Technology

  • PEER claims a new directive for the agency that replaced MMS is diminishing scientific integrity by screening employees\' findings.

    November 18, 2010
  • Education\'s plan addresses technology trends that could transform education, such as mobility and accessibility, the rise of digital content, and the rise of online social networks for information, collaboration and learning. We learn more from Education\'s Karen Cator.

    November 18, 2010
  • A 3 percent withholding requirement for contractors was passed in 2005 and is set to take effect Jan. 1 2012, and government agencies are already preparing for its implementation. We learn more from Phil Bond with TechAmerica.

    November 18, 2010
  • The Air Force is warning its troops to be careful when using Facebook and other popular networking sites because some new features could show the enemy exactly where U.S. forces are located in war zones.

    November 18, 2010
  • A malicious computer attack that appears to target Iran\'s nuclear plants can be modified to wreak havoc on industrial control systems around the world, and represents the most dire cyberthreat known to industry, government officials and experts said Wednesday.

    November 18, 2010
  • NASA\'s inspector general designated information technology security as one of eight top management and performance challenges the space agency faces.

    November 18, 2010
  • More government executives across the U.S. and internationally can be found using iPad\'s to increase their productivity.

    November 17, 2010
  • O\'Reilly Radar reports that the World Bank is setting an example for creating easy-to-use data.

    November 17, 2010
  • A new report found that for 15 minutes in April a Chinese state controlled telecommunications company was able to hijack 15 percent of the world\'s internet traffic.

    November 17, 2010
  • National Defense University\'s iCollege professor Andy Gravatt explains the lessons on his course syllabus, from communication to risk management.

    November 17, 2010
  • Security community urges lawmakers to consider feedback regarding how to solve federal human capital crisis in cybersecurity. ISC\'s Hord Tipton gives us details on a new poll.

    November 17, 2010
  • Facebook\'s revamped Messages will be a very attractive target for spammers, scammers and malware makers, according to security experts.

    November 17, 2010
  • Apps.gov, the GSA’s cloud-based storefront, will soon offer storage, virtualization and Web hosting applications to government agencies. Vendors with an infrastructure-as-a-service contract will provide their services on the website. Apps.gov will alleviate the federal IT strain on storage, computing power and website hosting. The new cloud infrastructure will also eliminate the need for agencies to [...]

    November 16, 2010
  • Dawnmarie Souza — who was fired for using a Facebook post to criticize a supervisor — was deemed wrongfully terminated by a National Labor Relations Board ruling, the Harvard Business Review blog reports. Souza’s employer,…

    November 16, 2010

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