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Cloud Computing Shoot Out targets federal adoption of the technology
Federal CIO Vivek Kundra will moderate the event, and is expected to discuss how cloud computing can decrease capital costs and streamline IT infrastructures for federal agencies.
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Spelling out protections
Here are some key excerpts from the final draft of Los Angeles’ contract with Google and Computer Sciences Corp. for cloud computing services.
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5 must-haves for cloud computing contracts
Experts share their tips for negotiating cloud computing agreements that protect agencies' interests and data.
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Commerce weighs open-source content system for Web sites
The Commerce Department is considering switching its Web sites to the Drupal open-source content management system.
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Readers offer stuffing for IT turkey
Readers suggest a few projects that could have made our Thanksgiving list of failed, or deeply troubled, government IT projects and debate the causes of such large-scale failures.
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FBI picks new technology chief
The FBI has named Jeffrey Johnson as the bureau's chief technology officer and assistant director for its Office of Information Technology Systems Development.
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Could mobile technology have stopped state dinner security breach?
Some IT specialists say better communications among security forces could foil attempts to sneak into White House events, but others say nothing will fix human error.
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IT turkeys: 7 government projects worthy of a roast
Over the years, the American public has been gifted with its share of computer-based turkeys -- information technology projects gone wrong, often at spectacular expense.
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Top tech trends pose the biggest security risks, say federal IT leaders
Seventy-nine percent of senior IT executives believe growth in collaboration software applications has increased the likelihood of data breaches.
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Electronic health records could be a deadly target during a cyberwar
Adversaries could hack into systems to change patient data as a way to create fear in the U.S. population during wartime, a technology manager tells an Health and Human Services panel.
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Industry would get hit in cyber war, report says
Privately owned critical infrastructure likely to be targeted in a cyber war between nations, a report says.
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Bill would make P2P software a no-no for fed systems
Popular, commercially available file-sharing programs would be generally banned from federal systems under a bill proposed in the House.
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Dozens of governments interested in Google Apps, Los Angeles CTO says
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