Technology

  • Former USDA CIO Anne Reed responds to OMB\'s plan to reform IT management.

    December 14, 2010
  • Chris Kemp, CTO for IT at NASA, joins host John Gilroy to discuss the agency\'s Nebula Cloud Platform. December 14, 2010

    December 14, 2010
  • The National Institute of Standards and Technology has a new way of managing risks.

    December 14, 2010
  • Attorney John Mahoney explains the threats to security clearances if you access WikiLeaks.

    December 14, 2010
  • With the new telework bill signed into law, federal employees will soon have more opportunities to telework, and agencies have more incentive to invest in or increase their telepresence options. After the Senate passed the bill in September, the House followed suit in November. It was signed into law last week, and encourages federal employees to telework. Currently, about 5 percent of federal employees participate in some sort of telework plan, and agencies will have to improve their existing technology capabilities and options to meet the increase in participating employees. \"We\'re talking about bringing the government into the 21st century from a technology point of view and every other point of view,\" said bill sponsor Rep. Frank Wolf (R-Va.) in an interview with Federal News Radio last month. \"The technology is moving so aggressively there\'s no reason not to have a good telework policy,\" Wolf said. Video teleconferencing is already a component of telework programs at many agencies, and has in some cases enabled greater allowance for teleworking. At the Defense Information Systems Agency, the desktop- and laptop- based telepresence has \"enabled our telework program to thrive, allowing DISA employees to fully participate in meetings, no matter where they are located,\" Colonel Brian Hermann, chief of the Net-Centric Enterprise Services branch. \"It allows off-site employees to \"participate fully in small-group meetings, including the use of whiteboarding and sharing presentations,\" Hermann said. Will other agencies follow suit? Stay tuned. Navy adding telepresence at National Naval Medical Center The National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda is looking to install a video teleconferencing room which will serve as the Admiral\'s Conference room. The conference room will be used for executive-level video teleconference and Board of Directors meetings, among others according to a solicitation posted to FedBizzOpps.gov.

    December 14, 2010
  • The Government Printing Office and Google are now offering more than 100 electronic titles of federal government publications.

    December 14, 2010
  • A competition to find a replacement for one of the gold-standard computer security algorithms used in almost all secure, online transactions just heated up.

    December 14, 2010
  • Sri Lanka Information Communication Technology Agency (ICTA) has launched a national CERT (Computer Emergency Response Team) to act as the focal point for Cyber security for the nation.

    December 14, 2010
  • The nation\'s No. 2 military officer strongly endorsed the warfighting value of information-sharing.

    December 13, 2010
  • Thomas McNamara, former program manager for Information Sharing Environment joined Chris Dorobek on The Dorobek Insider.

    December 13, 2010
  • DISA\'s Tony Montemorano explains the delay in the request for proposal for the Global Information Grid.

    December 13, 2010
  • Sunlight Foundation\'s John Wonderlich discusses what\'s worked and what hasn\'t one year into the Open Government Directive.

    December 13, 2010
  • The AP reports that U.K. National Security Advisor Peter Ricketts is warning departments of possible hacktivist attacks by WikiLeaks supporters.

    December 13, 2010
  • The Congressional Research Service reports says the capability of the Stuxnet worm could threaten the way modern society operates.

    December 13, 2010

ASK THE CIO

ASK THE CIO

THURSDAYS @ 10 & 2 p.m.

Weekly interviews with federal agency chief information officers about the latest directives, challenges and successes. Follow Jason on Twitter. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Podcast One.