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Speak up: How can federal websites improve?
GSA launches public dialogue for ideas to make government sites better.
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Program launched to amp up federal IT workforce
New government project targets tech-savvy students in effort to boost federal IT workforce.
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Group urges U.S. to adopt electronic ID cards for citizens
Digital credentials, such as e-ID cards used in Estonia, could improve protection of personal data.
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New Labor dashboard to cut waste, fraud
The Labor Department and White House are using a new online dashboard to highlight states in which a high percentage of unemployment benefit payments are improper.
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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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