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USASpending moves to ‘big data cloud'
The General Services Administration is moving its huge database of federal spending information to a big data cloud. The USASpending.gov site will make the move to a platform that can take in federal contract award information from a variety of sources and perform data analytics. The system is based on the Apache Software Foundation's open source Hadoop platform. USASpending lets users search for federal spending information, both prime contracts and subawards, by using simple keyword searches.
Tags: Cloud First Report , GTSI , technology , GSA ,
New Ethics.gov portal stores WH visitor logs, FEC filings
The White House announced the launch of Ethics.gov, an online portal housing ethics-related data, including White House visitor logs, election filings and lobbying disclosures. The creation of a single, centralized database for lobbying and ethics information was a 2008 campaign promise by then-candidate Obama and follows a string of data-storing sites, such as Data.gov and USASpending.gov.
Tags: Ethics.gov , Data.gov , E-Gov , Gov 2.0 , OGE , technology
Coburn wants to know why USAspending.gov is delayed
Sen. Tom Coburn is pressing his former legislative partner on the implementation of the Federal Financial Accountability and Transparency Act.
Tags: contracting , Peter Orszag , Tom Coburn , OMB , FFATA
Agencies to justify not using cloud computing to OMB
FederalNewsRadio has learned budget passback language also calls for alternative analyses for major IT projects in 2012. NASA, DISA are among the agencies out in front in using this technology. Both plan to share what they've learned, and best practices, with other agencies.
Tags: technology , Chris Kemp , Henry Sienkiewicz , NASA , DISA , OMB , GSA , Microsoft , Google , cloud computing , Nebula , race , E-Government Fund
OMB addressing 'chronic' USASpending.gov issues
Data collected through the Recovery Act will be used as a pilot to obtain subcontract and subaward data from all contracts. The Obama administration says previous attempts failed get subcontract.
Tags: technology , contracting , Peter Orszag , Sen. Tom Coburn , OMB , FFATA
Concerns about recovery.gov contract
Tags: technology , contracting , Recovery.gov , OMB Watch , Craig Jennings
What data should -- and should not -- move into the cloud
Mark Forman, a partner with KPMG and former Administrator for E-Government and Information Technology at the Office of Management and Budget, explains.
Tags: technology , cloud computing , Mark Forman , KPMG , Recovery.gov , FISMA , apps.gov , TIC , cybersecurity , Dorothy Ramienski
Analyst: USASpending.gov needs serious improvements
Tags: technology , Web 2.0 , Alta Plana Corporation , Seth Grimes
Analyst: USASpending.gov needs serious improvements
When it comes to design, one blogger calls the site a 'travesty'.
Tags: technology , Web 2.00 , Alta Plana Corporation , Seth Grimes , Dorothy Ramienski
Federal spending database full of inaccuracies?
Kaitlin Lee, senior developer for the Sunlight Foundation, joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Amy Morris to discuss the group's recent "ClearSpending" report, which found that agencies misreport data on USASpending.gov.
Tags: Sunlight Foundation , Kaitlin Lee , spending , OMB
