Technology

  • The Army plans to release technical standards for its IT systems next year, in a process that leaders say will give greater predictability to industry. For the Army, the benefit will be an enterprise network that lets it quickly integrate new technologies as they come to market.

    October 13, 2011
  • Even with budget cuts at agencies, at least one budget line will continue to grow - cybersecurity, according to a Meritalk/Cisco survey.

    October 12, 2011
  • The archives is working with the CIO Council to figure out how to move records stored in the cloud more easily and ensure their authenticity. Mike Wash, NARA\'s CIO, said this is a problem looming for every agency as more and more of them move to the cloud computing. NARA is considering how to move its internal email to a managed service provider. October 12, 2011(Encore presentation November 24, 2011)

    October 12, 2011
  • The Food and Drug Administration has named Eric Perakslis as its new chief information officer and chief scientist for informatics.

    October 12, 2011
  • Host John Gilroy is joined by John Booth, director of Web and New Media services at the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Service. October 11, 2011

    October 11, 2011
  • Host Roger Waldron is joined by Ed O\'Hare, senior vice president, Technology Business Sector, at Koniag Development Corporation. October 11, 2011

    October 11, 2011
  • Host John Gilroy is joined by Jon Booth, director of Web and New Media Services at the Center for Medicare and Medicaid services. October 11, 2011

    October 11, 2011
  • The Georgia Tech Information Security Center and the Georgia Tech Research Institute are listing three main threats for next year.

    October 11, 2011
  • The Lebanon Medical Center in Pennsylvania is using a new dashboard to measure how it\'s implementing sustainability efforts. VA expects to save or avoid about $178,000 in the first year of the portal\'s use at the facility.

    October 11, 2011
  • David Maurer is the director of Homeland Security and Justice Issues at GAO.

    October 11, 2011
  • Martha Dorris, deputy associate administrator at the Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies at General Services Administration, shared some ideas from last month\'s GSA conference.

    October 11, 2011
  • The Office of Personnel Management launched today the latest version of the government\'s jobs site, USAJobs.gov, one day ahead of schedule. The agency says the new site will connect to both agency and contractor websites.

    October 11, 2011
  • A computer virus is infecting American Predator and Reaper drones, the Associated Press reports.The virus tracks pilots\' keystrokes as they remotely fly missions over Iraq and Afghanistan.

    October 11, 2011
  • October 25th, 2011 at 12 PM A distinguished panel of top experts from government and industry, will explore market incentives that may or may not currently exist to stimulate greater corporate investment in cybersecurity protection measures. Such business drivers may include the consideration of relating proactive cybersecurity activity to a favorable valuation of company performance, liability protection measures such as insurance coverage for cyber vulnerabilities, or statutory liability protection. The panelists will explore the likelihood that these or other market incentives may emerge across industry and government to enhance our collective defense against sophisticated cyber threats.

    October 10, 2011

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