How the US census kickstarted America’s computing industry
Punch-card processing first used in the 1890 census served as a scaffolding for vastly more rapid and space-efficient purely electronic computers that now dominate.
Chattanooga plugs traffic testbed into fiber network
Always ready to take advantage of its gigabit fiber network, Chattanooga, Tenn., launched a Testbed Corridor to study pedestrian and vehicle traffic patterns along one of the city’s central areas.
Waze puts partner cities' traffic data in the cloud
Municipalities participating in the Waze for Cities program now have free access to the traffic data the company has collected in the Google Cloud Platform.
FEMA's Shaken Fury exercise tests regional data-sharing portal
The Regional Information Sharing Portal acts as a data collection platform and a source of information for responder agencies.
How Congress turns citizens’ voices into data points
When the overwhelming amount of contact lawmakers gets from citizens is turned into mere data points, Congress is less able to understand what constituents want and the issues that are likely to become important in the future.
Data and tools for climate-change management
A number of new datasets and tools are available for municipal planners analyzing environmental impacts on residents and local infrastructure.
Getting a handle on surveillance video
As video surveillance booms, government organizations must ensure their storage platform can manage the massive amount of data and support analytics tools.
Army leans into biometric ID
The Army uses a mix of web-based biometrics tools to help identify people who may pose a threat to the Defense Department missions.
Announcing the 2019 Public Sector Innovation winners
These 40 projects at the federal, state and local levels show just how transformative government IT can be.
Researchers tap LiDAR-enabled indoor mapping for responders
Two of the Global City Teams Challenge projects are testing light detection and ranging technology to map building interiors so first responders can more safety and efficiency respond to emergencies.
Getting to real-time responder communications
The public safety community must solve data sharing interoperability issues to take advantage of the nationwide public safety broadband network, NIST says.
NYC's real-time cyber defense platform
New York City's Cyber Command built an open-source, cloud-based data pipeline -- a security log aggregation platform that analysts use to quickly detect and mitigate cyber threats.
States battle big tech over data privacy laws
Despite enthusiasm for more privacy rules by legislators and their constituents, many states found themselves bogged down this year in both the details of high-tech operations and industry complaints.
Tangible use cases are key to AI adoption
Use cases help agencies adopt more mature data practices, which paves the way for iteratively developing new, more innovative applications that deliver even greater value.
Virginia lays data foundation for smart communities
The new governance policy will address issues of data sharing, security and privacy, enabling a common framework critical for the evolution of smart communities.
New capabilities on deck for Navy's just-launched analytics platform
The Navy Data Platform is already delivering predictive analytics and will soon be incorporating prescriptive analytics.
Social media monitoring for FBI, SEC
The FBI and the Securities and Exchange Commissions are both looking subscriptions to help them identify threats to national security the financial system.
The proper infrastructure will determine the Federal Data Strategy’s success
A sound data-centric architecture is essential for the data sharing, preservation, transparency and availability the strategy calls for.
Mobility briefs: Solutions for smart cities
Connected vehicle testing site opens, insights from ridesharing data and more on smart city mobility.
Oak Ridge researchers developing data hazard detection tool
A new surveillance tool detects machine-generated errors in health care data.
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