(Getty Images) DHS S&T develops calculator for estimating coronavirus decay in the air The new tool can be used by federal, state and local health officials to make decisions minimizing person-to-person transmission. Jun 17, 2020 By Dave Nyczepir
Lt. Joseph Carrier, operations officer on the NOAA ship Thomas Jefferson, deploys an unmanned Z-Boat from the ship in 2015. (NOAA) New unmanned systems program at NOAA will focus on cybersecurity, acquisition process While use of "UxS" vehicles by air and sea isn't new, NOAA's reliance on them has increased tenfold since 2012. Apr 2, 2020 By Dave Nyczepir
(Getty Images) NOAA partners with 3 big cloud providers to disperse environmental data The data now available can be used by researchers to predict and respond to natural disasters in real time or forecast retail sales. Dec 23, 2019 By Dave Nyczepir
Glen Canyon on the Colorado River in Arizona. (Bureau of Reclamation / Flickr) New to Challenge.gov: Bureau of Reclamation seeks help with Colorado River data flow The Interior Department agency has launched a $60,000 Challenge.gov competition to find "innovative" data visualization solutions. Sep 12, 2017
At the fish market. (Gideon / Flickr) Is that boat’s catch illegal? Challenge.gov asks competitors to figure it out using data There's growing interest in how tech might help tame the wild seas. Aug 29, 2017
The EPA building in Washington, D.C. (Wikimedia Commons) CSRA wins $58 million EPA contract The company will support the agency's high-performance computing systems as well as its scientific visualization hardware and software. Apr 18, 2017
“I feel like I’m the best contributor behind the keyboard,” said an attendee, who goes by the hacker name Carabobcalcat, at a data rescue event in Washington on Sunday, Feb. 19. ‘All of our federal data assets are currently at risk’ — here’s how people are trying to protect them A group of coders, librarians, scientists, storytellers and others passionate about data came together at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., to help preserve federal data some worry… Feb 19, 2017