Technology

  • Rob Carey has been in the Department of Navy\'s chief information officer\'s office for 10 years. September 9, 2010

    September 08, 2010
  • Open Government and transparency seems to the be the theme of the day today at Federal News Radio.

    September 08, 2010
  • Learn more in today\'s cybersecurity update

    September 08, 2010
  • Spammers exploit second Facebook bug

    September 08, 2010
  • A new advisory council will provide Commerce and other agencies with ideas for how the government can help push federally-funded technologies into the commercial marketplace. Locke said his agency will do its part by speeding up the patent process to one year and get certain grant funding out in 30 days. Commerce also is working with NIH and NSF on the i6 Challenge where $12 million is available for companies to commercialize technologies.

    September 08, 2010
  • One of the Obama administration\'s biggest partners when it comes to the use of technology for open government, the Sunlight Foundation, is questioning whether the push for gov 2.0 is running out of steam. Ellen Miller, Sunlight\'s executive director, calls the open data plans disappointing because 12 of 30 agencies didn\'t list any data sets for release. Federal CTO Aneesh Chopra said he welcomes the criticism.

    September 08, 2010
  • Exploring ideas to improve government effectiveness. We profile three recent Center reports with authors Dr. David Wyld on Cloud Computing in Government, Dr. Vicki Grant on Process Improvement in Social Service Delivery, and Prof. Sukumar Ganapati on the use of GIS in engaging citizens.

    September 07, 2010
  • September 22nd at 11 AM Data Loss Prevention (DLP) is receiving significant attention within the information security community as individuals and organizations realize the importance of managing and protecting sensitive information. The impact of a data breach can be significant, resulting in lost productivity, failed audits, and negative press exposure. This session will review the benefits of identity-aware Data Loss Prevention and how these integrated solutions can help reduce IT risk, automate key security processes and enhance overall compliance posture.

    September 07, 2010
  • Learn more about the DOT\'s research currently underway when Dr. Robert Bertini, the acting director of the Intelligent Transportation Systems program at DOT, talks to Federal News Radio.

    September 07, 2010
  • Also, is Defense cybersecurity spending asymmetrical?

    September 07, 2010
  • VA makes changes to education payments system

    September 07, 2010
  • Legislation is waiting for Congress to come back to work.

    September 06, 2010
  • This week, host John Gilroy talks with Mark Story of the SEC September 7, 2010

    September 06, 2010
  • Technology developed at the Department of Energy\'s Oak Ridge National Lab will extend the life of light-emitting diode lamps. The invention could save U.S. municipalities millions of dollars every year in replacement fixture costs and maintenance, as the lamps are increasingly in demand for uses such as street lights and parking garage lighting. New graphite foam technology has been licensed to LED North America, which specializes in providing LED lighting products for municipal, commercial and industrial applications. Cooling LED lamps is critical to increasing their efficiency, considering that each 10-degree decrease in temperature can double the life of the lighting components. The newly licensed graphite foam offers many advantages over comparable heat sink materials such as copper and aluminum.

    September 03, 2010

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