Lawmakers consider options for better climate data sharing
The federal government’s climate data must be available to the state, local and private-sector decision-makers who need it, lawmakers said.
States wary of privacy-protected census data
Seventeen states have complained that differential privacy, the statistical method the Census Bureau is using to protect individuals privacy, makes accurate redistricting impossible.
3 questions to ask for a successful digital transformation
Software intelligence helps teams make data-driven decisions and redefine the way they work and achieve their mission objectives.
Tweet analysis uncovers how COVID conspiracy theories evolved
Building a machine learning model to filter analyze 120 million tweets gave researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory clues about how to combat online misinformation.
ICE seeks support for analytics platform
Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Repository for Analytics in a Virtualized Environment will give investigators a suite of search, analysis and reporting tools to run across raw or unevaluated datasets.
Scientists are on a path to sequencing 1 million human genomes and use big data to unlock genetic secrets
The National Institutes of Health’s All of Us program aims to collect genetic information, medical records and health habits from surveys and wearables of more than a million people in the U.S. over the course of 10 years.
Getting real-time crash data to responders
Public safety answering points in California can get real-time crash notifications through an agreement between a cloud-based emergency response platform and General Motors’ OnStar emergency system.
Do researchers have the data to take networking to the next level?
The National Science Foundation is asking scientists about the kinds of datasets they need to spur advances in computer and network systems.
California builds data warehouse to better manage homelessness
The Homeless Data Integration System will help officials identify patterns of homelessness and create a comprehensive view of the services being delivered and the interventions proving to be most effective.
Self-service analytics a ‘game changer’ for the Air Force
The Visible, Accessible, Understandable, Linked and Trustworthy (VAULT) data platform lets service members use cloud-based tools to work on data.
Sustainable highway projects support connected vehicle infrastructure
The Ray, a Georgia-based living lab for transportation innovation, has partnered with agencies in Georgia and Central Texas on sustainability and connected and autonomous vehicle infrastructure.
DOD works to simplify processes, improve data quality and automate
The Defense Department expects that better use of data analytics will help it improve its business operations and decision-making, optimize the workforce and support digital transformation as it moves on from legacy systems.
Army wants to clean up biometric ID data
Cleaner data and biometric-matching algorithms will deliver improved matching results and limit the number of manual comparisons required.
IRS floats plans to digitize more data
The agency wants to reduce its reliance on paper by extracting machine-readable data from poor-quality paper and digital images, improving document scanning and using artificial intelligence to improve workflow processes.
Census delay spells election chaos for states
With the census data needed to draw new legislative districts delayed until fall, some states are using alternative data, such as Census Bureau estimates of population and race, or approximations based on births and residential construction to estimate population down to the block level.
Facing wave of retirements, Connecticut looks to digitization for efficiency and savings
A new report found roughly 200 opportunities for improvement and streamlining that could yield between $600 million and $900 million in savings.
SmartCityPHL: Where data makes an impact
Philadelphia’s innovation initiative has plans to improve food distribution, map the built environment and improve roads by breaking down data silos and facilitating cross-agency collaboration.
Bandwidth issues haunt National Weather Service
A recent systemwide failure at the NWS College Park data center that impacted networks nationwide illustrates the agency’s struggles to supply web access for increasingly complex weather models.
Pandemic accelerated rise of smart cities
COVID-19 and the resulting repercussions accelerated the rise of Cities 4.0, or cities that excel at cloud, smart technology and data management to achieve social, environmental and economic goals.
AI analysis speeds FDA drug reviews
An artificial intelligence-based platform helping the Food and Drug Administration analyze adverse drug reports is expected to save reviewers about 7,500 hours per year.
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