Digital Government
GSA Plans to Democratize Its Data
The agency's central platform will let employees dabble in data sets and analytics tools.
Digital Government
What Do China’s Police Collect on Citizens in Order to Predict Crime? Everything
These databases can scoop up everything from addresses, to medical history, supermarket membership, and delivery records.
Emerging Tech
Third Time's a Charm? NOAA Reschedules Next-Gen Weather Satellite Launch
Wind delayed the two previous launch dates.
Artificial Intelligence
CIA, NSA Offer Startups More Than Money
The intelligence community can serve as a test-bed for startups pitching AI and other emerging technologies.
Emerging Tech
U.S. Government’s Hurricane-Hunting Satellite Scheduled to Launch Next Month
NOAA's sending a high-powered replacement into space to boost its weather forecasting capabilities.
Digital Government
How VA Turns Survey Data into Better Veteran Health Care
Real-time feedback could help the Veterans Affairs Department direct respondents to task forces for suicide or homelessness.
Emerging Tech
To Fix Algorithmic Bias, We First Need to Fix Ourselves
If we can’t get it right with humans, how are we meant to train machines to do a better job?
Artificial Intelligence
The Next Big War Will Turn on AI, Says US Secret-Weapons Czar
William Roper says the military must get better at feeding the voracious learning algorithms that will fight future battles.
Emerging Tech
What the Military Is Learning From a Chameleon Sandbox
Made up of kinetic sand, a toy that feels like the stuff on the beach but has the consistency of Silly Putty, the system's miniature bridges, lakes and other structures morph -- or disappear -- when a finger crushes critical infrastructure.
Digital Government
Commerce Wants To Help You Make Money From Federal Data
The department is looking for businesses to help government use data.
Digital Government
Postal Service Looking for New Predictive Analytics Platform
The agency wants to become a “data-driven” organization.
Digital Government
Why the Federal Government Tracks Visitors to Dot-Govs
Analytics.usa.gov keeps tabs on traffic to more than 4,000 government websites.
Ideas
To be Successful, Hackers Need These 3 Elements
Hackers’ reconnaissance activities are shrouded within massive amounts of data, and are difficult to detect.
Emerging Tech
Why People Who Put ‘Data Scientist’ on Their LinkedIn Profiles Earn More Money
As the White House’s first chief data scientist, DJ Patil explains the growing importance of his field during his speech at the National Science Foundation.
Digital Government
Bionic Eyes Are No Match for the Curiosity of Pentagon Cartographers
Right now, technology is up against a problem that didn't exist in the Atari age: big data.
Digital Government
First Draft Big Data Framework Seeks to Tackle the Big Questions First
It's part of NIST's efforts to standardize global conversations about big data.
Ideas
How to Not be the Next USAspending.gov
Here is a simple formula for any government working on the release of a new public-facing website.
Digital Government
New Dashboard Tracks Which Federal Sites You're On, And How You Got There
The U.S. Digital Service, 18F and GSA's Digital Analytics team launched the site Thursday.
Digital Government
5 Forces That Could Transform Government IT
Analytics, cloud computing, the return of core systems and other forces are poised to change businesses and government over the next 18 to 24 months, according to a new report from Deloitte.
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