Last week I was able to present at the Obtaining Value and Insight With Social Medial Analysis 

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Second Life remains a popular 3-D platform, but agencies are exploring other options, including in-house development.

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New administration plans for mobile computing and digital strategy depend on getting the data right.

Here is today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news: Howard Schmidt, the White House cybersecurity coordinator, will be stepping down at the end of this month. More here.

Now that House Speaker John Boehner has come out with another rallying cry concerning the federal deficit, we thought you might want to see a unique description of the deficit and the federal budg

The Census Bureau has to find a better way to geographically code homes and assess the accuracy of its master address file, according to a new report.

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CEO gives frank assessment of "very poor" results.

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TechAmerica's latest annual survey of CIOs reveals the stress of declining budgets and rising cyber threats.

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A few weeks ago, Code for America unveiled one of our latest program offerings: Engagement Commons.

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THe Veterans Affairs and Defense departments are adopting a common vocabulary and structured data system for medical terms for their upcoming joint digital record system.

The MCX will use SAS to perform cluster analyses, which will help it gain better insight into the unique and changing needs of the local population.

Here are a few stories from the commerce space that caught my attention this week.

Here's a bit of "inside Washington" trivia to pass around the office today - do members of congress have security clearances?

The Department of Defense and Veterans Affairs are involved in new research that demonstrates how an advanced prosthetic arm can be controlled by the human brain.

Lisa Doyle plans a big career change after more than 20 years in federal acquisition.

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On Tuesday (May 15th), NCDD hosted a call open to dues-paying NCDD members who live or work in California.