XML the Rx for sharing health data, panel says
A White House panel is recommending widespread adoption and use of Extensible Markup Language in health care to make it easier to exchange data.
Predicting earthquake risks and effects around the world
GEM, an international open-source effort, could cut across economic lines and bypass international tensions to provide a global view of earthquake risks and damage potential.
Frustrated developers rip Microsoft in hidden source-code comments
Software developers working with Microsoft products express their frustrations with the company in comments hidden in source code.
New York is looking for a few Big Apps
The city's BigApps 2.0 invites developers to compete to make the most of 350 of the city's datasets.
GAO debuts new online report technology
GAO is piloting a new online E-Report to accompany its familiar PDF products with the release of a study on slippages in NOAA's next-generation weather satellite program.
Microsoft sues again over Android, targets Motorola
Microsoft has sued Motorola over its use of the Android mobile operating system in smartphones, alleging that patents held by Microsoft were violated.
Open source powers Florida county's revamped website
Officials in Manatee County, Fla., recently revamped an aging website and technology infrastructure to more effectively interact with a growing and diverse population. The new site, mymanatee.org, uses an open-source content management system from Magnolia.
Government IT shops get a store for open-source apps
A public/private partnership has launched Civic Commons, a website designed to let state, local and federal agencies share software they have developed.
DARPA wants to blow up military design process, start over
The government's blue-sky R&D agency launches a new effort to reinvent the design and manufacture of defense equipment using computer aid and crowdsourcing.
20 IT projects to be honored at GCN Awards
The 10 projects selected for the 2010 GCN Awards, along with 10 honorable mentions, reflect the growing trends in government information technology toward open-source, cross-agency collaboration and transparency.
USDA, Marines replace SAP in isolated organizations
The Agriculture Department and the Marine Corps, citing cost, incompatibility and other issues, are replacing their SAP software with another vendor’s in specific divisions.
Open source's roots in the 19th century
Open-source is a term typically associated with current software development, but Greg Crowe finds the precedent was set in the 19th century, with Louis Daguerre's pursuit of photography.
Open source cuts through intell community's red tape
Matthew Burton tried to develop collaborative intelligence analysis software for the government, but was stymied by proprietary software and bureaucracy. Now he's ready to give it away.
The challenge of transformational change
Potentially game-changing IT initiatives abound at agencies. But the odds are that they'll produce only incremental rather than transformational change. That doesn't mean we should stop trying.
Microsoft lays out 'Open Cloud' vision
Microsoft used the occasion of the open source conference last month to advance its vision of an open cloud by breaking it down into four basic principles.
Frustrated developer releases intell analysis software as open-source
A defense analyst prepares to release open-source software for intelligence analysts.
Portland Mass Transit creates geospatial maps and apps for commuters
Portland's TriMet transit agency is using open-source tools to provide customers with interactive maps and downloadable applications.
Lockheed releases open-source social networking tool
Government technologists may soon have a new way to address the complexities of managing IT: Lockheed Martin has introduced a new open source enterprise social networking tool, Eureka Streams.
Survey: Oracle not so bad for Java and MySQL
The results of a survey published this week seem to indicate that early concerns about the fate of Java and MySQL in the hands of Oracle have abated, at least for the present.
Nokia donates Java Runtime to Symbian Foundation
In an effort to make it easier for Java developers to build applications for its Symbian-based mobile devices, Nokia is contributing the 2.1 version of its Java Runtime implementation to the open-source Symbian Foundation.
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