ID.me trust framework extends military ID authentication
Using Troop ID from ID.me, more than 200,000 military clients are using a single sign-on technique to verify their military affiliation at a number of the company's retail partners.
Site renovation: How THOMAS transformed into Congress.gov
The Congress.gov website and database is set to launch in September with a mobile-friendly interface and easier to use, more advanced search functions.
RFI Generator manages emergency geospatial info requests
The open source tool helps the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency quickly answer information requests from first responders and geospatial analysts.
Smart cloud helps cities manage events, services
Delivered in the IBM SmartCloud, the Intelligent Operations Center (IOC) helps users monitor citywide operations by collecting, visualizing and analyzing operational data from multiple sources.
NuCivic launches 'truly' open SaaS, open data platform
The Drupal-based NuData open-source, open data platform aims to help governments comply with open data mandates and help developers build businesses based on government data.
Visualization helps Medicaid examine state health trends
The Alabama Medicaid Agency is using a visual analytics tool from SAS that helps analysts quickly find patterns and explore trends in the state's population health data.
FDA soups up open data with research-friendly openFDA
The Food and Drug Administration has raised the bar on open data with a search-based application program interface for openFDA.
County gives staff secure remote access with Windows to Go
Fairfax County's Platform Technology Division deployed Windows to Go, a bootable, certified USB drive that lets employees take their work computers anywhere.
Open data portal aims to be 'Data.gov for state and local agencies'
Accela Inc. launched Civic.Data.com, an open data portal that combines information from government sources and public users, giving researchers one place to query cross-jurisdictional data sets.
Police get free multimedia platform, storage during emergencies
Designed to handle photo and video uploads from citizens, the Large Emergency Event Digital Information Repository helps officials collaboratively manage, organize and analyze crowdsourced media in the cloud.
Mobile smart form speeds transportation research
The Transportation Department is turning to mobile smart form technology to help move critical traffic safety information to analysts faster and more efficiently.
Smart city tech: Situational awareness data fused and filtered
Trusted Information Exchange Service for Microsoft CityNext gathers data from hundreds of sources then filters the information by relevance and delivers it via dashboards, email, text or phone call alerts.
Need GEOINT? There’s an app for that, even when disconnected.
A new capability lets the military, first responders and security personnel share geospatial intelligence data via mobile devices even with little or no connectivity.
For Boston Police, social media experience pays off after bombing
After the bombing at last year's Boston Marathon, the city's police department effectively tapped social media to communicate with the public.
What to look for in social malware defense
NSS Labs study found little difference in the performance of five popular enterprise products designed to protect against socially engineered malware, such as fake system upgrades and anti-virus offers.
Cloud-based performance testing launches for mobile apps, sites
Agency app developers can now load test their products using a new cloud-based load testing service designed for mobile apps, application programming interfaces and websites.
Satellite imagery provider gets nod to sell higher res images
U.S. intelligence organizations are supporting DigitalGlobe's bid to sell higher-resolution satellite images, which would put crisper pictures in more hands.
VA seeks GIS to track and treat outbreaks, chronic disease
The Veterans Affairs Department issued a request for information for a geographic information system to help track outbreaks and chronic disease in veterans and improve overall care.
Social Security to step up fraud detection with predictive analytics
Agency is dedicated to building data analytics that would help SSA workers detect and prevent scams.
NIST's AppVet makes sure apps are ready for government work
AppVet provides a framework for managing the app-vetting workflow, including uploading apps, receiving reports and generating an overall risk assessment.
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