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E-mail case continues with Obama

The groups that sued the government over the alleged loss of millions of e-mail messages has opposed the government's motion to have the case dismissed. Meanwhile, the government's latest motion for dismissal was filed after President Barack Obama took office.

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USA.gov will move to cloud computing

A contractor will provide hosting, storage and disaster recovery services for GSA’s Web portals.

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Recommended Reading for Feb. 23

This week's reading list: An information stimulus?; Twitter do's and don’ts; The cloud-computing research agenda.

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Government to go

Government agencies are launching special versions of their Web sites designed to load quickly on the small screens of mobile phones and other handheld devices.

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Transparency of Recovery.gov under scrutiny

State and local databases might not feed information to Recovery.gov easily because of incompatibility issues.

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DOD ceases separate testing of IPv6 products

Now all voice, video and data IPv6 products undergo a standard evaluation that can lead to being certified for DOD use.

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Turf buster: Enterprise architecture does the trick

The broad, interagency view provided by enterprise architecture led to the creation of Recreation.gov.

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National network to speed disability benefits

The Social Security Administration will soon begin using the Nationwide Health Information Network to reduce the time needed to determine eligibility for disability benefits.

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DHS to aid security at Oscars

Aerial technology dubbed L.A. Shield will support law enforcement set up around the ceremony's venue with real-time imagery and communications.

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Treasury grapples with devising systems for TARP

The department plans to release soon requests for proposals for the modernization of two programs -- its foreign intelligence network and enterprise content management system.

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Issa seeks info on White House e-mail use

Rep. Darrell Issa, the senior Republican on the House Oversight panel, is asking the White House to clarify its policies on staffers using personal e-mail accounts such as Gmail.

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Survey to check attitudes on privacy, services

GSA is looking for a contractor to conduct online surveys to find out how people want to receive information about the federal government.

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As NMCI wraps, question of what is next looms

The next generation of NMCI is likely to be the end of the single-vendor model, but it's far from clear what the Navy will replace it with.

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CANES to consolidate shipboard networks

As the Navy prepares to rework its shore-based networks under the Next Generation Enterprise Network, a parallel effort is under way to streamline the networks on ships.

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Mobile do’s and don’ts

Government agencies are launching special versions of their Web sites designed to load quickly onto the small screens of mobile phones and other handheld devices.

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Who else is going mobile

Here are some of the states and agencies that have created Web sites tailored to mobile users.

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White House issues guidance on stimulus bucks

Memo provides guidance to federal agencies on how to carry out the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

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FCW Insider: Tips on keeping public comments civil (Part 2)

Kim Patrick Kobza, of Neighborhood America, shares his thoughts on how agencies can engage the public more effectively through the online comment process.

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Upgraded site offers information on research projects

An Energy Department site has added projects from the Defense Department, NASA and the Transportation Research Board to its federal R&D project summaries portal.