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Emergency responder ID program progresses
FEMA officials demonstrated a pilot program today for interoperable credentials for emergency responders.
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Federal officials say shift to cloud computing is inevitable
Strategy will help agencies save money in the face of escalating IT maintenance costs.
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Delayed launches of communications satellites threatens troops
Some systems combat troops in Iraq and Afghanistan rely on are failing, and replacements are months away.
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Court holds for Bush administration on FOIA
A federal appeals court has upheld a lower court's decision that the White House's Office of Administration isn't subject to Freedom of Information Act requests.
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NARA suffers data breach
The National Archives and Records Administration is missing an external hard drive with the personally identifiable information of some Clinton administration officials and White House visitors.
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CBP to spend $100M on SBInet
U.S. Customs and Border Protection says it will use the money to improve its border surveillance technology and communications.
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FBI expands use of social media
The FBI is expanding its outreach efforts through social media such as Facebook, YouTube and Twitter.
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Groups seek FOIA policy reversal
Thirty seven open-government groups have urged the Obama administration to make the White House's Office of Administration subject to Freedom of Information Act requests.
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FAQ: Obama's cloud initiative
Cloud computing got a big plug this month when President Barack Obama included an endorsement of the technology in his 2010 budget request. The budget document highlights the benefits of cloud computing and directs agencies to launch pilot projects using the new approach.
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Agencies continue slow transition to Networx
The meter is ticking for agencies who have yet to set course on huge telecommunications contract
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Terrorist Screening Center gets new director
Timothy Healy is the new director of a center that administers the consolidated terrorist watch list database.
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White House needs phone, data lines for trips
The White House Communications Agency is seeking information on providing temporary access to voice, data and videoconferencing services for the president while he's traveling.
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Public data will be test bed for cloud computing
Agencies will take what they learn about cloud computing and use it to form tighter safeguards for sensitive information, official says.
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Leading the Army's technology charge
Army Maj. Gen. Nickolas Justice, who presides over a diverse group of programs at the Program Executive Office for Command, Control and Communications Tactical, discusses the benefits of service-oriented architecture and open-source software.
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Obama launches new era in government technology
It's too early to judge accomplishment of the young Obama administration, but look at the daily dialogue and the high priority given to IT issues to find cause for both opportunity and challenge. Everyone is talking about cloud computing, visualization, mashups, social networking and virtualization of everything from servers to training programs and running government operations in the virtual world of Second Life.
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Napolitano wants millions for IT
Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano told a House committee today about DHS' plans to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in IT systems.
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IG: DHS data centers at risk
The Homeland Security Department didn't consider risks from hurricanes when it set up its new backup data center in Mississippi, according to a new report.
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