Technology

• Iran launches cyber attack

  Iranian hackers working for the powerful Revolutionary Guard\'s paramilitary Basij group have launched attacks on websites of the \"enemies,\" a state-owned newspaper reported Monday in a rare acknowledgment from Iran that it\'s involved in cyber warfare.

  Federal Drive

  March 14, 2011
• Agencies fall short in reporting spending data

  A House committee held a discussion on openness in government and addressed the errors made in reporting data related to spending.

  Budget

  March 14, 2011
• The lighter side of the dark side of telework

  A noted technology author says your spouse hates telework.

  Technology

  March 14, 2011
• Contractors have IT opportunities despite tight budget

  Imagine if you had to predict the federal budget for fiscal 2012 when there is no budget for fiscal 2011 yet. That\'s the task facing market research firm INPUT.

  Budget

  March 11, 2011
• IT workers lack control in mobile cybersecurity

  For cybersecurity, your biggest vulnerability just might be right there in your hand - your mobile devices.

  Technology

  March 11, 2011
• US-CERT warns of email scams about Japan earthquake

  US-CERT is warning of potential emails scams requesting donations for the Japan earthquake and tsunami.

  Technology

  March 11, 2011
• GSA shares mobile love and best practices

  GSA\'s Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies provides information to the public through a variety of ways. GSA\'s Gwynne Kostin tells us about how the agency is sharing lessons learned governmentwide.

  Federal Drive

  March 11, 2011
• DHS looking for cyber pros from private sector

  The Department of Homeland Security is offering a new program that invites top executive-level talent from the private sector to share their expertise with the Department to fill some exciting and important roles here at DHS.

  Federal Drive

  March 11, 2011
• CPSC safe products database debuts

  Beginning today, consumers are encouraged to visit www.SaferProducts.gov to submit Reports of harm or risks of harm, and to search for safety information on products they own or may be considering buying. Inez Tenenbaum, CPSC chair, explains.

  Federal Drive

  March 11, 2011
• Agencies still sharing after WikiLeaks

  Fears that the leak of thousands of State Department memos to the website WikiLeaks would reverse progress on interagency sharing of national security information have not materialized, officials testified Thursday. Agencies have responded by recognizing the need to protect data rather than by hoarding it, they said.

  Congress

  March 11, 2011
• IRMCO sessions to focus on cloud

  The General Services Administration’s annual IRMCO conference is just around the corner and two of its key panel discussions will focus on cloud computing. IRMCO will be held March 15-16 at the Kellogg Conference Center and Hotel in Washington, D.C. Day two will open with a CIO roundtable on implementing the 25-Point IT Plan laid [...]

  Technology

  March 10, 2011
• GSA offers advice for cloud vendors

  The General Services Administration offered advice to vendors trying to sell cloud services to the government. Dave McClure, GSA’s Associate Administrator in the Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies, told Federal News Radio vendors are definitely the innovators in the cloud space. But, he warns, vendors need to do more than repackage “their old [...]

  Technology

  March 10, 2011
• CIO Council to build a community for all

  New vice chairman of the CIO Council Richard Spires said he wants small and large agencies to learn from each other when it comes to implementing IT reforms. Small agencies have a different type of challenge than larger ones in implementing OMB\'s 25-point plan.

  Technology

  March 10, 2011
• OIG reviews social media use at embassies

  The Office of the Inspector General at the State Department examined social media use in 22 foreign embassies.

  Technology

  March 10, 2011