Technology

  • Department of Defense Does your department or agency have a mobile strategy or policy? The Department of Defense issued its Mobile Device Strategy, June 8, 2012 Bring-Your-Own-Device? BYOD currently presents many more challenges than benefits…

    December 05, 2012
  • Department of Commerce Does your department or agency have a mobile strategy or policy? Commerce has issued department guidance on reduction of mobile devices in response to the administration’s Campaign to Cut Waste. Commerce also…

    December 05, 2012
  • Witold Skwierczynski of the AFGE National Council of Social Security Administration Field Operations Locals talks about today's SSA demonstration. Travis Howerton discusses the National Nuclear Security Administration's plans to launch its own social network. Jeremy Herb of The Hill details the Defense Bill just passed by the Senate.

    December 05, 2012
  • The two agencies met this week to figure out how best to implement the recommendations in a white paper from ACT-IAC. The approach detailed in the document follows closely the methodology used to develop the NIEM and FICAM standards.

    December 05, 2012
  • Atul Ganatra and Adam Lee from IQ Solutions, will talk about how their company is helping agencies handle large amounts of data. December 4, 2012

    December 04, 2012
  • Rep. Darrell Issa said agencies need a lot more agility in their IT spending, but a lack of budget authority and a proliferation of accountability among bureau-level CIOs gets in the way.

    December 04, 2012
  • Department of the Air Force Does your department or agency have a mobile strategy or policy? An Air Force mobile strategy is being developed. Estimated completion date is during the first quarter of 2013. An…

    December 04, 2012
  • Jim Bradley of the GPO talks about The Plum Book. Administrator John Pistole discusses new security measures at the Transportation Security Administration. Dr. Patricia Hayes wants female vets to know VA is the right place for their healthcare needs. The Potomac Institute's Mike Sweetnam says the government's hodgepodge approach to cybersecurity is no way to prepare for a cyberwar.

    December 03, 2012
  • Air Force senior leaders assigned themselves several tasks after a summit on cyberspace in mid-November. But the service's role in cyberspace also awaits forthcoming guidance from the military's top leadership on the future of U.S. Cyber Command.

    December 03, 2012
  • Faced with declining resources, the Internal Revenue Service has diverted resources from elsewhere inside the agency to try and head off skyrocketing cases of identity theft stemming from tax refunds.

    November 30, 2012
  • The agency cites its desire to streamline services as the reason to phase out the site. But industry experts say use of apps.gov has been minimal and there was no clear market for the portal. OMB launched the site in September 2009.

    November 30, 2012
  • Malcolm Jackson, the agency's CIO, said two new contracts for IT hardware and email will begin to transform the way EPA buys and uses technology. November 29, 2012

    November 29, 2012
  • The National Archives and Records Administration awarded technology company Unisys Corporation a contract worth up to $7.2 million to oversee the transition of the agency's 4,500 users to the cloud-based Google Apps for email and collaboration.

    November 29, 2012
  • On this week's Capital Impact show, analysts examine multiple award contracts at the Defense Department and how e-health records helped patients during Hurricane Sandy.

    November 29, 2012

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