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Army's Go Mobile puts big computing power into soldiers' pockets
Federal Computer Week
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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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Federal agencies' path to cloud computing remains unclear
Vendors disagree on how long it will take government to outsource apps and equipment, but agree concerns about security remains the primary obstacle.
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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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