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Federal CIO Vivek Kundra expects GSA to issue a solicitation by May 10 for a $2.5 billion contract for email-as-a-service. It\'s part of how the administration wants agencies to move to cloud computing. Kundra said five of seven short-term IT reforms efforts are on track.
April 28, 2011 -
The Government Printing Office has named Charles Riddle as the new chief information officer. Riddle brings a background in information technology and most recently worked at the Agriculture Department.
April 20, 2011 -
Moths, snails, longhorn beetles, leafhoppers, miner flies and mites have been stopped at the border - before they could do damage. We get details from the CBP\'s Linda Cullen.
April 19, 2011 -
Federal News Radio covered two big stories this week on cloud computing. Check them out! Cloud computing e-discovery risks a concern Federal lawyers and record managers are watching closely how the General Services Administration, the Agriculture Department and others move their email and collaboration services to private sector cloud computing providers. Federal News Radio’s Jason [...]
April 12, 2011 -
Federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra says agencies are on track to move to the cloud and framed his ideas for where he wants government to go in the future.
April 11, 2011 -
One federal agency is working on apps so stakeholders can telework along side employees.
April 04, 2011 -
Last year: stinky. This year: even stinkier in terms of stink bug infestations. They USDA\'s Tracy Leskey tells us about the latest research, and hope for beating the bugs.
March 31, 2011 -
The USDA in Idaho receives more than 17,000 paper applications for white water river permits. Processing those applications is costly and time consuming. So the agency set up an online self service system where applicants have 24/7 access.
March 23, 2011 -
A House committee held a discussion on openness in government and addressed the errors made in reporting data related to spending.
March 14, 2011 -
John Cromartie of the USDA joined Tom Temin and Amy Morris on The Federal Drive
February 28, 2011 -
The administration\'s IT agenda for fiscal 2012 will include new tools to combat cyber threats as well as major overhauls to how agencies manage their systems. Agency CIOs say agility will be important moving forward.
February 28, 2011 -
Federal agencies are collaborating to fight bed bug infestations with common-sense practices.
February 01, 2011 -
Wow. So much news about cloud, so little time. Good thing we have this blog, right? Federal News Radio was busy covering news about cloud computing this week. We’ve gathered all of those stories here for easy access. Army weeks away from enterprise e-mail rollout The Army will begin migrating employees to its new cloud-based [...]
January 30, 2011 -
Are you moving to the cloud? Tune in for an interview with the USDA\'s Jim Stevens as he discusses his agency\'s cloud options. January 25, 2011
January 25, 2011 -
The Court of Federal Claims rules that Interior violated law and federal regulations in awarding a sole source contract to Microsoft for e-mail and collaboration services in the cloud. This the latest episode in an ongoing battle between the two software giants to provide cloud services to agencies.
January 06, 2011