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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.
Modernization
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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Budget push for cloud computing could be premature, observers say
Some warn security could suffer in the rush to subscription-based software and hardware services.
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Klossner: An experiment in Social Studies
FCW cartoonist John Klossner ponders whether the less Web 2.0-inclined (like himself) are really missing out by foregoing some of the latest social media technologies.
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DHS plans electronic records management system
The department plans to start a pilot program for a new enterprise records management system in fiscal 2010.
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