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Laptop with personal data about thousands stolen from Army employee
A government laptop containing names and personally identifiable information of more than 42,000 patrons of childcare and recreational facilities at Fort Belvoir in Virginia since 2005 was stolen on Nov. 28.
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State.gov gets a makeover
The State Department today unveiled a redesign of its official Web site that the department hopes to use to engage people in an ongoing dialogue on foreign policy.
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With lawsuit settled, timetable for release of Bush e-mails is tricky
E-mails that are presidential records from the administration George W. Bush discovered during ongoing litigation could be publicly available in five years under the Presidential Records Act.
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Delays in Networx transition put cloud computing decisions on hold
Officials are considering cloud services, but don't want to commit to them until they are further along in their move to the new telecommunications pact, vendor says.
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White House boosts social media apps
Applications built on social media platforms are effective ways to share government information, White House official says.
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Recovery.gov site has new page to fix problems
The board in charge of tracking economic stimulus law spending has instituted new logic checks and policies to fix errors.
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VA puts hospital data on Data.gov
The Veterans Affairs Department is posting its annual hospital report card online for the first time, said VA Secretary Eric Shinseki.
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Army's Go Mobile puts big computing power into soldiers' pockets
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IRS, Education to team up on electronic student aid form
The IRS and Education Department will release a new student aid form in January that is shorter and easier to complete, federal CIO Vivek Kundra says.
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DOE uses cloud computing for science, CIO says
Energy Department CIO Tom Pyke today outlined some benefits from using cloud computing for scientific computations.
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Cloud computing could pave way for open government
Federal agencies might need cloud computing as a way to meet new mandates to share information with the public, experts say. Meanwhile, the Defense Department falls in line with President Barack Obama's directive for open government.
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Technology a winner in conferees' consolidated spending bill
Committee gives millions of dollars more to IT programs, including cybersecurity, for fiscal 2010.
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State and Mexican billionaire team on texting to fight drug violence
Department forges a partnership with Carlos Slim to let civilians discreetly text incidents of drug-related violence.
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Independent panel to review FAA system outage
An independent panel of experts will review a four-hour outage that occurred in the FAA Telecommunications Infrastructure in November that resulted in flight delays.
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All-seeing security program spreading throughout DOD
McAfee teams with Northrop Grumman to provide host-based security system that monitors Defense Department networks inside and out.
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