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Google algorithm change may mean less traffic for some government websites

Federal agencies may want to update their website content more frequently, based on the impacts from Google's most recent algorithm update.

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USAJobs goes splat instead of splashy

As the USAJobs debacle dragged into its fourth week, lawmakers and pundits began loudly proclaiming that the incident offered lessons for federal insourcing and IT policy.

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Auditors blast DHS' $1.5 billion border plan

The Government Accountability Office says Homeland Security should halt a new program to secure the U.S.-Mexico border until it calculates a more realistic cost figure.

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NIST cloud roadmap: Too much too fast?

A new cloud roadmap aims to help the government speed up the cloud migration process but agencies should consider slowing down to make sure they prioritize security.

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VA builds its own online job board

The Veterans Affairs Department has 3,553 job vacancies to fill, and it has created a new online jobs board to encourage veterans to apply.

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OPM: USAJobs has turned a corner

The poorly performing USAJobs website is showing signs of recovery, according to OPM Director John Berry.

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Army expanding, experimenting with tablets

The Army is building on the popularity of smart phones in the field with further testing and expansion of the use of tablets for a range of applications.

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VA's online Blue Button medical app soon to add job data

The Veterans Affairs Department wants to help veterans find jobs by adding military job codes to its popular Blue Button online medical record application.

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FedRAMP to become mandatory, fed CIO says

NIST guidelines, FedRAMP and monitoring contribute to cloud security

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Cloud-computing help is on the way for agency managers

The National Institute of Standards and Technology's road map is designed to support secure adoption of cloud computing by federal agencies. Comments are due by Dec. 2.

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NIST releases cloud computing roadmap

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New forum can help guide agencies on cloud

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USAJobs drops offline due to hardware problems

The USAJobs website went offline, experiencing hardware difficulties, on Nov. 1

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SSA rebuffs IG's call for a strategic plan for online services

The heart of the dispute: Should expansions of online services be planned out well in advance, or left flexible?

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Education Dept.'s new website suffers data leak, malfunctions

While USAJobs' technical problems have been in the news, another federal website, run by the Education Department, also is experiencing performance issues.