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Mike Cipriano
Digital Government
NARA crowdsources video captioning
Amara allows individuals and organizations to add subtitles and captions to videos in dozens of languages.
Management
10 ways to improve spending transparency
Despite improvements in public spending transparency, states still need to make progress in making their data accessible, according to a report by the U.S. Public Interest Research Group.
Digital Government
Satellite data could improve Air Quality Index
The University of Albany released a study demonstrating the potential socioeconomic benefits of combining satellite data and AirNow.
Digital Government
Coastal flooding challenge uses cross-agency data
NASA announced it will include a challenge focused on coastal flooding as part of its third annual International Space Apps Challenge
Infrastructure
Public safety workers to get GIS tools and training
Esri and the National Alliance for Public Safety GIS Foundation have joined forces to offer a virtual, cloud-based center to provide tools, resources and training for public safety agencies.
Digital Government
Treasury's Greenbook now available as e-book
With the e-book version of the Greenbook, Treasury joins the list of other agencies making the move to digital publications.
Digital Government
DARPA office to grow defense technologies with biology
DARPA's new Biological Technology Office will create defense technology at the intersection of biology and the other physical sciences.
Management
Simulation and Game Institute opens at GMU
George Mason University and Prince William County have opened the Simulation and Game Institute on the school's Prince William Campus to encourage entrepreneurship in serious gaming.
Digital Government
Penn State to auction its intellectual property online
Penn State will be the first university in the nation to directly oversee an online auction, where winners will receive licensing rights to patents derived from faculty research in the College of Engineering.
Digital Government
Crime center kit boosts predictive policing capabilities
The Real-Time Crime Center Starter Kit from Motorola integrates systems so that municipal police departments can improve their effectiveness.
Digital Government
IRS adds new features to mobile tax filing app, sees ROI
Taxpayers can now check the status of their federal income tax refund and request their tax return with the updated IRS2Go mobile application.
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Management
Sensors, wireless tech protect police dogs from heat stroke
Law enforcement units will begin to use wireless technology to monitor the internal body temperature of K9s to protect them from heat-related conditions.
Digital Government
Social media flu tracker gets local filter
Researchers have developed an algorithm to help track local cases of influenza through social media.
Digital Government
Esri equips cities with climate change tools, analytics
The geospatial mapping software supplier launches a multifaceted program to support the White House’s Climate Data Initiative.
Digital Government
Challenges made easy: GSA offers crowdsourcing competition tool
GSA has developed a Web-based challenge-building tool to help agencies build their own external, public-facing crowdsourcing competitions.
Digital Government
Maryland Transit opts for video surveillance system
The MTA plans to install an advanced video surveillance program that is expected to improve security and cut costs.
Digital Government
What's next for predictive analytics?
Increasingly, the technology is being used for retention analysis, fraud detection, medical diagnosis and risk assessment in both the public and private sectors.
Digital Government
USGS to merge National Atlas and National Map programs
The National Atlas of the United States and the National Map will be combined into a single platform.
Digital Government
Survey: Organizations seek better data governance tools
A Rand Secure Data survey found that archiving, backup and ediscovery systems don't always meet expectations.
Digital Government