The tab for the 2012 election is breaking records, with $4.2 billion raised through Sunday on the races for the White House and Congress.
Never before has so much money flowed into federal races. Much of it comes from the unlimited fundraising power of so-called independent groups, including super PACs. Keep reading →
Our Video of the Week feature showcases a selected video each Friday that captures the essence of innovation, technology and new ideas happening in government today.
This week’s video and text courtesy of TED. Keep reading →
Richard Haycock, Director of Government for BAE Systems Detica, talks about the explosion in system, third party and open source data available to government .
He also describes how it provides an opportunity to offer better services to citizens, at lower cost and with a reduced risk of fraud and error. Keep reading →
For all the progress made advancing integrated intelligence with data from the days of Desert Storm to Operation Iraqi Freedom, Dawn Meyerriecks says the intelligence community must embrace analytics and mission-focused technology to stay on an innovative track.
She made the declarations during a keynote at a conference incorporating key players in cybersecurity, cloud computing and mobile government in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday. She also said the US government has to reach outside its borders for most of the necessary talent. Keep reading →
The Department of Homeland Security continues to deliver more services via cloud computing in an innovative hybrid model to leverage big data and further integrate its 22 organizations.
Greg Capella, Deputy Executive Director, Enterprise Systems Development Office in the DHS Office of the CIO, offered an update on the cloud efforts and advice for other agencies at a conference Tuesday in Washington, D.C. Keep reading →
Forget haunted houses, tacky Halloween costumes, and increasingly vitriolic campaign rhetoric. What’s scaring us the most this October? Cybersecurity threats – particularly those against the federal government.
Nearly every aspect of our modern lives is increasingly dependent on information technology systems and networks. Evolving cyber threats to our federal information systems have the potential to cause widespread power blackouts, put high-speed trains on collision courses, and compromise U.S. military intelligence, to name just a few frightening scenarios. Keep reading →
This feature showcases one video each Friday that captures the essence of innovation, technology and new ideas happening in government today.
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A new mobile app from the National Military Family Association serves as a central resource to help military families navigate issues with children, deployments, education, and other challenges they face.
MyMilitaryLife offers personalized to-do lists and access to myriad resources to achieve goals. Keep reading →
Big data can drive big capabilities. But it takes day-to-day practices that can help build and sustain an analytics culture.
A report released today by the Partnership for Public Service aims to educate federal managers on how agencies can do just that. The report, From Data to Decisions II: Building an Analytics Culture, examines how to best use data – not anecdotes – to base decisions. Keep reading →
It didn’t take long before discussion about technology and national security Wednesday turned to this week’s Taliban violence on a Pakistani teenager.
“When reached by cell phone the Taliban claimed credit,” said Google Chairman Eric Schmidt referring to critically-injured Malala Yousufzai. “We know their phone number? Hmm. Why don’t we know where they are?” Keep reading →