible to attack
Air-gapped systems, thought to be the most secure because of their isolation, have newly discovered vulnerabilities.
3D printed weather stations predict flash floods
USAID is using 3D printers to build weather stations to better predict flash floods in underdeveloped nations.
New York State introduces open gov API
The New York Attorney General announced the state will create an application programming interface for access to the state’s open government database.
Online voting still faces security issues
Suggestions for tech-based solutions for voting and elections may sound practical, but they are certain security hazards.
Landsat 8 data free on Amazon cloud
Amazon’s AWS cloud will host up to 85,000 scenes from the Landsat 8 satellite.
Partnership to enhance dispatch, GIS tools for public safety
Intergraph and Esri are collaborating to better their CAD and GIS platforms and enhance geospatial capabilities for public safety.
NASA tests smart glasses for astronauts
NASA is testing augmented reality glasses that will give astronauts hands-free access to information.
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