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CGI gets $29 million financial services hosting contract from GSA

CGI Federal will transition the General Services Administration to a new financial management system under a $29 million contract.

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First wave from states will test Recovery.gov's stimulus reporting mettle

The redesigned site's workload is set to increase.

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Obama bans texting while driving

An executive order forbidding federal employees to send or read messages while driving on the job is intended to attack the problem of distracted driving.

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Marine Corps wants green IT partnership with Army, industry

The Marine Corps wants to collaborate with the Army and industry on green IT systems that would lighten the logistical loads for warfighters.

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VA completes first phase of daunting health records program, CIO says

Roger Baker is also restarting some halted programs and attacking processing backlog

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Cloud-based e-mail and archives for agencies sparks security concerns

Government officials say the advantages of outsourcing these data services outweigh the risks.

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VA looks to Web 2.0 technologies to improve management

Electronic health records initiative and social networking sites are among the projects under way.

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Obama orders environmental measures for agencies

Federal data centers must be run in energy-efficient ways under a new executive order.

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NTIA awards grants for national broadband map

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration is getting started on the $350 million broadband mapping project funded by the economic stimulus law.

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IBM launches cloud storage

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Judge sends Deepwater false claims lawsuit to trial

A U.S. District Court judge refuses to dismiss the False Claims Act lawsuit against the Deepwater contractors and sets trial for next year.

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Air Force activates new cyberspace defense unit

Combat communications wing supports new Space Command

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Astronaut has more than 1 million followers on Twitter

Astronaut Mike Massimino tweets about experiences at NASA, or aboard the space shuttle.

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Agencies to spend more on IT in 2010, but not on new projects

Recompeting existing contracts will drive the value of the largest federal technology contracts up 50 percent, with few new ideas being introduced.

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Federal Register goes XML -- at last

Readers can now browse, reorganize, and electronically customize the Federal Register's contents.

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DISA puts cloud computing applications into production

The Rapid Access Computing Environment is no longer a resource just for developers; Defense agencies can use the service now to quickly access tools.

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Recovery.gov gets a facelift

The retooled Recovery.gov Web site for tracking economic stimulus law funding is getting mostly a thumbs-up from visitors, but another test for transparency will come later this month when the site begins adding hundreds of thousands more data points from state and local recipients of the funding.