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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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Going Mobile
Technology chiefs take on security challenges as more feds turn to smartphones and tablets.
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VA to try cloud-based collaboration tech for doctors
The Veterans Affairs Department is experimenting with cloud solutions that may eventually be extended to more than 100,000 medical personnel.
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IRS, SSA score highest in customer satisfaction, survey says
A survey of 1,000 Americans by MeriTalk and RightNow found that federal customer service is improving.
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Army plans 2012 release of major IT contract
The contract, ITES-3H, will support the Army’s requirements for commercial hardware and more.
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Kundra's 'IT cartel:' Fact or fiction?
Outgoing Federal CIO says a cartel of contractors holds back progress in federal IT. Is he right, or on shaky ground? Our readers speak up.
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DOD wants its contracting offices under one roof
Defense agencies have interpreted acquisition regulations with a lot of variation, a carryover from the days of when contracts were written primarily on paper.
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Kundra: 'IT cartel' holds back government efficiency
Former Federal CIO Vivek Kundra provoked an outcry with an editorial claiming that major federal contractors are holding back progress in updating federal technology.
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Agency apps must be regularly updated or face obsolescence
Strong design is a critical element of successful mobile applications, developers say.
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VA starts online open source community for VistA
VA's online agent is now operational to oversee an open-source community involved in modernizing its digital record system.
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USAJobs overhaul coming in October
The Office of Personnel Management is revamping its federal jobs site, with changes that users will see and others behind the scenes.
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Why HP's withdrawal from tablet market should tick you off
Hewlett-Packard's unfortunate decisions caused the death-on-arrival of a tablet that could have been a great enterprise tool, says John Breeden, director of the GCN Lab.
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