Digital Government
Navy drones, an innovation festival and predicting the grid
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
People
Work, Kendall talk tech superiority with DIUX leadership
The deputy Defense secretary and top acquisition official met Aug. 4 with the heads of DOD's new Silicon Valley outreach office.
People
Top feds talk agile
Federal leaders discussed agile's promise and the notion that the government-changing approach could yield positive results far beyond IT – if feds can stomach it.
Modernization
3-D printing could offer flexibility for system upgrades
The emerging technology could give the Pentagon more flexibility in upgrading deployed systems in an ever-evolving threat environment.
Modernization
How 'fog computing' makes the IoT run
The push to put processing power on the network's edge can be a valuable complement to cloud computing.
Digital Government
Treasury takes to Twitter to tout 10
The Treasury Department has enlisted 18F to assist its digital strategy and social media campaign for #TheNew10 launch of the first U.S. currency featuring a woman.
Digital Government
IFTTT: Your digital duct tape
IFTTT's developer platform can fuel everything from open archives to wearable devices with government application programming interfaces.
People
Building an open environment for innovation
Federal IT leaders can more effectively promote innovation at their agencies by promoting an organizational climate that is open to risk and change.
People
Machine learning, agency missions and finding the shape of the haystack
Will computers that take information in, build hierarchies and learn over time diminish the role of human judgment in government?
Cybersecurity
DOD looks to new analytics center to tackle insider threat
The Defense Insider Threat Management and Analysis Center is meant to be predictive rather than reactive, with the help of advances in big data.
Cybersecurity
Physical security tech goes nuclear
Sandia Labs' SecuritySeal device for locking down nuclear materials can also secure more everyday items.
Acquisition
Pentagon's Silicon Valley unit gets $1.75M for fiscal 2015
The outreach facility will get another $5 million for the next four years.
Digital Government
Can Uncle Sam promote self-driving vehicles?
Industry leaders are bullish on the future of robotic transportation, but when it comes to regulation, they seek "balance" from the feds.
Digital Government
Census hopes mobile approach works in 2020
The Census Bureau is testing more Internet-based response options and hoping to leverage mobile technology to deliver a more accurate count.
Acquisition
One company shows how it is embracing agile
CivicActions puts its 'open' money where its mouth is on 18F BPA.
People
Google-style recruiting — even in government
Hire people who are better than you, and make sure they’re smart and curious, says Google exec Laszlo Bock.
Cybersecurity
HHS mirrors Google, bank regulators' IT shortcomings and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Modernization
For NOAA, flexible cloud enables mammoth computing
NOAA is harnessing the potential of the cloud – and the innovation of the private sector – to deliver its enormous troves of data to the public.
Digital Government
New study could help bio-threat response
The goal is to be able to predict outcomes from terrorist incidents involving anthrax.
Modernization
Not enough hype for the IoT?
A new report says the seemingly over-hyped Internet of Things might actually be under-hyped.
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