What the PIFs Have Been Up to in 2019
Aug 9, 2019 | Davar Ardalan, Joshua Di Frances
Members of the PIF class of 2019 include data strategists, AI specialists, venture capitalists, and neuroscientists. See what they’ve been up to this year. Read »
Data
A Design Challenge to Improve How School Data is Reported
Sep 26, 2018 | Office of Educational Technology
Join ED for two days of sketching, prototyping, and building solutions to help states design family-friendly approaches that make school data more transparent and accessible. Read »
Making Customer Satisfaction Data Actionable at the Peace Corps
Jan 30, 2018 | Chris Rottler
Learn how measuring customer experience helped inform and guide website development at Peace Corps Read »
Machine Learning Paired with Skilled Data Scientists is the Future of Data-Driven Decision Making
Oct 3, 2017 | Jada Jones
ML can provide high-value services for data management and analytics, security threat detection, and process improvement but it doesn’t stop there. Read »
The Data Briefing: How Blockchain’s Future Growth Will Affect Federal Agencies
Sep 13, 2017 | Bill Brantley
Blockchains are an innovative technology which promises to radically change how society conducts business. It will take significant changes in organizational processes before agencies can begin to support blockchains. Read »
NIST Publishes NICE Cybersecurity Workforce Framework
Aug 22, 2017 | National Institute of Standards and Technology Team
Categorizing and Describing Cybersecurity Work for the Nation The National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) is pleased to announce the release of Special Publication 800-181, the NICE Cybersecurity Workforce Framework. This publication serves as a fundamental reference to support a workforce capable of meeting an organization’s cybersecurity needs. It provides organizations with a common, consistent Read »
Check out Data.gov’s New Metrics Page
Aug 4, 2017 | Data.gov Team
Data.gov recently updated its Metrics page to provide greater detail and transparency to the progress of the Data.gov catalog. Data.gov is primarily a metadata catalog, providing information about, and links to, open datasets made available by federal agencies and participating non-federal sources such as state, county, and city Read »
Hack-to-Learn at the Library of Congress
Jun 28, 2017 | Jaime Mears
When hosting workshops, such as Software Carpentry, or events, such as Collections As Data, our National Digital Initiatives team made a discovery—there is an appetite among librarians for hands-on computational experience. That’s why we created an inclusive hackathon, or a “hack-to-learn,” taking advantage of the skills librarians already have and pairing them with programmers to Read »
Advice From Digital Thought Leaders
Jun 22, 2017 | HIV.gov
Many know that digital tools have become indispensable for connecting with many audiences—but we also know that what’s available in the digital realm is always changing. So how do you know what tools are best for your purpose? And how do you plan for your organization’s digital future when the pace of change is so Read »
The Data Briefing: Design-Driven Enterprise Architecture Creating the New Federal Government Agency
Jun 7, 2017 | Bill Brantley
It’s been a while since I’ve checked in on enterprise architecture (EA). My last in-depth work with EA was around 2011 when I was on detail to the Office of Personnel Management’s Open Government Team. The EA model I worked with was the top-down organizational design of information technology assets, data assets, and business processes. Read »
The New FEC.gov
Jun 6, 2017 | Noah Manger, Jennifer Thibault
Last week, the Federal Election Commission (FEC) unveiled their new website at FEC.gov. This new site is the result of a years-long collaboration with GSA’s 18F and features completely revamped tools for exploring campaign finance data. It provides user-centered content for understanding the reporting and compliance requirements for people participating in federal elections, redesigned tools Read »
New Options Available to Visualize CDC Data
May 17, 2017 | AIDS.gov
CDC’s surveillance systems track HIV, AIDS, viral hepatitis, STDs, and TB. Getting this information to those who need it most in an accessible, usable, and meaningful format is a primary goal for CDC. The launch of Atlas in 2012 made this a reality with an online resource that gave users tools to create customized tables, Read »
The Data Briefing: How to Best Prepare Federal Government Datasets for Chatbots
May 10, 2017 | Bill Brantley
Forbes magazine recently ran an article showcasing six handy mobile apps that were built using federal government open data. The apps range from the Alternative Fueling Station Locator to ZocDoc (a doctor locator). What I especially like about the Forbes article is that the author describes the federal government data sets behind each app. There Read »
Cybersecurity: Protecting Manufacturing Technology and Innovation
May 4, 2017 | Pat Toth
Recently a segment on my favorite morning news program stopped me in my tracks. The young and attractive hosts (why are they always so young and attractive?) were demonstrating new appliances including a smart refrigerator. The fridge was equipped with all kinds of high-tech features including touch screen displays, a camera inside that allows you Read »
GetMyFuture.org: Essential Youth Resources, Now
May 2, 2017 | Gay Gilbert
They say that life can be summed up as the process of a series of doors closing. By that, they mean that opportunities for taking different paths start to disappear as you move through life. It’s a logical sentiment, but there’s an obverse to it. When you’re young, all those doors are open. Doors as far as you can see. It’s all about learning how to make informed decisions about what doors to wander through. Read »