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  • Analytics
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    From the mail to McDonald's, big data is all around us

    Big data helps mail your letters, it makes your burgers better, and it allows intelligence agencies to piece together disparate pieces of data into insights that might help them foil the next terrorist attack. 03/12/2013

  • Policy
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    Big data's big hurdle: federal policy

    Big data holds tremendous promise to help agencies glean otherwise impossible insights from massive repositories of data, but federal policies play a significant role in slowing its adoption and blunting its edge. 03/11/2013

  • Cloud computing icon

    Got opinions on cloud?

    Express your thoughts about the government and cloud computing via an ACT/IAC survey. 03/11/2013

  • Congress
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    Administration to Congress: Cyber order is not enough

    Senate hearing touches on effects of budget cuts and challenges of moving new legislation, as old disputes resurface. 03/08/2013

  • Mobility
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    Telework Week sees participation surge

    Annual event encouraging telework try-outs demonstrates enthusiasm, savings. 03/08/2013

  • Mobility
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    Feds seek user input on mobile experience

    GSA has launched a crowdsourcing tool intended to refine the government's efforts to create 'citizen-centric mobile.' 03/07/2013

  • Management
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    Does your agency need big data? Maybe not.

    Although it seems to be everywhere, big data is not something that every agency needs to worry about. What makes the difference? 03/06/2013

  • E-Government
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    Increasing social media accessibility

    Like service dogs, which assist the visually impaired in the physical world, technology exists to make websites more useful to people with disabilities. A new federal initiative seeks to accelerate and expand its use. 03/05/2013

  • Workforce
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    100,000 feds pledge Telework Week

    Starting March 4, the highways around Washington, D.C., may be less congested as federal employees take part in a week of telework intended to promote the practice. 03/01/2013

  • Open Source
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    Open source a challenge with geospatial data

    Conference speakers agree that using open-source geospatial software is hard for government agencies, but the results are worth the effort. 03/01/2013