Digital Government
Video: Longest running Earth-imaging satellite turns 40
Landsat has tracked climate change, deforestation and urbanization.
Emerging Tech
USAID considers medical tracking technology in Haiti
Smart cards would reduce duplication in databases, agency says.
Emerging Tech
Streaming Data is One Thing, Interpreting It is Another
Digital strategy may lead to more corrections of mistaken analyses.
Emerging Tech
Biggest Barriers to Online Elections Are No Longer Technical
Estonia and Norway have workarounds to intimidation and vote buying.
Digital Government
Half of technology leaders are bullish on big data
Others worry the government and corporations will abuse it.
Digital Government
Recovery board’s ‘wall of shame’ gets smaller
Stimulus recipients achieve lowest nonreporting rate yet.
Digital Government
Coming soon: An economic stats app from Census
2020 count is likely to include outside data.
Modernization
Agencies are still trying to figure out how many data centers they have, GAO says
Information on energy usage is often lacking.
Digital Government
DATA Act, Scene two: Drop the independent board
Sen. Mark Warner will reintroduce the transparency bill without a neutral oversight body.
Digital Government
Performance.gov struggles with reduced funding
OMB is trying to meet an Oct. 1 compliance deadline.
Digital Government
Half of agency websites are using an updated Internet address system
All government sites will be IPv6 compliant by September.
Emerging Tech
There’s Nothing Sexy About Wikipedia
And that’s a good thing, executive director of the nonprofit that runs the site says.
Modernization
Agencies aren’t providing enough details about future cloud moves, GAO says
But they generally are meeting goals for the shift to Web-based computing.
Digital Government