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Air traffic control modernization program takes step forward
American Airlines jet lands using new satellite-based technology designed to replace FAA's decades-old radar systems, an advance that could allow carriers to fly in poor weather and save fuel.
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White House attention nudges e-archive toward completion by September 2011
The National Archives and Records Administration is putting its electronic archive project on track for completion in a year after the program landed on a White House list of high-risk projects.
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Red Hat announces strategy that allows mixing cloud platforms
Tools and capabilities would allow customers to build and move applications in and out of different cloud and virtual environments.
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Agencies bust myth of year-end buying sprees
Once thought of as spendthrifts when September came, some officials now align their information technology purchases with executives' top initiatives and mission-critical services.
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HHS offers widget for identifying health insurance choices
The Health and Human Services Department has an online widget to help people identify the health insurance plans are sold in their states.
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Agencies told to avoid links to political sites
Federal agencies with a presence on Facebook and Twitter must be careful not to link to any political Web sites, according to new guidance.
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Advanced communications support Defense in Pakistan flood relief
The Army, Navy and Marines rely on radios and mobile satellite systems that set up in minutes to coordinate helicopters and large C-130 cargo aircraft flying supplies to ravaged areas.
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White House crackdown on IT might be a moneymaker for vendors
Suppliers of easy-to-configure software say they could receive more business when departments recompete canceled projects, or when they buy smaller systems.
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Social Security expects to award mega-IT contract by October
The $2 billion pact continues a services agreement, but will expand to include health information technology work that will allow the agency to exchange more electronic medical data.
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Data Deluge
Agencies have turned to virtualization to process a growing stockpile of information. Now the challenge is where to put it all.
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3 federal sites have top customer satisfaction
A recent survey highlighted the best and worst scores for customer satisfaction among federal departmental and portal Web sites.
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How to avoid collaboration snares
Scott Lock of Excella Consulting discusses implementing SharePoint in the federal sector.
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NASA makes 3G iPhone available to employees
NASA has added 3G iPhones to its Outsourcing Desktop Initiative list that makes the devices available to employees.
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Jim Carver: Getting it done in Iraq and Afghanistan
The former gunslinger is using the Movement Tracking System to coordinate logistics on the ground in Southwest Asia — and save lives.
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Don't let geospatial data get lost in the cloud
Designers of cloud services need to think about the standard interfaces, codes and best practices that enable "where" information to pass among systems, writes Steven Ramage, executive director of marketing and communications at the Open Geospatial Consortium.
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Why the Networx transition is a security imperative
The cyber threat has evolved radically since FTS 2001 established the basic framework for telecommunications services across the government, writes David Hughes, managing partner and co-founder of TurningPoint Global Solutions.
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IT chief could shift funds for agencies' internal tech projects
Vivek Kundra has met with federal CIOs during the past month to discuss troubled programs.
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