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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.
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Key Army radio system has a 72 percent failure rate
Service had to dispatch runners for communications during field testing.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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When telework really isn't
GSA's telework centers don't provide true telework, just a different drive to the office, argues Paul Cantwell.
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Industry group forms cloud commission to advise White House
TechAmerica will suggest policy changes, consult agencies on rolling out cloud technologies.
Modernization
Cloud users could have edge in shutdown
Some agencies could fare better than others in the event of a federal government shutdown, and what could make the difference is a willingness to adopt new technologies and relinquish control.
Modernization
Improving public health one app at a time
A new NIH program will use wireless devices to promote better medical care.
Modernization
Kundra suggests feds get $2,000 subsidy for mobile devices
Federal employees typically carry both agency-issued and personal smart phones and it might make sense to leverage their personal devices, Federal CIO Vivek Kundra says.
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Sunny days ahead for cloud?
The federal budget and CIO Vivek Kundra put some money behind cloud efforts. Will it work to increase the adoption of the technology?
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Cheating on IT certification exams reportedly on the rise
According to a survey of 200 IT professionals, 72 percent of respondents think colleagues use unauthorized exams from the Internet to prepare for certifications.
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