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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.
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6 out-of-this-world government sites in Second Life
Teleport your avatar to one of the federal government's Second Life outposts to learn more about NASA space missions or NOAA's environmental studies.
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Kundra's great experiment: Government apps 'store front' opens for business
An online storefront where federal agencies can purchase cloud computing technology was launched today.
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IRS fails to plug all security gaps, IG says
The IRS has installed effective security controls on its laptop computers, but still has problems with reporting breaches and in backup data storage, a new report says.
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Top CIO unveils cloud computing storefront in push to reduce IT costs
Site will help agencies hand off IT operations and service to vendors in the coming months.
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IT upgrades, increased public interaction coming for Citizenship and Immigration Services
Alejandro Mayorkas, the new director of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, said he wants the agency to be more engaged with the public and also to move into the electronic age.
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Top 10 agencies with the most Facebook fans
As young people start using Facebook as their primary communication tool, look for more agencies to experiment with Facebook for interacting with citizens.
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10 social networking sites to keep you in the loop
Wouldn't it be great if you could do all your networking online -- from the couch at home? Dream on. Until that day, these government IT social-networking sites will keep you in the loop.
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For some users, Windows 7 upgrade could take 20 hours
Tests conducted by Microsoft show that upgrades from Windows Vista to Windows 7 will be about 5 percent faster than previous upgrades involving Vista. But in certain situations, "faster" could mean more than 20 hours.
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Monumental task
The second half of the National Archives and Records Administration's name suggests an even bigger challenge than keeping aging official parchments from rotting away into oblivion.
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