New SEC office to focus on data-driven analytics
The headquarters of the SEC in northeast Washington, D.C.Source: Wikimedia Data-driven assessment tools will be at the center of a new office within the Securities and Exchange…
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Can the FTC protect consumers from the big data paradox?
It could be a group of five or a group of 50, but if you asked a group of experts for a definition of big data, you’d…
FedMentor: NGA’s Ellen McCarthy on STEM future
Ellen McCarthy, the chief operating officer at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, shared her observations about the future of science, technology, engineering and mathematics and offered some timely…
Global security association helps translate NIST framework
The Information Security Forum, a U.K.-based association of leading companies from around the world, released a “mapping” document Monday that for the first time helps companies that…
FedWire: GSA welcomes new Presidential Innovation Fellows, DARPA puts lasers on a chip and FCC contributes to National Health IT Week
FedWire is FedScoop’s afternoon roundup of news and notes from the federal IT community. Send your links and videos to tips@fedscoop.com. GSA welcomes third class of…
Xerox’s Don Dixon on lowering the cost of government
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VMware’s Doug Bourgeois discusses how agencies can use IT to lower costs
Doug Bourgeois, vice president of end user computing with VMware, talks with FedScoop TV about the ways federal agencies can use IT to lower their operating costs.
NSF wants to develop regional big data hubs
Editor’s Note: This story was updated Sept. 16 to reflect comment from NSF. The National Science Foundation is planning to develop a national network of big data regional…