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GSA adds up cloud savings

The General Services Administration estimates it can save as much as $1.7 million a year by switching its USA.gov search Web site to a cloud computing infrastructure. Here's how the numbers break down.

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iPhone overcoming IT security skepticism

Apple's iPhone is winning over enterprise security skeptics and is now becoming a viable option to Research in Motion's BlackBerrys and Microsoft Windows Mobile handsets.

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IT Hiring Shows Modest Increase

Hiring expectations of private sector technology recruiters and hiring managers have improved slightly over the past six months, according to a recent <a href="http://phx.corporate-ir.net/External.File?item=UGFyZW50SUQ9MzYxNjkzfENoaWxkSUQ9MzU1MTg2fFR5cGU9MQ==&t=1">survey</a> by Dice.com. The survey found that 45 percent of recruiters and hiring managers expect flat to increasing hiring plans for the first six months of 2010, while 48 percent of recruiters and hiring managers said they anticipate cutbacks in IT hiring.

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HHS beefs up health IT coordinator's office

The Health and Human Services Department's Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology will double in size to prepare for regulations.

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Panel: Government should educate workforce on benefits of social media

Agencies can encourage employees to embrace social media through training and adopting tools that align directly with the organization's mission, panelists say.

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Most lab results still on paper, impeding push for e-health records

Lack of standards, multiple formats and thousands of clinical terms also make establishing a national health network complex and problematic.

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House plans wireless network, but can it be secure, will it work?

The House office buildings' thick marble walls; a requirement to segregate access for members, staffers and the public; and wide swings in traffic volume create one complex project.

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House backs e-standards for financial reports

Measures are designed to make it easier for people to search data from firms that receive federal funds.

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VA puts hospital data on Data.gov

Federal Computer Week

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Move to national ID cards delayed

Wired: Threat Level

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Press Releases of the Day

From two quite loopy press releases I received today:

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DHS Launches Cyber Job Fair

The Homeland Security Department on Dec. 11 announced the launch of a virtual job fair to recruit cybersecurity experts.

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Public or private, the cloud makes its business case

The Defense Department and Arlington County, Va., chose different paths to cloud computing.