Dashboards help Army 'follow the money' in a war zone
The Office of the Deputy Chief Management Officer develops a suite of software tools to bring contracting transparency to the Army Central Command in the Afghanistan.
GSA to test a Zipcar-like approach to car sharing
The General Services Administration explores using car-sharing network and services to cut fleet maintenance costs.
4 real-world takeaways from ELC
At the 2013 Executive Leadership Conference, industry and government leaders called for practices that could cut costs and show returns.
SEC website offers window into stock market analytics
The Security and Exchange Commission's Market Structure Data and Analysis website will act as a central location for the SEC to publicly share data, research and analysis.
iPlant delivers free big data tech to the bioscience community
Science collaborative offers IT and collaboration tools to help “crack the toughest problems in modern biology,” say its founders.
Stealth can protect networks by making parts invisible
Unisys has high hopes for government uses of the software tool that controls who sees what on a network.
GCN names 2013 IT executives of the year
IRS's Werfel, Professional Services Council's Soloway and the National Defense University's Childs are honored for their accomplishments and vision in using IT for public-sector progress.
Digital mapping reaches the Last Frontier
USGS and Alaska spearhead an effort to digitally remap topographical features of the state to benefit transportation planning, climate change science and emergency response.
15 IT projects win 2013 GCN Awards
GCN honors projects, ranging from USDA's satellite-based anti-fraud program to the world's biggest public-sector hackathon, for excellence in IT innovation and performance.
Should you warm up your data center? First, weigh the costs
A recent survey shows data center operators are gradually moving to warmer data centers –- at lower costs.
The great evolving, dissolving government data center
A 30-year timeline of key developments in hardware, software and virtualization.
Amazon becoming a force in government cloud services
The successful protest of its CIA deal notwithstanding, Amazon is adding to its cloud infrastructure, with a focus on government services.
States are being pound-foolish in moving slowly to the cloud
Tight budgets might be keeping states from plunging into cloud computing, but the benefits would be substantial, especially for programs such as Medicaid that are nearly identical from state to state.
States shift into high gear with online driving tests
Virginia, North Dakota and Indiana are part of growing set of states bringing drivers exams and other automated DMV services to their citizens over the Web.
NOAA works satellite triage to keep hurricane tracking healthy
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration activates back-up satellite to keep storm spotlight steady as hurricane season nears.
DISA to try again for big data cloud storage
The Defense Information Systems Agency cancels a sole-source contract for advanced large data object cloud services after drawing industry interest.
Amazon gets FedRAMP OK for cloud services
AWS gets approval to offer cloud services under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, which agencies use to assess the risks of cloud services.
5 keys to getting big data under control
Commerce Department CIO offers insights on how to think about big data in ways that will keep its challenges down to size.
Boston drops Exchange for Google Apps, as battle of cloud app providers plays on
The city switches out Microsoft Exchange for Google’s cloud-based service, citing better prices if not security.
Linux leads in open-source quality, but risky defects lurk
A seven-year study finds the quality of open-source software development neck-and-neck with proprietary code.
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