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DOT e-rulemaking pilot project encounters minor glitch
The Transportation Department kicked off the third round of its Regulation Room e-rulemaking crowdsourcing demonstration project this week even though users can not yet access the website.
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Weather.gov weak even without blizzard, study says
The National Weather Service's website failed as a massive blizzard bore down on the midwest, but its performance during normal times isn't so great either, according to a new study.
People
Why best practices won't fix federal IT
By the time you document a best practice, the problem, event, process or solution will have changed, writes consultant Dennis McDonald, who offers a readily available alternative.
Digital Government
Weather Service website falters at critical time
Washington Post Capital Weather Gang
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Tech CEOs meet with Obama
The tech CEOs who attended the White House meeting included Ursula Burns of Xerox, Sam Palmisano of IBM, Dell's Michael Dell, Michael Splinter of Applied Materials, Steve Appleton of Micron Technology, and Joseph Tucci of EMC Corp.
Digital Government
Net access returns to Egypt
Egypt's tight control of communications networks earned condemnation but also sparked concerns about Internet freedom in the United States.
Digital Government
Army migrates to enterprise e-mail this month
Top information technology officials will have their Microsoft Exchange accounts moved first.
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CEOs to feds: Consolidate data centers to cut IT spending
Both men attempted to play down concerns about information loss or security breaches that cloud critics say are inevitable when outsourcing data.
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Lawmakers want more answers from Facebook
In their letter to Zuckerberg, Barton and Markey wanted much more information about the service including whether the proposed feature called for sharing any other information was suspended.
Digital Government
Federal officials seize sites accused of streaming sports events
The 10 sites provided links to other websites that hosted pirated sports events and Pay-Per-View content, according to the unsealed documents.
Digital Government
Record demand for information brought down Weather Service website
On Monday night, NWS replaced some outdated equipment with parts officials had intended to install in March. The site remained slow Tuesday but was operating near full capacity Wednesday as traffic to the site dropped.
Digital Government
Hey there, out on the plains …
The federal telework bill got a good nudge toward passage last year in the wake of a pair of big snow storms in the D.C. area.
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