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An office within the National Archives and Records Administration, told a congressional subcommittee a new governmentwide portal could help agencies better manage the hundreds of thousands of Freedom of Information Act requests the government receives each year.
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Army officials announced the service is on track to more than double a Presidential goal for investments in energy efficiency projects. Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Energy and Sustainability Richard Kidd, said the Army would likely invest $800 million in performance-based contracts over the next two years to realize energy savings and efficiencies at its multitude of bases and facilities.
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Howard Schmidt, on his blog, lists the areas for improvement within federal cybersecurity.
March 26, 2012 -
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FBI allowed the servers to run for 120 days to give owners of infected computers time to clean out the DNSchanger malware. But the bureau dropped the ball on getting the word out.
March 26, 2012 -
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The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform posted the bill on its Madison website to let people view the bill before it is formally introduced.
March 26, 2012 -
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The hacker group LulzSec is promising more activity, despite the arrests of six active members earlier this month. In a message posted to YouTube, the group said it would start to take hacking action against governments, corporations and agencies beginning April 1.
March 23, 2012 -
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Staying ahead of evolving cyber threats means developing technology and people, according to several defense officials testifying to the Senate Armed Services subcommittee on emerging threats and capabilities.
March 23, 2012 -
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Tuesday, March 27th Federal agencies are working hard to comply with the Cloud First mandate evaluating projects that are ready to move to public and private clouds. The concept of a Private Cloud is a computing model that uses resources which are dedicated to your agency. While virtualization is an important technological component of private cloud, the key differentiator is the continued abstraction of computing resources from infrastructure and the machines (virtual or otherwise) used to deliver those resources. Only by delivering this abstraction can customers achieve the benefits of private cloud - including improved agility and responsiveness, reduced TCO, and increased business alignment and focus. Most importantly, a private cloud promises to exceed the cost effectiveness of a virtualized infrastructure through higher workload density and greater resource utilization. Join us for a discussion on the benefits of Private cloud and next steps that should be considered.
March 23, 2012 -
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The methods may not have changed much, but the motivations of cyber attackers morphed in 2011. Worldwide political upheaval, from the so-called Arab Spring to the Occupy movement, had a cyber threat angle.
March 23, 2012 -
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A new Internet Botnet Group will bring together federal and industry experts to try to stem the tide against botnet attacks. Experts estimate one in 10 computers are controlled by bad actors using malicious software to attack organizations. FCC working groups released three reports with recommendations for improve cybersecurity.
March 23, 2012 -
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The military\'s chief information officer, Teri Takai, said after the Army completes its migration to DISA\'s email-as-a-service, the Air Force will be next. She said the Navy also is in discussions to move to the cloud. DoD soon will release a new cloud computing strategy and standards guide for industry. March 22, 2012(Encore presentation April 19, 2012)
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The Navy opened the doors last week on a new laboratory tasked with cutting-edge research on robotics and unmanned systems. And befitting the science-fiction-like focus of research, the Laboratory for Autonomous Systems Research, located at the Naval Research Laboratory\'s main Washington, D.C.site, has its own state-of-the-art facilities.
March 22, 2012 -
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The Department of Veterans Affairs awarded a previously-terminated e-health record contract to Harris Corporation.
March 22, 2012 -
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John Horrigan, vice president of policy research at TechNet, joined The Federal Drive with Tom Temin with more on the survey results.
March 22, 2012
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