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Microsoft official and GCN editor talk cloud on C-SPAN
Wyatt Kash, editor of 1105 Government Information Group's Government Computer News, will appear on C-SPAN to discuss cloud computing.
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Timing the pre-emptive cyber defense
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is apparently turning to the hacker community for its next level of cybersecurity development.
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DISA to establish safe haven outside the Internet
The Defense Information Systems Agency is developing plans to cordon off its unclassified networks from public Internet access.
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Food-safety, public health surveillance IT highlight FDA fiscal 2011 budget request
The Food and Drug Administration wants a 23 percent increase in its budget for fiscal 2011 in part to expand several information technology programs.
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HHS Open Government Web site snowed by bad timing?
As of today, only three people have commented on the new Open HHS Blog. That seems to suggest a slow start to the discussion about how HHS can be more transparent and more accessible.
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Military could lose its technological edge, top official warns
The Pentagon's waning information superiority raises questions on future approaches to protecting its networks from attacks.
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Army seeks to revive airships as sensor platforms
Aircraft are a high-tech twist on the first military use of balloons in the Civil War to provide human observers with an elevated view of the battlefield.
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HHS awards millions in grants to advance health IT initiatives
Department expects to hire 3,000 technology workers at extension centers to promote adoption of electronic records.
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Civilian agencies help fuel growth in translation contracts
Increasing immigrant population and greater enforcement of discrimination laws lead to higher domestic demand for language services.
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Senate axes satellite TV provisions
The law was set to expire Dec. 31 before receiving a last-minute, two-month extension until Feb. 28.
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Few vendors supporting health information exchange, report states
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Where's the Snow Plow?
That's been a hot question and topic of conversation in the Washington area for the past week, and in Howard County, Md., the answer to that question is easy thanks to GPS technology.
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