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Cloud efforts to get 25 percent of IT spending

Federal CIO Vivek Kundra's Federal Cloud Computing Strategy calls for 25 percent of federal IT spending to go to the cloud, with data center consolidation helping to pay for it.

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As cloud grows, IT hiring flatlines

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Archives budget would drop 10 percent

The National Archives and Records Administration would get $423 million under the president's budget proposal, a 10 percent cut.

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Air Force budget would save on IT, other areas

Although the Air Force's budget is smaller for fiscal 2012, savings gained through efficiency measures will be applied to readiness and modernization, official says.

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Army's budget focuses on modernization, includes IT programs

Army's proposed budget emphasizes force maintenance and modernization.

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White House seeks increase in Defense space funding, decrease in communications

The administration's 2012 budget request includes funding for several new satellites.

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SSA data center nearing 'catastrophic failure'

Tangled telecommunications and electrical cables underneath the data center floor, an out-dated HVAC system, clogged pipes and an antiquated uninterruptible power system -- the SSA's National Computer Center is teetering on thin ice.

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Tightened Homeland Security budget still adequate, officials say

Obama's proposal would transfer funds from consultants, travel and supplies to boost ships, aircraft, airport screening and border security.

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Administration's 2012 budget plan relies on IT savings

By consolidating data centers, insourcing technology jobs and other measures, agencies could save $149 million.

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Open government data starts making sense

An online mapping site developed by the FCC with a contractor's help lets users quickly put spreadsheet data into perspective.

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Virtual badges could help build trust in crowd sourcing

Web users feel more comfortable participating in online communities the more they know about other members, developer notes.

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Cloud isn't playing out like we thought

Everyone expects cloud computing to transform government technology practices, but the question is how.

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