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President Barack Obama recently outline plans to develop high speed rail in the United States. Mr. Obama likened the project to the 1950’s creation of our interstate system. $8 billion has been set aside for…
I’m up early this morning to attend the monthly breakfast gathering for AFCEA International’s Bethesda, MD chapter — and it’s a good one this morning. I expect a packed house as Vivek Kundra, the federal…
One of the more vexing issues right now is transparency and the recovery program, and I keep pointing out that this is all unprecedented. There has arguably never been this level of transparency on this…
Cisco and a telecommunications company are saying ‘konichiwa’ as they work together to deliver Unified Communications to Japan. The partnership between Cisco and Fujitsu began about five years ago. Part of the collaboration, which will…
Communication during emergencies is crucial. A new satellite-based system from Hughes Network Systems hopes to help agencies communicate securely when preparing for and responding to emergencies. Tony Bardo is the assistant vice president of Government…
CIO Council offers advice on improving agency input on IT security
By Jason Miller Executive Editor FederalNewsRadio With the Networx and Alliant contracts in place, the General Services Administration is turning its attention its next big procurement. GSA on April 15 issued a request for information…
The Obama administration’s announcement late Friday — and officially made on Saturday — of the OMB deputy director of management/chief performance officer as well as the much discussed Obama chief technology officer has been the…
Two presidential appointments designed to streamline government.
Not only was the administration telling people about the new chief performance officer/OMB deputy director of management and the Obama chief technology officer/director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, but… the…
This has been buzzing around for a few days now — a paper looking at the relationship between social software and national security. Wired blogged about it … FCW’s Ben Bain had a good piece…
The White House issued a release earlier today — under embargo until 6a ET Saturday morning — about two senior White House posts. A number of organizations decided to reject the embargo, including, somewhat shockingly,…
The World Wide Web Consortium — or W3C — plays an important role when it comes to how you see things on the Web. The group has been focusing lately on Web 2.0, especially as…
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