Technology

• U.S. ranks high in transparency over most countries

  The International Budget Partnership\'s survey examines governments\' transparency. Warren Krafchik, director of the IBP, told the DorobekINSIDER why some government\'s don\'t provide open data to the public.

  Open Data/Transparency

  November 08, 2010
• GSA employees on alert after data breach

  General Service Administration employees are on alert for identity theft after an employee accidentally sent the names and social security numbers of the agency\'s entire staff to a private email address.

  Technology

  November 08, 2010
• Cyber Command plans offensive actions

  Fully operational last week, the Cyber Command is already planning offensive actions for cybersecurity.

  Defense

  November 08, 2010
• Gov 2.0 focused on government at expense of public

  Computerworld Australia reports that Gov 2.0 is overly focused on internal benefits and not on public use. But Andrea DiMaio argues that making government more efficient is the outcome.

  Technology

  November 08, 2010
• Enterprise 2.0: A sea of change

  Andrew McAfee writes in his blog about a cultural shift among CIOs toward Enterprise 2.0.

  Technology

  November 08, 2010
• Virtualization: compare and contrast

  Host John Gilroy discusses the expansion of virtualization with Joe Brown, President, Accelera Solutions. November 9, 2010 (Encore presentation)

  Federal Tech Talk

  November 08, 2010
• HHS e-health IT funding to be performance based

  HHS is just months away from awarding federal funds for health IT, but in order to earn the money, health providers will first have to prove that they are using electronic health records in a meaningful way. We get details from HHS CTO Todd Park.

  Federal Drive

  November 08, 2010
• Even design trends favor telework

  A home office makes your home more attractive.

  Technology

  November 08, 2010
• Army Directs New Energy Savings

  The Army has begun the process of overhauling the energy efficiency of all of its facilities worldwide. Two policy memos will change the way the Army designs and builds permanent buildings. The new guidance focuses on water reduction, energy consumption, and specific ways to reduce the impact of Army facilities on the natural environment. Those include more efficient siting, solar water heating, and storm water management. Also, all incandescent light bulbs and older lighting technology is to be replaced within five years. The Army Corps of Engineers has issued a study that found the Army spends about $1.5 billion dollars a year to provide electricity, and air handling for its structures. The new guidelines, they say, could save as much as 45 percent of that amount in new buildings.

  Defense

  November 08, 2010
• NASA Software Leads to Fuel Savings For Airlines

  Software developed at NASA\'s Ames Research Center is enabling fuel savings for airlines while also increasing their planes\' environmental efficiency. The Ames Direct-To software is a product of NASA aeronautics research in air traffic management. It enables airlines to save fuel and reduce emissions by automatically identifying flight shortcuts that are wind-favorable and acceptable to air traffic controllers. It\'s already been adopted by the Boeing Company for commercial use. Their offering a new air traffic efficiency service that uses the software. Project directors say they\'ve estimated a potential combined savings of about 900 flying minutes per day for all aircraft using the software. That means a potential savings of tens of thousands of flight minutes per year for a medium-sized airline.

  Technology

  November 08, 2010
• New Math Model Used To Protect A Holiday Favorite

  If smoked salmon is on the menu or being served at an upcoming holiday gathering, you can thank scientists with the Department of Agriculture for doing their part to ensure it is safe to eat. They say they\'ve developed a first-of-its-kind mathematical model that food processors can use to select the perfect combination of temperature and concentrations of salt and smoke compounds in order to reduce or eliminate the possibility of contaminated smoked salmon making its way to market. USDA researchers say smoked salmon is typically sold in packages that have a refrigerator shelf life of about three to eight weeks. Since dangerous microbes can live at refrigerator temperatures, they say it\'s important to get rid of the microbes before packages leave the processing plant.

  Technology

  November 08, 2010
• Pentagon debates cyber-attacks

  The new Pentagon Cyber Command is thinking about going on the offensive

  Federal Drive

  November 08, 2010
• GTEC buys cyber analysis firm

  Signature Government Solutions, LLC sold for $52.5 million in cash.

  Federal Drive

  November 08, 2010
• Feds raise questions about cloud security

  Several cyber experts are not sold on how security around cloud computing will work. Some of the doubts come as GSA issues draft requirements for FedRAMP. Others say agencies likely will move to a private cloud first before trusting data to a public provider.

  Technology

  November 08, 2010