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Zach Noble
Digital Government
Commerce feeds swelling interest for data, tools
The Commerce Department has been building application programming interfaces to improve the usability of its agencies' data.
Digital Government
IRS opens data on tax-exempt organizations
The tax agency is making the financial information from Form 990 available in machine-readable format.
Cybersecurity
Agencies struggle under burden of legacy IT
As experts warn of the threats posed by outdated federal technology, lawmakers inch closer to backing a $3.1 billion fix-it fund.
Management
Data sharing critical to law enforcement
In today’s increasingly unsecure cyber ecosystem, sharing data and tools with partner organizations gives law enforcement a better picture of threats and crimes.
Digital Government
NIJ building body-cam product guide
To help law enforcement officials make informed decisions on body-worn camera technologies, the National Institute of Justice is asking vendors to submit product information for a market survey.
Digital Government
USDA eyes streamlined data harvesting
The Agriculture Department wants to boost data accuracy and reduce the administrative burden on farmers who are required to report much of the same data to both the Farm Service Agency and the Risk Management Agency.
Digital Government
IRS on the road to electronic archives for email
Before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, IRS officials discussed the agency’s progress in moving its email archives to digital formats.
Digital Government
Hardware failure knocks IRS tax systems offline
The IRS was forced to suspend electronic tax filing Feb. 3 because of a hardware failure that affected a number of systems.
Digital Government
How GSA got code for $1
An experiment in micro purchasing landed 18F a solution that met its requirements for only $1.
Cybersecurity
OMB unveils new federal cyber plan
Federal CIO Tony Scott announced the Cybersecurity Strategy and Implementation Plan, alongside updated FISMA guidance, all aimed at improving Uncle Sam's cybersecurity posture in months and years to come.
Management
Code for America awards celebrate “techquity”
The group’s Technology Award program honored 13 companies, government entities and civic hackers that are building or implementing software for the public sector.
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Cybersecurity
OPM: 21.5 million affected by background-check breach
The Office of Personnel Management warned that anyone who has submitted to a background check since 2000 is likely at risk — as are some of the family and associates listed on their applications.
Infrastructure
NOAA’s weather data calls for clouds
NOAA is harnessing the potential of the cloud – and the innovation of the private sector – to deliver its enormous troves of data to the public.
Infrastructure
How fog computing makes the IoT run
The push to put processing power on the network’s edge can be a valuable complement to cloud computing.
Digital Government