Direct or disable: Two states take on drone growth
Kansas appoints its first Director of Unmanned Aircraft Systems, and Utah proposes legislation to ‘neutralize’ drones over wildfires by jamming their signals or shooting them down.
Dashboards give Iowa broadband metrics at a glance
The Iowa Communications Network implemented real-time analytic dashboards to better monitor and respond to key performance indicators.
Better 911 systems through standardized data
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is looking for a nationally uniform 911 data system.
Can blockchain secure health data?
The Department of Health and Human Services is looking for ideas on how blockchain can be used to address privacy, security and scalability challenges of managing electronic health records and resources.
GSA recognized for cloud analytics platform
The General Services Administration’s Data to Decisions platform includes tools for collecting, managing and analyzing data.
Smithsonian reimagines digital resources for the classroom
The Learning Lab’s digital artifacts and toolkit help teachers find, customize and share digital museum resources.
Georgia opens data on schools’ performance
Georgia’s new School Reports website collects data from multiple sources to provide each public school with a single performance report based on indicators of student success.
Education opens feedback portal on student aid
Data gleaned from the Federal Student Aid Feedback System will help improve loan services and protect taxpayers' investments in the funding programs.
Philadelphia restarts homeless case management system
The ClientTrack Homeless Management Information System will streamline intake and reporting capabilities and provide data visibility across departments.
The UK is banning government-built apps. Should we?
If the government can provide a citizen service through a mobile-friendly website, is there reason to offer yet another application for a user’s phone or tablet?
White House data initiative takes on mass incarceration
The Data-Driven Justice Initiative brings together public, private and non-profit organizations committed to using criminal justice and health emergency data to reduce incarceration numbers and cost.
Two-pizza teams feed innovation at DIA
The Defense Intelligence Agency has adopted Amazon’s concept of deploying small, interdisciplinary teams to find innovative solutions.
Government cloud platform adds payment module
Accela’s CivicPay solution gives governments a single platform for managing payments from citizens.
Mapping the future for GeoPlatform.gov
Improvements to the nation’s online platform for geospatial resources include semantic search, application program interfaces, advanced developer tools and service monitoring and metrics.
FedRAMP authorizes three CSPs for high impact systems
Along with the release of the high baseline requirements, the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program announced that Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and CSRA have been granted Provisional Authority to Operate.
Amazon opens private cloud marketplace for intelligence community
Hosted on a private cloud, the AWS Marketplace for the U.S. Intelligence Community allows IC agencies to search, buy and deploy software and applications from authorized vendors.
Agencies push for open standards across cloud services
More robust open standards would better support hybrid clouds and integrate cross-vendor workflows.
18F pilots digital acquisition training with FBI, Treasury
The Digital Acquisition Accelerator pilot aims to give agencies their own teams of “highly trained, cross-functional digital experts.”
Heatmaps offer cities new insights into SeeClickFix data
Clustr app shows related issues on an interactive map to help city managers tackle problem areas.
Why you need a data intermediary
The National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership aims to help communities create data intermediaries to act as data translators, educators and collaborators.
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