People
GSA launches 'digital incubator'
The agency's new 18F program is intended to work like a tech startup aimed at helping build federal Web services.
Digital Government
USGS unveils new Web presence, seeks feedback
The new site is part of a two-year effort to make the U.S. Geological Survey's online resources more accessible and user-friendly.
Digital Government
Mail carriers get new mobile device
The Honeywell device is the leading edge of a larger plan to support the kind of multiple-event end-to-end tracking used by commercial shippers.
Digital Government
State Department: Mapping the humanitarian crisis in Syria
The department's maps can help people make sense of complex humanitarian emergencies and understand what is happening on the ground.
Digital Government
NGA: Seeking full immersion in geospatial data
NGA's Map of the World will serve as the backbone for the agency's innovative efforts to satisfy the geospatial appetites of the 17 intelligence agencies.
Digital Government
EPA: Using maps to make sense of water pollution data
EPA's map-based "How's My Waterway?" app allows users to check pollution levels in almost any U.S. lake, river or other waterway.
People
Data the key factor in mobile device management
Few people care about what happens to a device, points out Good Technology CTO Nicko van Someren, but most care what happens to the data on it.
Modernization
Telework Week totals more than 160,000 participants
Mobile Work Exchange calculates that this year’s 163,495 Telework Week participants -- most of them federal employees -- saved nearly $14 million in commuting costs.
Cybersecurity
NIST releases new guidelines for deploying PIV credentials to mobile devices
The draft special publication is the government’s response to the challenges encountered in authenticating smartphones, tablets and iPads.
Modernization
Readers take on telework
Despite complaints from some, metrics support the idea that telework helps boost productivity.
Digital Government
IG report finds flaws in NASA's mobile device management
About 14 percent of all agency-issued devices went unused for seven months, says a report from NASA IG Paul Martin.
People
Telework Week expected to draw 100,000-plus feds
Pledges for 2014 to work remotely have already exceeded last year's.
Cybersecurity
Pentagon CIO points to in-phone security
Teri Takai wants industry to develop mobile devices that DOD can certify quickly -- and cheaply.
Acquisition
ICE license plate-reader solicitation canceled
The DHS agency was seeking a company to build a smart phone-accessible database of license plate information that agents could use in the field.
Modernization
White House team seeks answers on agency spectrum management
The move is the latest in the administration’s effort to free up spectrum for use in wireless broadband to meet the growing demand for data-intensive mobile services.
Acquisition
ICE wants license plate database for field agents
A solicitation said the database service should track vehicle license plate numbers captured by several sources, including cameras, law enforcement and repo men.
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