Digital Government

Crowdsourcing: the democratization of organizational production

Steve Kelman argues there's more than just cost-benefit analysis behind the growing use of ground-up knowledge sharing.

Digital Government

Why one government agency seems less than thrilled about Census modernization

The Census Bureau's ambitious modernization plan aims to save $5 billion, but the Postal Service appears worried about losing revenue from delivering fewer paper questionnaires.

Digital Government

Army releases data strategy

Army CIO Lt. Gen. Robert Ferrell wants to give Army users and applications quicker access to a range of data.

Modernization

Ball Aerospace nabs sole-source NGA cloud deal

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency intends to award a one-year sole-source contract to Ball Aerospace Technologies Corp. for cloud computing, the agency announced.

Digital Government

No BYOD for Census workers

The Census Bureau has decided against letting enumerators use their own mobile devices for the 2020 count.

Digital Government

The monumental IT opportunity of the 2020 census

The Census Bureau faces some significant challenges, but recent technology advancements can make its job much easier.

Digital Government

Can ISPs help power the 2020 census?

The fast-approaching 2020 count requires more investment in R&D, full use of Internet opportunities and possible partnerships with companies -- but not necessarily the obvious choices.

Digital Government

Detection test hunts nuclear traces with data

The new nuclear forensics system was tested earlier this summer after a two-year research and development effort.

Digital Government

Can NOAA pay industry to fill its weather data gap?

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration must balance its treaty obligations to provide weather data freely to the world against the private-sector innovation that weather data property rights could unleash.

Digital Government

New NGA strategy touts automation, commercial capabilities

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Director Robert Cardillo says geospatial intelligence is ripe for collaboration between industry and government.

Digital Government

NGA banks on the power of transparency

Agency director touts data shared to combat Ebola, says open approach "is our future."

Digital Government

NGA releases unclassified mapping tool for Ebola relief

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency wants to support Ebola relief with a customizable mapping tool.

Digital Government

Urban design tool taps DOE's building database

Researchers developed LakeSim to deal with problems in urban planning and assess a redevelopment project's long-term effects on energy and transportation needs.