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Opening the nation’s crime data

By Ryan Sibley
September 7, 2017 department of justice fbi open data agency work product launch

For more than eight decades, the Federal Bureau of Investigation has collected nationwide crime data under the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program. While the data has always been publicly available via static reports, the first release of the Crime Data Explorer makes it easier than ever for anyone to access and use the data.
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FICAM partners with Federalist on new federal identity playbooks

By Jim Sheire
September 5, 2017 general services administration identity federalist platforms

The General Services Administration has developed digital versions of its Federal Identity, Credential and Access Management Roadmap and associated implementation guidance and put them online with the adoption of 18F’s Federalist platform.
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What makes a great vendor team for acquisition product development?

By Laura Gerhardt
August 30, 2017 agile bpa acquisition services procurement lessons learned

From our experience with the Agile Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA), we’ve found that in order to build effective cross-functional teams and successful IT projects, we need alignment on several principles
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Government launches login.gov to simplify access to public services

By Joel Minton , Tom Mills
August 22, 2017 login.gov identity security platforms u.s. digital service product launch

Today, the U.S. Digital Service and 18F are excited to announce the launch of login.gov, a single sign-on solution for government websites that will enable citizens to access public services across agencies with the same username and password.
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Why discovery research matters for modular procurement

By Colin MacArthur , Rebecca Refoy-Sidibe , Aaron Burk
June 22, 2017 forest service agile bpa acquisition services procurement

The Technology Transformation Service (TTS) has been working with the Forest Service since August 2016 on what will eventually be an agency-wide system to process permit applications. TTS is primarily helping the Forest Service hire private vendors for this work, rather than building it ourselves, and one way we’re improving that process is through “discovery research.”
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