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Wiki in the works for sharing safest travel routes in Afghanistan

Network would replace ad hoc Internet communications among nonmilitary personnel with missions in war zone.

Modernization

Navy official calls for rapid deployment of unmanned vessels

Systems would be deployed at sea for weeks or months.

Modernization

Technology: The problem and solution for Postal Service's $238 billion shortfall

USPS says improved Web presence and mobile apps are key initiatives in its strategy to climb out of the red.

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Army will tap its 'digital natives' for apps

Contest under way to award $30,000 in prize money for software programs that will fundamentally change the way the Army operates.

Modernization

Security concerns and changing marketplace make GSA rethink cloud computing plan

A new request for quotations will account for industry developments, associate administrator says.

Modernization

VA may revive canceled scheduling program

The Veterans Affairs Department has canceled its Replacement Scheduling Application Development program, for which it has spent at least $167 million, but it is likely to come back to life in a different form, according to a senior official.

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GSA cancels cloud request for quotations

Changing markets and technology prompted fresh start on cloud acquisition.

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Obama administration to focus 2011 IT budget on streamlining

Chief information officers say efficiency will be important in building security and transparency, and managing investments.

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Surgeon general collaborates with Microsoft for online e-record management

The U.S. surgeon general is expanding its online tool to allow consumers to assemble their family medical histories by adding links to Microsoft's HealthVault Personal Health Record application.

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FCC to try incentives to free wireless broadband spectrum

Commission has repeatedly warned of a looming spectrum crisis.

Modernization

Pentagon offers online NSPS transition course

The training program is an information primer for the 200,000 employees who will be transitioning out of the National Security Personnel System.

Cybersecurity

Obama's Tech Team

The administration is full of executives with high technology IQs.

Modernization

HHS plans move to cloud for regional centers

Government Computer News

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NARA clarifies recordkeeping for the cloud

The National Archives and Records Administration wants agency officials to understand how cloud computing affects recordkeeping.

Modernization

Extreme makeover: Cutting data centers down to size

Under new pressure to curb data center spending, agencies must decide whether it's better to remodel old or build new data centers to keep up with growing IT demands.