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New NASA CIO views technology as an enabler

Cureton brings social media savvy to new post as NASA CIO.

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Stimulus spenders race to the finish line

States and feds rush to meet a reporting deadline — and there is no shortage of obstacles to providing data to the public.

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Microsoft, BNY Mellon to help states track stimulus spending

Agencies can use hosted or on-site software to track and manage projects via graphical dashboards, maps and analytics.

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Telework speeds security-clearance process

At-home investigators at the Office of Personnel Management helped to reduce the security clearance backlog, John Berry, OPM director, said today.

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DHS explores virtual world technologies

The Homeland Security Department wants to know how virtual world technologies and Web-based tools can help responders prepare for emergencies.

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White House to get ideas from federal employees

Federal employees can submit ideas to the White House on how to improve agencies' performance and reduce spending through a contest started today by OMB.

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White House kicks off budget-cutting contest for fed employees

Winner will meet with President Obama and the submission will be included in the Executive Office's fiscal 2011 budget proposal.

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Net-neutrality rules would be good for federal Web sites: analysts

Consumer advocates say the FCC's proposed "net neutrality" rules would help government Web sites continue to get traffic.

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VA could repeat mistakes in IT program, IG says

The VA's program to develop a financial and logistics system has the same problems as a previous effort, according to a new report from the department's inspector general's office.

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Citizenship agency launches interactive Web site

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has launched a revamped Web site that lets users track their applications and petitions online. The new USCIS.gov site also makes national trend and raw data available.

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Apps.gov: Kundra is ready for a fight

It’s Vivek Kundra versus the government bureaucracy, and the information technology industry can’t wait to see who wins.

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Got an App for that? Not quite yet

The White House has launched a storefront for cloud-computing services. Vendors who want to sell through it must undergo a certification process.

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White House to bestow top tech honors to IT company and inventors

IBM and Adobe founders to receive National Medal of Technology and Innovation at White House ceremony.

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DISA wins awards for two Web sites

The Defense Information Systems Agency has won the Web Marketing Association’s 2009 WebAwards for the best military Web site and the best government Web site.

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Lawmakers hit DHS on electronic border surveillance system

Lawmakers scolded Homeland Security Department officials for the latest round of delays on the SBInet electronic border surveillance project.

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Can virtualization solve security problems?

The Defense Department is seeking information on whether the technology can bolster data and infrastructure security.

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5 traps that can spoil virtualization savings

The savings that executives bank on with server virtualization do not always materialize. Here are the five biggest cost drains agencies can run into and how to keep them from sinking anticipated virtualization savings.

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Do contractor ID numbers taint transparency?

Advocacy groups are reviving long-standing questions about the suitability of corporate ownership of a critical government database.