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Technology aids regulation reform
Some agencies find technological tools to help meet presidential demand for reduced regulations.
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NASA pulls back from open-source community with praise
OpenStack, an initiative launched by NASA and vendor RackSpace, has grown up nicely, official says.
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NIH wants to create an iPad app for the public
The research agency aims to improve access to scientific findings.
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Energy inventory missed 500 data centers
Those omitted from a count the department sent OMB are managed mostly by contractors.
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BlackBerry tells feds: Get on the bus
Research In Motion is looking to shore up loyalty among federal workers.
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Pentagon seeks new encryption techniques for mobile devices
Solicitation spotlights Special Operations Command’s pressing tech needs.
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Microsoft launches Office 365 for Government in a segregated cloud
The new service will support IPv6 by September.
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IG finds holes in Army financial data system
Army managers did not reengineer their Logistics Modernization Program system to perform Procure-to-Pay functions correctly, leaving the program open to fraud and poor bookkeeping.
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NIST guide aims to explain cloud in plain language
New document details risk management and other security issues related to cloud computing.
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Army to pay $500M for Future Combat Systems termination
A dozen years after Future Combat Systems was born and three years after it was canceled, the program still bears a hefty price tag.
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The intangible foundation of the digital strategy
One technology empowers the White House's digital strategy.
Digital Government
OMB exaggerated 25-point plan performance, GAO says
Federal CIO says the disagreement is a matter of ‘scoping.’
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Clouds don’t need real-time threat reporting tools to win federal stamp of approval
Providers slated to gain certifications to deliver Web-based services governmentwide by Dec. 31.
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Cloud vendors: Forget continuous threat monitoring
The government drops a security measure it had planned to require of cloud vendors.
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Can the government outsource solutions to its problems?
Technology is enabling a new kind of collaboration, and now the government is looking to institutionalize the approach to solve serious problems.
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What startups can teach agencies about IT
Take some tips for IT success from the upstarts, advises HHS official.
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GAO, OMB chart IT reform progress differently
GAO warns the Obama administration that it risks losing momentum in its IT reforms by declaring work completed too early.
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Tight budgets should not stall innovation, VanRoekel says
The public sector may have unique challenges but it could learn a thing or two from the industry.
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Labor accused of scrubbing website of recent rulemaking documentation
Did the Labor Department move too quickly to remove online documents related to a controversial rule aimed at protecting child farm workers from heavy machinery?
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