Technology

  • March 13th, 2012 at 2PM The advent of Big Data is creating a challenge for Federal agencies that are pursuing cloud computing and mobility initiatives. If data is locked up in brittle and/or underperforming resources, agencies can\'t realize the productivity gains promised by cloud computing and post-PC era technologies. Listen to learn more on how your agency can manage the rapid growth of data and derive greater value from that data.

    March 12, 2012
  • The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is calling on programmers everywhere to help wrangle old satellites stuck in space for salvage.

    March 12, 2012
  • In retaliation for the arrests of several of its members, the hacker group Anonymous has taken down several websites.

    March 12, 2012
  • More than a year ago, the Government Accountability Office launched its mobile website to allow users to access reports, testimonies and other documents.

    March 12, 2012
  • The cancellation is only a minor setback, though, said former national health IT coordinator David Brailer in an interview with Federal News Radio\'s Ruben Gomez.

    March 12, 2012
  • Avue Technologies Co-CEO Linda Rix will give us an update on federal hiring and how her company is helping those who want to work for the government. March 9, 2012

    March 09, 2012
  • The release of the new iPad could make the government mobile market even hotter than it is now. Tom Suder, the president and CEO of Mobilegov, joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss whether the new tablet will help fuel demand for iPads at federal agencies.

    March 09, 2012
  • Paul Rosenzweig, a visiting fellow at the Heritage Foundation and the former the deputy assistant secretary for policy at the Homeland Security Department, joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss competing cybersecurity legislation in both the House and Senate.

    March 09, 2012
  • The Department of Health and Human Services taps Frank Baitman to be its new chief information officer. He comes to HHS from the Food and Drug Administration where he was an entrepreneur-in-residence.

    March 09, 2012
  • The White House announced today President Barack Obama will appoint Todd Park to serve as the next federal chief technology officer. Park most recently served at the CTO of the Health and Human Services Department and fills the slot vacated by Aneesh Chopra, who stepped down last month after three years in the position.

    March 09, 2012
  • The Department of Veterans Affairs has started delivering health benefits handbooks, custom tailored to the situations of individual veterans. Vets in VA\'s Priority Group 1 have already started receiving the books, which detail VA facility information, personalized benefit and copay details and other information. For female veterans, the book will include gender-specific coverage information and details on how to get covered care outside of VA facilities. The agency\'s planning to create a secure online version of the personalized handbooks soon.

    March 09, 2012
  • The Office of Management and Budget says a new 2.0 version of the government\'s IT dashboard will give a lot more insight into individual agencies\' IT spending. Federal CIO Steven VanRoekel says the revamped dashboard will give the public access to individual projects and activities associated with an IT investment, along with connections to funding sources. OMB hopes the more granular data will help identify duplication in agency IT projects and help pinpoint performance problems.

    March 09, 2012
  • A new federally-sponsored report warned that a risk of catastrophic failure of critical infrastructure existed in the U.S. because of the government\'s heavy reliance on Chinese technology firms.

    March 09, 2012
  • Adm. Robert Day, the service\'s CIO, said he wants to consolidate data centers, recompete their HR system and better utilize smartphone and tablet devices. The Coast Guard also will begin deploying long-awaited C4 capabilities in 2012. March 8, 2012

    March 08, 2012

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