Data science could help Californians battle future wildfires
Data science and artificial intelligence could help planners, first responders and governments adapt to the huge challenges of climate change.
Learn about all the Public Sector Innovation winners
These 40 projects at the federal, state and local levels show just how transformative government IT can be.
Sharing big data without breaking the bank
Partners in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Big Data Project have made over 70 agency datasets available to the public.
USDA cultivates customer service
The Department of Agriculture's Voice of the Customer Centers of Excellence Program uses feedback management technology to create an enterprisewide view of the agency’s customer service posture.
AI, analytics drive Army's predictive maintenance
The artificial intelligence systems can predict towing failures for vehicles and monitor weapons training operations, collecting valuable data along the way.
Better, cheaper and massively more test data
Improvements made by the Air Force’s 59th Test and Evaluation Squadron dramatically increase how many aircraft can collect and disseminate data, enabling the Air Force to move from individual testers to more of a crowdsourced approach.
Improving outcomes for offenders
The Indiana Department of Correction's Occupational Optimization Model uses statistical, data mining and reporting software to help match soon-to-be-released offenders with job opportunities.
Creating the space for mission-driven AI
A data ecosystem using patient information, diagnoses and lab results pulled from multiple databases in government and industry matches veterans with relevant clinical trials.
Democratizing data literacy at DAU
A data management and analytics platform gives the Defense Acquisition University a more immediate, enterprise-level view of student finance, scheduling, payment processing and other data.
Smarter staffing
USA Staffing redesigned the way hiring managers and human resources specialists process job applications and make sense of the talent pool.
Understanding the patterns of opioid abuse
Virginia's Framework for Addiction Analysis and Community Transformation lets agencies share data while protecting privacy,
Tapping traffic data to mitigate accidents
Henderson, Nev., is using an artificial intelligence solution from Waycare to analyze traffic-related data and predict -- and eventually prevent -- accidents.
Turning trash trucks into a mobile sensor network
Trash truck drivers have a smartphone mounted on their dashboards, and they log problems by tapping a customized screen.
Visualizations highlight gaps in incident response preparedness
The New York State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services' color-coded maps give officials a quick sense of the major risks across the state or where capabilities are low.
Moving agricultural data from silos to the cloud
Built on a centralized cloud-based database, the Agricultural Research Service's Data Innovations project provides access to observational and real-time data from multiple sources.
Bringing better data to local climate action planning
A cloud-based tool lets communities inventory and calculate their greenhouse gas emissions, generate forecasts and monitor communitywide climate mitigation efforts.
Building an interoperable smart city architecture
A St. Louis pilot is pushing interoperable sharing of city and sensor data and creating a reference architecture for first responders’ awareness and communication that other cities can use to build similar setups.
California launches statewide earthquake early warnings
The California Earthquake Early Warning System sends alerts via two delivery systems: a smartphone app and government's Integrated Public Alert and Warning System typically used to deliver AMBER and weather alerts to cell phones.
What's driving government tech strategy
The synergy between policy goals, business needs and digital transformation is crucial to governments' ability to optimize the services they offer.
Information-age Army depends on cloud, data investments
The Army wants to spend $700 million on cloud and data by 2025, but a lack of funding or a potential delay in the JEDI cloud contract is a concern.
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