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Supreme Court to consider government's warrantless GPS tracking
Current surveillance laws do not regulate law enforcement's access to geolocational information.
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Stealth Internet helps get images, messages out of troubled areas, but proves less useful for protests
Analysts say State Department's 'Internet in a suitcase' could be cost-prohibitive for some conflicts.
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DHS debuts Energy Star-like system for software security
Ratings will help agencies weed out products with vulnerabilities, and would give companies a financial incentive to take safety measures.
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Report: Sky's practically the limit for public cloud services
Government Computer News
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Cloud security may be the easiest problem to solve
The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program requirements for authorizing the use of cloud services are expected soon, but security might be the simplest issue to solve in the federal adoption of cloud computing.
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Navy to dismantle James Bond spy ship
The stealth ship inspired a villain's vessel in the James Bond film "Tomorrow Never Dies."
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3 steps to a more flexible cloud procurement process
The federal government needs to implement flexible procurement policies so cloud services companies can become more agile to meet agencies’ unique requirements, a Unisys executive said.
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DISA reveals strategy for near future directions
The Defense Information Systems Agency 2011-2012 Campaign Plan adds more focus and definition to the agency's near- and long-term directions, including a renewed emphasis on enterprise services and mobile-computing technologies.
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Liability in the cloud: a complex forecast
As data is stored and transmitted across international borders via cloud infrastructures a growing concern is: who should be held liable for data breaches when information flows across jurisdictions?
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ATF didn't act on electronic tracking of illegal weapons, report alleges
Agents reportedly failed to use eTrace to stop firearms from being smuggled to drug cartels in Mexico.
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Treasury seeks brainy search engine to help follow terrorist money
The software must be able to work with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network's existing fraud-detection application to probe a database of large transactions.
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How to be a cloud
Embracing an internal cloud model for IT service delivery will require most agency IT departments to change the way they do business.
Digital Government
First-ever federal CIO to leave post in August
Vivek Kundra will trade his influential position shaping governmentwide tech policy for a fellowship at Harvard University.
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