Cloud Computing

• Healthcare IT and clinical testing

  Tony Varano, founder and CEO of DSG, joins host John Gilroy to discuss how to improve healthcare data collection. March 12, 2013

  Federal Tech Talk

  March 12, 2013
• As agencies come to terms with cloud security, another barrier emerges

  FedRAMP and other initiatives are helping CIOs become more comfortable with securing data and applications in the cloud. But changing the way agencies buy, manage and oversee technology is a bigger roadblock in moving systems to the cloud.

  Federal Drive

  March 07, 2013
• USDA’s Forest Service taking different approach to mobility

  Doug Nash, the Forest Service's CIO, said he sees great promise in using a PC-on-a-stick to let employees securely connect back to the network, save data from the field and do work from anywhere. Forest Service will release a mobile strategy and architecture in the coming weeks. February 21, 2013

  Ask the CIO

  February 19, 2013
• Virtualization and healthcare IT

  Lola Jordan and Fred Rowell from Companion Data Centers will discuss data center consolidation, cloud computing, social media, and more. February 12, 2013

  Federal Tech Talk

  February 12, 2013
• DISA promises fixes to overwhelmed online conferencing system

  Cancellations of in-person meetings press DoD's Web conferencing system past its limits. The Defense Information Systems Agency will complete upgrades by Feb. 15.

  Federal Drive

  February 08, 2013
• Postal Service’s IG’s office proclaims 2013 as year of mobile

  Gary Barlet, the OIG's chief information officer, is taking a three-pronged approach to helping employees access data from anywhere, at anytime. The steps include virtualization, a BYOD strategy and cloud services. February 7, 2013

  Ask the CIO

  February 07, 2013
• The Big Data Dilemma

  The concept of big data isn't new. The intelligence community and the Defense Department have understood the benefits of analyzing information to find enemies or determine intentions of nation sates. But with the acceptance and move to cloud computing and mobile devices, every federal agency now has the opportunity to make data work for them. But most federal agencies are struggling to manage and use information to make better decisions. This discussion will look at different use cases of how the public and private sectors are dealing with the deluge of information that is coming at them every day, and how they are using that data to make mission-critical decisions.

  Technology

  February 06, 2013
• CIO priorities zero in on cloud, cyber as budget uncertainty looms

  Federal chief information officers remain concerned with securing their agencies' networks and systems. Cybersecurity ranked first in a list of CIOs priorities in an exclusive survey conducted by Federal News Radio. Also among CIOs' top priorities were moving back-office or commodity IT systems to the cloud and using IT to ease the budget pressures facing agencies. Roger Baker, assistant secretary for information and technology and chief information officer of the Veterans Affairs Department discussed the survey results on In Depth with Francis Rose.

  All News

  February 01, 2013
• Perakslis shifting the FDA to a data-centric approach

  The Food and Drug Administration's new Information Management Strategic plan is helping to create a new infrastructure to support using data to meet its mission. January 24, 2013

  Ask the CIO

  January 24, 2013
• What’s new at Microsoft?

  Susie Adams, Microsoft's chief technical officer for Federal Sales joins host John Gilroy to discuss four surprising facts about Microsoft and the federal government. January 22, 2013

  Federal Tech Talk

  January 22, 2013
• Navy reducing IT spending ahead of schedule

  The Department of the Navy is finding real dollar savings by moving to enterprise software licenses, managing mobile devices and services better and reducing the number of printers and the amount printed. Terry Halvorsen, the DoN CIO, said they are on track to meet the goal of cutting 25 percent of their IT budget in five years. January 17, 2013

  Ask the CIO

  January 17, 2013
• Agencies tackle cloud, mobile, big data convergence

  OMB and NIST are seeking help from industry and academia on how to integrate cloud computing and the large amount of information that is created from mobile computing. The goal is not just to know what data agencies have, but the value the data brings. With all this focus on cloud and big data integration, could agencies be on the hook for a new "big data" strategy?

  Federal Drive

  January 16, 2013
• Cloud is the next chapter in the government’s identity management saga

  The Postal Service issued a draft solicitation for the Federal Cloud Credential Exchange. The goal is to create a cloud-based service to perform identity authentication and verification. Agencies could plug into the service, integrating it with any application that adheres to the standards.

  Federal Drive

  January 11, 2013
• NIST’s IT Lab well-heeled to answer agencies’ expanding calls for its services

  IT Lab Director Charles Romine said the organization collaborates with an ever-growing number of agencies on technology challenges. He said the Lab also is focusing on questions around cloud, cybersecurity, mobile computing and big data. January 10, 2013

  Ask the CIO

  January 10, 2013