Profile of J. Nicholas Hoover

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posted in February 2013

Predictive Analytics Improve Miami City Services

2/28/2013
Miami-Dade County is partnering with IBM to improve city policing, transportation and parks through predictive analytics.
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Federal IT Reform: Are More Laws Needed?

2/27/2013
Efforts by Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., could lead to significant reform of federal IT management and acquisition.
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Pentagon Unveils Secure Mobile Device Plan

2/26/2013
Military releases a new plan to accelerate the adoption of mobile devices and apps for both classified and unclassified use.
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Federal CIO Q&A: Security, Sequestration And More

2/25/2013
Biggest challenge in realizing agile, efficient government IT continues to be the required cultural change, says Federal CIO Steve VanRoekel.
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How Sequestration Could Hit NASA Projects

2/25/2013
Across-the-board budget cuts due to hit March 1, if Congress doesn't make a budget deal, could quickly impact NASA's technology work.
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SEC Makes Big Data Push To Analyze Markets

2/22/2013
Securities and Exchange Commission's new Midas system collects information on all trades in an effort to better understand how the markets work.
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Federal CIO Outlines Next Steps

2/21/2013
With Obama's first term in the rearview mirror, federal CIO Steven VanRoekel is looking for ways to continue to improve federal IT even in the face of looming budget cuts.
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NASA Reports Space Station Communications Outage Fixed

2/19/2013
Communications are back up between NASA and the International Space Station after a brief glitch happened shortly after a software upgrade.
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Federal CIO Details Concerns On Looming Budget Cuts

2/12/2013
With huge automatic budget cuts looking increasingly likely, federal CIO Steven VanRoekel and other officials are discussing the effects of sequestration on government IT plans.
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Feds Want Single Mobile Management Platform

2/11/2013
To help accelerate federal adoption of smartphones, General Services Administration plans to offer a government-wide mobile management tools platform.
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Government Braces For Big Data

2/7/2013
Terabytes are growing into petabytes. Your action plan must include new skills, tools and cross-agency collaboration.
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DARPA Funds Python Big Data Effort

2/6/2013
Department of Defense has dished out $3 million for Python big data analytics libraries from a $100 million fund for big data research and development.
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Feds Update Flu Apps

2/4/2013
Centers for Disease Control have updated their two flu apps -- FluView and CDC Influenza -- for the busy flu season.
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CEOs Voice Support For Cyber Legislation, With Caveats

2/1/2013
Senate report indicates many Fortune 500 CEOs support comprehensive cybersecurity legislation that increases information sharing, but only if sharing is voluntary.
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