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Computers have changed how Americans do almost everything. And they are also changing national security. That according to James Carafano, senior research fellow for the Heritage Foundation. He has written a pieces titled “Social Networking…
It has been months now since the DorobekInsider reported that Jonathan Pettus, the former NASA CIO, decided to step down from that post to return to his job as CIO at at NASA’s Marshall Space…
When it comes to using social media, an expert says that just because you can, doesn\'t necessarily mean you should.
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology is taking the first steps toward bridging the gap between federal and private health information systems by making free software available online. CONNECT allows federal…
The Department of Veterans Affairs officially has a new chief information officer. Roger Baker, formerly the Commerce Department CIO, was confirmed by the Senate Monday. Baker’s formal title is Assistant Secretary for Information and Technology.…
The Air Force once again is leading the federal effort to address some obvious cybersecurity gaps. The service and Microsoft teamed up to develop secure server configurations for Windows servers. This work comes about two…
Standards part of broader plan to help reduce data center energy usage. Energy also has tool to measure data center power usage.
John Ely Executive Director for Procurement, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Department of Homeland Security (DHS) May 18th and 20th
Cyber security has received a thorough debate within the Obama administration. Now it looks like the Homeland Security Department will retain at least some role in setting standards and policy - even as a new White House office is established for cyber security. It\'s taken a month for the administration to get its final report out after the 60-day review. Why? Because lots of agencies and panels were fighting for a piece of the action. But Congress has yet to weigh in. I\'m Tom Temin.
Draft explanation kicks off effort to develop special publication for government architecture, strategies and security.
As some of you may know, I write a column for AFCEA’s Signal magazine. It appears on the back page of the magazine each month. After coming from Federal Computer Week, which put out 40…
How many pages did you print out today? The newly released Government Printing Report shows that the average federal employee prints out more than 7,200 pages every year. 92 percent say they don’t need to…
We’ve been hearing pings for awhile, but it now seems to be common knowledge within the halls of the Agriculture Department: The new USDACIO post will go to the current acting CIO Chris Smith. We…
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