Modernization
Power outage, disaster data, FedRAMP approval and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Modernization
ARPA-E's new leader, NVTC awards and maps in the cloud
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Acquisition
Challenges and prizes: Procurement vehicle of the future?
How NASA and other agencies are using contests to bring better ideas into acquisition.
Modernization
Early IoT adopters see opportunities and obstacles
The Internet of Things is changing the way companies do business, but challenges abound.
Digital Government
'Big data itself is not a strategy'
From the Army to the FCC, agencies are learning how to use analytics as a means to measurable ends.
Digital Government
Make open data actually work
The public's demand for transparency means agencies must share data in ways that the average person can understand. Here's how.
People
What the USDS team is up to
As the U.S. Digital Service gets going, it is focused on HealthCare.gov, VA technology and hiring.
Cybersecurity
Looking beyond Google Glass: IARPA plots new generation of wearables
Intelligence research agency wants to look "beyond current prototypes in development and extend up to 10 years in the future."
Digital Government
Zach Scott
This Rising Star's novel approach to sharing EPA data resulted in an educational game in which participants play various stakeholders in an environmental crisis.
People
With Hagel leaving, what now for the innovation initiative?
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is stepping down, but the innovation initiative he announced Nov. 15 could live on. FCW interviewed three former high-ranking officials about what it will take for the effort to succeed.
People
10 IT skills that matter in 2015
A private-sector survey finds that project managers are in greater demand than big-data pros.
Digital Government
Guess which agency Americans think performs best?
A new Gallup Poll finds respondents happier with the oft-disparaged Postal Service than any other major federal agency.
People
Tangherlini: 'On the technology front, we're just getting going'
GSA's administrator talks with FCW about short-term hiring, long-term planning and Robert Frost.
Modernization
Using IT to address the federal talent shortage
Better systems and talent science can help agencies fill vacancies faster -- and avoid making the wrong hires.
Acquisition
Hagel outlines DOD 'innovation initiative'
Invoking the ascendance of Russia and China, and the leveling of the technological playing field, the defense secretary calls for smarter R&D in tight fiscal times.
Acquisition
A bold approach to transforming IT acquisition
Without a future vision and an appetite for risk, reforms lead down a rabbit hole. There is a better way.
People
HHS adds four more 'Entrepreneurs in Residence'
The latest participants in the department's tech development program were matched with teams of HHS employees to work for a year on "high risk high reward projects."
Digital Government
Bridging the skills gap one vet at a time
Companies are helping veterans transition to careers in big data, enterprise architecture and other fast-growing IT fields -- and getting well-trained employees in the process.
People
18F hackathon aims to involve more women in civic tech
GSA's innovation hub hosts training day and coding collaboration geared toward women in technology.
Digital Government
Should social media affect your security clearance?
As continuous evaluation efforts ramp up, the intelligence community is testing ways to fold online postings into the mix.
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