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Army impressed by initial test of next generation radios
A central part of a plan to modernize brigades, radios will link units so they can transmit broadband data, including imagery.
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Study: Much of cloud's savings would come from IT job losses
Cost reductions would depend on the number of positions executives would be willing to cut or transfer, but former federal IT officials counter that agencies must move their technology talent to understaffed functions that support their missions.
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Open-government groups set to score agencies' transparency plans
Advocates for open government plan to score agencies' open government plans, planned to be released April 7.
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Google's new document sharing app a security risk, experts say
But administrators have more control to block services that would allow sensitive documents from being sent accidentally, other cyber specialists say.
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It's a Stretch
Consolidating data centers offers an opportunity to for federal IT managers to go green.
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GSA cloud savings said to be significant despite overstatement
Although a GSA official recently overstated cloud computing savings, experts say the actual number is still pretty impressive.
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USCIS saves $600K through videoconferencing
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services agency is saving $600,000 a year by moving its employee training sessions online.
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Census takes a walk on the cloud
Agency relies on cloud computing for 2010 decennial count and looks to build its own infrastructure for 2020.
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Justice IG hits FBI's Sentinel IT program
Rising costs and delays with the FBI’s project for a Web-enabled electronic case management system worry the Justice Department’s inspector general.
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NASA engineers join Toyota investigation
The Transportation Department, looking into alleged acceleration problems with Toyota vehicles, is getting help from NASA engineers with expertise in electronics and software.
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