Bringing big data down to size
The Department of Energy is investing $13.7 million in projects that will address the challenges of moving, storing and processing the massive datasets.
Energy Star updating data center efficiency scores
To drive energy efficiency improvements among U.S. data centers, the Environmental Protection Agency has updated its Energy Star certification for data storage products and will be revising its 1-100 Energy Star score for data centers.
How states can get the most from data analytics
In the light of the pandemic, data analytics will be crucial for delivering the necessary insights states need to develop their mitigation strategies and federal grant investment decisions, according to a new report.
Napa County installs AI-based early fire detection
The pole-mounted artificial intelligence-based system uses optical and heat sensors to detect and analyze smoke plumes that indicate fire.
Data analytics key to USPS transformation, IG says
The U.S. Postal Service’s investment in data analytics across the supply chain will help drive its transformation, the inspector general said in a recent report.
Federal 100’s cloud champions
Many of this year’s winners were chosen for their work advancing cloud computing and network infrastructure to power remote work, secure agency systems and facilitate collaboration on COVID-19 research and vaccine development and distribution.
Federal 100’s cybersecurity standouts
Many of this year’s winners were chosen for their work securing the federal government’s IT systems against bad actors looking to take advantage of the chaos caused by the pandemic and election misinformation.
Making Login.gov even more secure
As part of its remote identity proofing process, the General Services Administration wants to remotely validate government IDs issued through Login.gov.
Argonne unwraps testbed supercomputer to prep for exascale
Argonne National Laboratory has announced the Polaris high-performance computer, a testbed system to help get software and applications ready to run on future exascale machines.
IG council scouting for data analytics tools
The Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency is looking for IT tools, software and services that can help OIG data scientists conduct more efficient and effective audits.
Pittsburgh stands up citywide fiber network
Pittsburgh will connect 131 city facilities on its new unified citywide fiber network as part of the NetPGH initiative.
VA readies cloud-based data platform
VA Data Commons features computing infrastructure, co-located data and commonly used software services, tools, and apps for managing, analyzing and sharing data.
CISA updates ransomware tips
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has posted a fact sheet to help public- and private-sector organizations prevent and respond to threats from ransomware attackers to release sensitive information if a victim does not pay the ransom demanded.
Illinois takes a big hit on COVID-related unemployment fraud
The state’s Department of Employment Security said close to $15 million has been paid to fraudsters, but the state could have lost as much as $1 billion, one tech exec said.
CDC launches public-health analytics center
The Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics aims to advance the use of forecasting and outbreak analytics in public health decision-making.
FirstNet investigates off-network communications
FirstNet is researching ways to provide off-network broadband communications to public-safety workers.
State seeks application cloud solution for citizen programmers
The State Department is looking to migrate its legacy applications to an application platform as a service solution.
NYC explores blockchain to reduce deed fraud
New York City’s Department of Finance is working to develop a blockchain proof-of-concept that would make data in property documents transparent and immutable and detect and reduce deed fraud.
NSA, CISA issue Kubernetes security guidance
A new report, “Kubernetes Hardening Guidance,” details threats to the container orchestration environment and provides configuration guidance to minimize risk.
Building a resilience framework from phone location data
Researchers at Texas A&M University have mined cellphone location data to build a framework that tracks fluctuations in a population's activity before, during and after a natural disaster to determine its level of resilience.
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