LA County unravels a web of child care fraud
Los Angeles County built a platform that links data mining, social network analysis and rules management to fight child care fraud.
New FBI system casts wide biometric net over criminals
The Next Generation Identification project speeds the matching of fingerprints and facial images in criminal investigations.
Securing the smart city
State and local governments are balancing privacy, security and citizen service as the amount of available data explodes -- and finding that policy needs to catch up with the tech.
Gartner: The 2016 digital mesh is bigger, smarter, everywhere.
The technology research firm’s top 10 tech trends for 2016 lean heavily on the performance, flexibility and agility required to organize the information ecosystem.
Building the infrastructure for big data
Experts from a range of agencies discuss the tools and tactics needed to integrate big data analytics into critical missions.
Defining the CDO
A trio of data experts discuss what they do, what agencies need in terms of data support and the future of the agency chief data officer position.
Big data takes on disaster coordination
The Idaho National Laboratory’s Infrastructure Protection Digital Library gives disaster officials filtered, searchable access to thousands of pages of information and images.
The potential of partnerships for improving public transit
Panelists at the Code for America Summit discussed how public-private data sharing can help cities build innovative and inclusive transportation services.
Predicting crime through pattern recognition
Hitachi’s Visualization Predictive Crime Analytics system uses real-time, historical and geographic data to predict crime.
Report: Military lagging in IoT adoption
Although the Internet of Things can cut costs and increase efficiency, lethality and survivability, a new report suggests the military has been slow to embrace it.
NSF funds an 'Array of Things' for environmental study in Chicago
The $3.1 million project will put 500 sensor arrays on street light poles throughout the city.
How digital identity will power smart cities
Digital identity management technology allows devices to securely recognize and interact with each other, improving the quality of civic services and city planning.
Salesforce sees ‘Internet of customers’ for its IoT Cloud
The Salesforce IoT Cloud brings insights to information by connecting data from the Internet of Things with customer information.
County tests IoT for local farmers
Montgomery County, Md., is using its Thingstitute testbed to see how actionable, granular data can help farmers improve their businesses.
A federal full-court press for smart cities IT
Backed by $160 million in federal funding, the Obama administration announced programs to help local communities use emerging technologies to reduce traffic congestion, fight crime, foster economic growth and improve the delivery of city services.
Supercomputing without the supercomputer
In-memory computing offers a viable alternative to expensive supercomputers and a natural complement to current enterprise investments.
NASA, USAID expand environmental data project
NASA and the U.S. Agency for International Development launched SERVIR-Mekong in Southeast Asia to share space-based environmental data.
Boulder uses big data to monitor health of trees
Boulder, Colo., is using Trimble’s eCognition software to help city staff identify healthy or damaged canopy.
Symantec takes on the Internet of unsecured things
The company’s Embedded Critical Systems Protection locks down the software embedded in the devices to protect against zero-day attacks and prevent compromise.
NASA building next-gen hurricane forecasting satellites
The Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System will allow scientists to measure ocean winds near the inner core of hurricanes -- from space.
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