The U.S. Census Bureau migrated its website for the decennial count to an Amazon Web Sevices GovCloud (US) environment in a move to modernize data collection procedures.
Read More »Census Bureau Seeks Industry Input to Form Cybersecurity Strategy
The U.S. Census Bureau has issued a request for information on how to procure cybersecurity services over the next 10 years.
Read More »Census Bureau Taps Carahsoft for Qualtrics SaaS to Support COVID-19 Survey Effort
The Department of Commerce has awarded Carahsoft Technology a one-year, $2M contract to provide Qualtrics cloud-based data management services to support the Census Bureau’s COVID-19 survey operations.
Read More »Cloudera’s Shaun Bierweiler Talks Federal Data Strategy Efforts, Hortonworks Merger
Shaun Bierweiler, president of Cloudera’s government solutions business, said the company’s merger with Hortonworks enabled the former to leverage a comprehensive data platform to address customer needs across all cloud environments and data types.
Read More »Federal Agencies Use AWS Cloud to Support Research Collaboration, Track Apps
Officials from three federal agencies have shared how their organizations leverage Amazon Web Services cloud to advance information technology modernization and support their missions.
Read More »Report: Census Bureau, Tech Industry Join Forces to Address Disinformation Threats Ahead of Decennial Count
The U.S. Census Bureau has enlisted the help of Facebook, Twitter and Google to stop the spread of online “fake news” the agency believes could disrupt the next decennial count in 2020, Reuters reported Wednesday.
Read More »Census Bureau Prepares for Next ‘The Opportunity Project’ Wave
The U.S. Census Bureau is seeking proposals for the latest wave of an effort to persuade government, industry and other communities to jointly build technologies that address national challenges, NextGov reported Monday. The Opportunity Project, launched in 2016, fosters collaboration for the development of digital tools via use of government-based open …
Read More »Hortonworks’ Shaun Bierweiler: Agencies Look to Internet of Things for Data Collection
Shaun Bierweiler, vice president of Hortonworks‘ U.S. public sector business, has said he observed agencies tapping into internet-of-things platforms to store, process and compute data from multiple sources, MeriTalk reported Tuesday. He noted the Census Bureau has implemented handheld devices to support its digital information gathering process and the General Services Administration has adopted sensors …
Read More »IBM’s Sam Gordy: Watson AI Helps Army Predict Armored Vehicle Mechanical Problems
Sam Gordy, general manager of IBM’s federal business, has said the company’s Watson artificial intelligence platform works to help the U.S. Army predict mechanical issues in its fleet of Stryker vehicles as part of a pilot program that started in mid-2016. Gordy told FCW in an interview published Friday the Watson supercomputer …
Read More »AWS, Data.World Make Census Bureau Survey Data Available in the Cloud
Amazon Web Services and Data.World have teamed up to make data from the annual U.S. Census Bureau survey available in the cloud as an AWS Public Dataset. Amazon said Wednesday that it has uploaded the American Community Survey public use microdata sample to the cloud as part of an effort to foster innovation …
Read More »IBM’s Sam Gordy: Federal Govt Should Consider Cognitive Intell, Analytics to Process Unstructured Data
Sam Gordy, general manager of IBM’s federal business, has said that federal government leaders should work to target artificial intelligence components such as advanced analytics and cognitive intelligence that work to help facilitate analysis of real-time data. “Cognitive intelligence and advanced analytics have the ability to mine unstructured data,” Gordy …
Read More »Sevatec Wins Recompete for NOAA Cybersecurity Center Support
Sevatec has won a potential two-year, $19 million contract from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to provide support services to NOAA’s Cyber Security Center. The technology services firm said Tuesday the recompeted contract covers support for NCSC’s security operations facility as well as its computer incident response, system administration support and enterprise security solutions teams. Sevatec …
Read More »Diane Murray on Her Agenda for Deloitte’s Federal Civilian Sector; Data Mgmt & Biz Intell Trends at Agencies
Diane Murray transitioned into the role of federal civilian sector leader at consulting services contractor Deloitte earlier this year as the next step in her respective 18-year information technology and professional consulting careers. The firm also cited Murray’s background in areas such as IT governance and program management, business intelligence and data management upon the announcement …
Read More »Esri Demos Open-Data Model for ArcGIS Mapping Platform; Jack Dangermond Comments
Esri showcased an open data-based ArcGIS geographic information system at a digital technology event that was held Monday at the White House. The Expanding Opportunity with Open Data: A White House Demonstration event featured digital tools intended to help government agencies and the general public to access information about job openings or other opportunities …
Read More »Oracle Releases Tax Analytics App; Mark Johnson Comments
Oracle has released an application that integrates and stores transaction data from multiple sources including the Census Bureau and Department of Motor Vehicles, according to a CBR article. Built for public sector agencies, Oracle’s tax analytics 2.0 can also predict taxpayer behavior and motivations through the historical data. The app will …
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