Modernization
DOD shutters access to video-streaming websites
Access to streaming video on websites, including YouTube, Amazon and Google video, has been blocked by DOD's Cyber Command.
Modernization
Japan quake disrupts world technology supply chain
Chip and NAND flash-memory manufacturers in Japan were affected by the earthquake and tsunami last week, but considering the circumstances the outlook could be far worse.
Modernization
Japan disaster provides opportunity for scammers
Technology has changed the way the world responds to natural disasters such as the Japan earthquake but it can also lead to big opportunities for scam artists.
Modernization
SSA applicants like new online claim form, IG says
Half of the applicants who used the Social Security Administration's online iClaim scored it as "excellent," according to a new report from SSA's inspector general.
Modernization
Empower feds to take on the cloud
Making federal cloud computing a reality could be as simple as letting government workers do their own IT, writes Brand Niemann.
Modernization
Obama's open government goes under review
A House subcommittee will hold a hearing to review data entry problems and to evaluate the Obama administration’s efforts at transparency.
Modernization
Key Army radio system has a 72 percent failure rate
Service had to dispatch runners for communications during field testing.
Modernization
GPO transitioning all new docs to new system
The Government Printing Office will start publishing all new official electronic government documents online in its new FDsys system.
Modernization
White House wants agency for education IT
President Barack Obama is calling for creating a research agency to advance digital tutoring, educational games and other learning and teaching IT.
Modernization
Consumer database goes live March 11 despite House action
The Consumer Product Safety Commission is set to debut its new database online despite the House's passage of a bill with a provision to block funding for it.
Modernization
State Department's mobile and Web apps go global
The State Department begins publicity on its new Apps@State program to develop mobile and Web applications around the world.
Modernization
Lt. Gen. Susan Lawrence appointed Army CIO
Lt. Gen. Susan Lawrence, former commanding general of U.S. Army Network Enterprise Technology Command/9th Signal Command, is the new Army CIO.
Modernization
Army plans battlefield smart phone network
The latest in a series of Army projects to push the use of smart phones for soldiers will use cellular and WiFi technology.
Cybersecurity
Agriculture to shift all workers to the cloud by year's end
Department is moving about 10,000 employees each month to Web-based e-mail and other services to reduce reliance on data centers.
Modernization
When telework really isn't
GSA's telework centers don't provide true telework, just a different drive to the office, argues Paul Cantwell.
Modernization
Industry group forms cloud commission to advise White House
TechAmerica will suggest policy changes, consult agencies on rolling out cloud technologies.
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