NASA launches second software catalog
This year’s edition includes over 1,000 programs to help users save money and time, using ready-made coding tools rather than buying or building their own.
Code for America launches police open data census
The census lists types of police interactions and indicates whether open data is online, machine readable, up to date and available in bulk.
Air Force adds focus on open systems to info sharing BAA
The Air Force has added a new focus area to its request for a cross-domain cyber reactive information sharing solution.
Virginia community colleges pilot open textbooks
The Virginia Community College System has secured a $200,000 grant for an open textbook program.
GSA nets two apps from inaugural hackathon
More than 60 developers, designers and data scientists tackled challenges pertaining to acquisition, travel, and building services.
Who's getting it done on open data?
According to a new Pew Research Center survey, open data underwhelms most Americans across the board. But local and state governments get higher marks than the feds.
Philadelphia forks Analytics.USA.gov for local use
Code developed by 18F is used to capture "big picture" analytics for websites citywide.
Ohio moves for unprecedented financial transparency
Officials want to extend the OhioCheckbook.com initiative to every city, town, school district and local governing entity in the state.
NASA tech inspires open data infrastructure for water monitoring
Technology developed for testing water purity on the International Space Station is being remade into a simple, low-cost mobile app for evaluating water safety here on Earth.
Detroit drives toward open data
The city recently announced its open data portal and the Innovate Detroit 311 app.
Now you can help fix USASpending.gov
The Treasury Department creates a feedback channel on GitHub as it reinstates advanced search features.
Built-in security enables cyber resilience
Agencies need to protect systems from software vulnerabilities that compromise availability, integrity and security.
Interactive website tracks extractive revenue
Working with 18F, the Interior Department’s Office of Natural Resources Revenue launched an open data website to track revenue the government makes from the coal, natural gas and oil that is extracted from public lands.
What’s new at Data.gov
Data.gov has incorporated third-party tools for data visualization and built a Help Desk feature based on the Open311 specification.
Massive OpenSSL audit hopes to squash Heartbleed-like bugs
The audit by Cryptography Services will cover a range of security concerns but will focus primarily on the Transport Layer Security stacks, protocol flow, state transitions and memory management.
Voting technology: Is it secure yet?
With the presidential election coming up in 2016, many constituencies are considering how they can use technology to secure and streamline the voting process.
GSA launches OASIS market research tool
The OASIS Discovery Market Research Tool will give vendors and agencies more data to support acquisition decisions.
NIST funds center to model disaster recovery strategies
The Community Resilience Center of Excellence will use an open source platform, databases and virtual models to help local governments with post-disaster decision making.
Simulator tests software for next-gen prosthetics
The Gazebo simulator is helping DARPA develop prosthetic limbs with intuitive controls and sensory feedback.
Army ‘commits’ to open source with net forensic tool
The Army Research Lab recently posted code for Dshell, its forensic network analysis tool, to GitHub to support the forensic and incident response community.
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