Department of Commerce (DOC)
Four years in the making, the Federal Data Service is finally coming
A new advisory committee will design the recently funded service to implement pilots across agencies increasing data access and privacy — objectives often thought at odds.
Commerce CIO wants ‘a little more rigor’ in agency IT budgeting
Also: NewPay receiving $20 million would be nice, but only if other agencies have the resources to share the service, says the initiative's director.
Foreign IT subcontractor had improper access to Commerce system, audit says
Commerce sent sensitive data from a document management system to a Canada-based subcontractor with "unvetted foreign nationals," according to a new IG report.
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.
The five leaders of the 21st Century IDEA
Adobe's Jace Johnson details the five agencies leading the way meeting the requirements of the 21st Century IDEA.
Federal Data Strategy promises to help government leverage ‘tremendous untapped potential’
The final draft of the strategy's Action Plan for 2019-2020 is expected to drop next month.
