The fight against health care fraud
Government and industry are developing increasingly sophisticated tools to see beyond the smoke screen of fraudulent claims for medical payments.
10 public sector projects take top honors in GCN Awards
Ten public sector IT systems, including federal projects to expand digital services to users on global scale as well as local government apps designed to streamline citizens’ online experiences, were named winners of the 2015 GCN Awards for IT excellence.
Behind the app: Integrating mobile into the enterprise
Not all agencies have the back-end systems integration or maintenance resources to get the most out of customer-facing mobile apps.
Can Watson make government apps smarter?
A team of students at the University of Texas at Austin won $100,000 in startup funds for their work on a mobile app that helps users access Medicaid and other public services.
The real killer app: Citizen service
To perform with the ease of Google and the personalization of Amazon, government apps need a thorough tune-up, from the user interface to the back end.
Last call for 2015 GCN Awards nominations
Nominations for the 2015 GCN Awards that honor outstanding federal, state and local government IT projects are due Friday, June 5.
GCN Awards: Crafting a winning nomination
Know of a great IT project and team that deserve some time in the spotlight? Involved in a project yourself that delivered great value or made a big difference for its users? Nominate those projects for a GCN Award. Here's how.
Time is running out: GCN Awards nominations due June 5
The GCN Awards represent an opportunity for agencies and the IT industry to recognize the work and commitment of agency teams who often make the difference between a project that just meets its marks and those with outstanding originality, value and productivity.
GCN opens nominations for 2015 GCN Awards
The GCN Awards represent an opportunity for agencies and the IT industry to recognize the work and commitment of agency teams who often make the difference between a project that just meets its marks and those with outstanding originality, value and productivity.
How to write a winning GCN Award nomination
GCN Award judges are looking for nominations that address three main criteria: the scale of the accomplishment or degree of difficulty shown by the project; the level of innovation or originality of the project and its team; and lastly, the impact of the system: what significant effect it made on the business operations of the agency and the general public.
GSA preps agency IT buying portal
GSA offers an update on its work on the Common Acquisition Platform, an online portal with price data and purchasing analysis for agencies.
GCN Gala showcases projects driven by tech and teamwork
The public sector IT community turns out to honor IT projects and leaders who showed exceptional creativity and determination in building systems that drove savings and performance in 2014.
10 public sector projects win GCN Awards for IT excellence
The 2014 GCN Award winning projects range from a system that streamlined a process for victims of physical abuse to obtain protective orders to a cost-saving mobile app by a self-taught Air Force dev team.
GCN Awards nominations open
The annual GCN Awards honor public sector IT teams whose technical ingenuity, resourcefulness in the use of IT and tactics in managing projects have had an extraordinary effect on the ability of agencies to carry out their mission. Nominate your team's project today!
PC giant Lenovo pledges solution for weak passwords
PC maker Lenovo and Nok Nok Labs, a developer of online authentication systems, form a partnership to offer a standard approach to improving password security and ease of use.
Esri's CityEngine eases urban planning mapmaking in 3-D
GIS developer Esri releases new version of CityEngine, software used to generate 3-D designs for planning urban environments.
Library of Congress signs deal for digital content services
The Library of Congress and the Data Conversion Laboratory, a digital content firm, signed an agreement to help the LOC and U.S. Copyright Office meet standards for depositing digital and online-only publications.
DataViva tools give power to the people over open data
An team of MIT Media Lab professors and Brazilian economic policymakers partner on data visualization tools designed to help ordinary citizens mine government’s open data.
DARPA innovation could spawn ultra-fast wireless nets, sensors that see through clouds
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency researchers have broken a barrier in the use of solid-state electronics that could lead to gigabit-speed networks and sensors that see through clouds.
'User jury' helps Army improve future battle command system
The Army is setting up a three-day event to gather feedback from soldiers on the performance of its next generation battle command system.
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