Essential big data tools for government
Public-sector priorities: a strong IT foundation and tools for prepping data.
Colorado turns to Drupal for Web development
The state joins the growing ranks of open-source devotees that use Drupal to expand features and cut developer overhead and overall costs.
FCC releases its own mobile performance testing app
The agency intends to use the data collected for an online interactive map that will detail each data provider’s network performance.
How data virtualization can help government hone services and cut costs
The move to open data policies are spawning new approaches of data virtualization to exploit and manage an expanding number of government information sources.
Can Cortana help solve the coming federal retirement crisis?
The knowledge graphs behind Microsoft's virtual assistant can be applied by agencies to build searchable stores of organizational knowledge.
NASA's International Space Apps Challenge hacks out 770 proposals
NASA holds a hackathon and more than 9,000 people contribute 770 apps, pointing to a shift in acceptance of open software development practices in government.
Why IBM thinks it's a contender in the Great Cloud Battle
The company is putting a lot of resources into its effort to attract government cloud customers. Does it have an advantage over the competition?
HealthCare.gov: What went wrong?
The federal health care exchange website was forced into action by a hard deadline, despite bloated code and failed tests. What can agencies learn from the launch?
Is 3D the next step for agency Web pages?
Some easy-to-use CSS techniques can help create a new dimension on PC and mobile browsers.
CMS engineers a website redesign for the times
The agency gives Medicare.gov a lightweight interface that taps the same code base regardless of device and creates a reusable framework for Web services.
NASA's International Space Apps Challenge hacks out 770 proposals
In an April event spanning 83 cities and 48 countries over a two-day period, NASA staged the largest hackathon in history and the first to focus on the needs of government.
How troops in Afghanistan get a clear view of intell
The Army's DSC, the first tactical deployed cloud in a war zone, gives soldiers in Afghanistan full access to intelligence and fast response to queries.
5 open-source technologies powering the Army's battlefield cloud
The tactical intelligence network in Afghanistan has essentially unlimited capacity.
Disaster response simulation shows how to share cloud-based geospatial data
NGA-backed consortium demonstrates show how hybrid, geospatial clouds can be assembled for disaster response.
Good code never dies
Good source code on a robust, open-source platform is why software will continue to "eat the world."
NREL releases free, open-source energy analysis tool
The Energy DataBus uses the Apache Cassandra database, which lets it collect and analyze massive amounts of data for optimizing energy use.
Data.gov pilots an easier way to manage agency APIs
The new service handles the routine, repetitive tasks of API management, letting agencies concentrate on building their interfaces.
Video data-sharing library opens up big data for behavioral research
NSF- and NIH-backed Databrary will let researchers store and openly share videos and information about their studies.
Red Hat puts Linux into the OpenStack cloud
Company combines its Enterprise Linux with OpenStack to give organizations a Linux option for building their clouds.
DARPA takes a smart-phone approach to Android ground sensors
The agency's ADAPT program is using reusable hardware and software and an open-source approach to app development in order to get new designs into the field more quickly.
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