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Social media, virtual town halls and the top tech of 2009
How to win over social media holdouts; virtues of virtual town hall meetings; the best tech of 2009.
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Cloud computing, social media dominate ELC
Cloud computing, social-media technologies and economic stimulus funding were prime topics at the Executive Leadership Conference.
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Education Department hit over Web site access
The National Federation of the Blind files an administrative complaint with the Education Department that alleges the agency's Web site is inaccessibile to blind visitors.
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Broadband grant program has problems, GAO official says
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration and Rural Utilities Service are adding staff members and contractors to help handle 2,200 applications for $7 billion in broadband grants and loans.
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FCC upgrades online comment system
The FCC is getting mostly enthusiastic responses to its upgraded Electronic Comment Filing System.
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'Smart grid' projects to get $3.4B in grants
President Barack Obama today announced $3.4 billion in grants for smart-grid projects in 49 states, including purchase of smart meters, sensors and systems.
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Windows 7: Real advance or just Vista-plus?
New Microsoft OS offers a few improvements over Vista, but not many. And it does not fix many of Vista's annoyances, our review finds.
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Federal sites rapped over accessibility problems
When the revamped Recovery.gov went live this month, advocates for people with disabilities noticed the site had accessibility limitations. Other sites also have lapses in complying with accessibility laws.
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Windows 7: Small step for Vista or giant leap?
Is Windows 7 a major advance over Windows Vista, or just a service pack in a new-product box?
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State's games aim to teach Middle Eastern youth about U.S. culture
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Handhelds helped Census stay on track, GAO says
The process of verifying addresses to prepare for the 2010 Census finished ahead of schedule thanks in large part to handheld computers, a GAO report finds.
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Official: Despite budget cuts, NASA to continue spending on IT
Key areas for the space agency include supercomputing and data mining, and integrated modeling techniques such as structural, optical and thermal simulations.
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Windows 7: Readers respond to our review
Federal Computer Week readers had a variety of reactions to John Breeden's review of Microsoft Windows 7, which judged the new operating system to be solid but not all that much of an advance over its predecessor, Vista.
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Coast Guard's example could aid agency communications integration efforts
The Coast Guard could be the leader as agencies and military organizations adopt integrated communications networks, according to the Guard's commandant.
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3 governing challenges, 3 Web solutions
Agencies use Web 2.0 tools, such as blogs and wikis, in a technique named crowdsourcing to get public input on policy issues.
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