Technology

• More spam on Twitter, Facebook

  Twitter and Facebook users beware: Spam is on the rise. Hackers and spammers are looking for security holes in the social networking sites, USA Today reports.

  Technology

  September 28, 2010
• VA’s Baker revels in job to turnaround IT processes

  This week, Roger Baker, Chief Information Officer at the Veterans Affairs Department, talks with host Jason Miller about turning around IT processes within the agency. September 30, 2010

  Ask the CIO

  September 28, 2010
• OMB, CIO Council issues new IPv6 guidance

  Agencies must make their data networks compliant with the IPv6 protocol now. The government and private industry face a looming crisis as Internet addresses defined by an increasingly dated technical protocol run out, possibly as early as next year. Agencies must first upgrade external servers to run the new protocol.

  Defense

  September 28, 2010
• Minnesota launches landmark Microsoft cloud collaboration

  Minnesota\'s Office of Enterprise Technology and Microsoft have formed a partnership to deliver faster and cheaper technology services through cloud computing, Government Technology reports.

  Technology

  September 28, 2010
• Nuclear power market hotter than ever

  America\'s energy future should include nuclear energy as a clean, safe and dependable source of power. At least according to a new coalition. We talk with co-chair, Christine Todd Whitman.

  Federal Drive

  September 28, 2010
• Army awards contract for NSA data center

  $1.2 billion contract awarded to build a 1.5 million square foot data center for NSA. The facility will also provide technical assistance to the Homeland Security Department to protect federal civilian agency networks.

  Federal Drive

  September 28, 2010
• Cyber Innovation Center launches in Maryland

  The CIC helps enable the delivery of cyber-risk solutions by providing a collaboration space dedicated to fusing the ideas, services and technologies required to address the nation\'s toughest cybersecurity challenges.

  Federal Drive

  September 28, 2010
• Cyber Storm III uses Internet to attack itself

  DHS kicked off a global exercise to test the capabilities of the government, other nations and the private sector, in dealing with a possible attack on computer networks. The week-long test asks participants to deal with a scenario where the attack takes down the Web.

  Technology

  September 28, 2010
• Hiring cyber pros at DoD: Alexander’s plan

  DoD will hire 1,000 cybersecurity workers a year across all the services over the next few years to build their cyber force.

  All News

  September 27, 2010
• Albuquerque site lets residents track tax dollars

  Do you know how your local taxes are being spent? In Albuquerque, New Mexico, residents can track their tax dollars with a click of a mouse, part of an open government initiative called ABQ View. Albuquerque Mayor Richard Berry talks about the importance of transparency on all levels of government.

  Technology

  September 27, 2010
• Who can shut down the Internet?

  In the case of a cybersecurity attack, who --if anybody -- should have the power to shut down the Internet. DorobekINSIDER talks with David Silverberg, editor of Homeland Security Today, about who should have the keys to the Internet.

  Technology

  September 27, 2010
• Virtualization: compare and contrast

  Host John Gilroy discusses the expansion of virtualization with Joe Brown, President, Accelera Solutions. September 28, 2010

  Federal Tech Talk

  September 27, 2010
• USPTO Incentivizes Technology Addressing Humanitarian

  The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is looking for ideas on how to incentivize the creation, and wider distribution of, technologies that address humanitarian needs. One proposed pilot program would allow patent holders to put any patent on a faster track to approval if they also share technology that address humanitarian purposes. The technologies include treatments for tropical diseases, diagnostic medical tools, methods to grow crops with higher yields or better nutritional value, and treatments for sanitation or clean water. Participants can qualify for the proposed pilot in two ways. One is by making their patented technologies available to impoverished populations for humanitarian use. Because patents under re-examination are often commercially valuable, the fast-track re-examination allows a patent owner to affirm the validity of their patent more quickly and less expensively. More information about the proposed fast-track re-examination voucher pilot program can be found in the Federal Register.

  Technology

  September 27, 2010
• U.S.-China Clean Energy Research Center Is Launched

  Researchers at the Oak Ridge National Lab are focusing on a suite of technologies that will put more electric and hybrid vehicles on the road. The hope is they\'ll encourage the joint research and development of clean energy technologies by the U.S. and China. The U.S.-China Clean Energy Research Center will help accelerate the development and deployment of clean vehicle and clean coal technologies here at home. The Lab will contribute to advanced systems integration, vehicle electrification, batteries and energy storage, the combustion of biofuels and other technologies. Government funding for the Clean Energy Research Center totals $25 million, and will be matched by the grantees. The center aims to have an impact on three of society\'s grand challenges: climate change, energy security and environmental sustainability

  Technology

  September 27, 2010