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Mobile computing: The sky's the limit, but the leash is short
FCW cartoonist John Klossner offers his take on the federal mobile IT policies.
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How to make the cloud a data cupboard
Many factors go into choosing the right storage application and service provider to reap the benefits of storing data in the cloud.
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Lessons for the enterprise from HP's tablet adventure
Hewlett-Packard's exit from the tablet computer market proves instructive for agency IT managers pondering their next mobile computing move.
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Pay off your private cloud -- by sharing it
Agencies that want to build private clouds for hire need to master some new capital planning and service management skills.
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4 steps to take before buying cloud services
When moving to the cloud, agencies need to know the right questions to ask their vendor, says CBP's Wolf Tombe.
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Weather service updates mobile website for local forecasts
The National Weather Service will refresh its mobile website that offers weather forecasts by ZIP code.
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Nearly a quarter of dot-gov domains don't work, analysis finds
Informal study also shows roughly three-fourths of government websites have no detectable content management system and few use modern Web analytics.
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Terrorist watch lists should be put in the cloud, analysts say
Encrypting data and then segmenting it online for remote access by multiple users would enable instant updating and sharing.
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GSA contracts enable migration to cloud: Davie
Procurement contracts currently available to federal agencies cover about 90 percent of what they need to purchase products and services to migrate to the cloud, a GSA official told a cloud computing conference.
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Federal surveyors use smartphone apps to review Missouri River flood damage
The Army Corps of Engineers developed a mobile information collection application to manage damage assessments.
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Next GSA networks chief will step into new telecom world
As Karl Krumbholz retires, the government is being hit by multiple forces that are shaping the transition to the future. His successor will have new frontiers to tame.
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A nation at war after 9/11: From experiment to experience
John Sklinar, a senior manager in an elite Army communications division, recalls how he got a new job the day the airplanes hit the World Trade Center and Pentagon.
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Committee finds manual processes in automated systems
“Agencies employ a tangled web of disparate manual processes to generate the data,” according to the House committee.
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