IT

  • Interior CIO Bernie Mazer tells Jason Miller about the new expanded role of the CIO.

    December 21, 2010
  • The Center for Internet Security is trying to establish universal metrics for cybersecurity functions. We talk with Steve Piliero, the chief technology officer of CIS. December 9, 2010

    December 14, 2010
  • Chris Kemp, CTO for IT at NASA, joins host John Gilroy to discuss the agency\'s Nebula Cloud Platform. December 14, 2010

    December 14, 2010
  • Randolph Hite with GAO says his experience over the last 30 years in looking at large-scale IT projects across more federal departments and agencies than I can name has shown that this self-evident truth has been long and widely recognized and adopted when it comes to how IT projects are developed or acquired.

    December 10, 2010
  • Does acquiring or developing a system incrementally equate to managing it incrementally? In a word, the answer is \"no.\" Randolph C. Hite is the director of IT Architecture and Systems Issues at the Government Accountability Office.

    December 09, 2010
  • Big news this week on the cloud computing front. Agencies are being required by the Office of Management and Budget to adopt a “cloud-first” policy as part of the 2012 budget process. Jeff Zients, chief performance officer and deputy director for management at OMB, made the announcement during a speech at the Northern Virginia Technology [...]

    November 23, 2010
  • The Office of Management and Budget announced five structural changes to put renewed focus on improving IT management. OMB CPO Jeffrey Zients says the way government currently budgets for and acquires IT is \"broken.\"

    November 19, 2010
  • National Defense University\'s iCollege professor Andy Gravatt explains the lessons on his course syllabus, from communication to risk management.

    November 17, 2010
  • It\'s been more than nine months since the Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative began with the intent to reduce energy usage, lower IT costs and improve security. And some federal agencies are discovering that it\'s difficult to reduce spending without putting some money upfront first. NASA is just one of the federal agencies trying to [...]

    November 03, 2010
  • As the dust settles from the midterm elections, look for changes to how cybersecurity matters are handled on Capitol Hill. Homeland Security NewsWire is reporting that Representatives Peter King of New York and Darrell Issa of California will likely chair two committees with cybersecurity oversight.

    November 03, 2010
  • ACT-IAC offers recommendations for improving large-scale IT acquisitions.

    October 28, 2010
  • October 20th, 2010 at 11 AM The application of knowledge discovery within the cloud is immensely powerful, but not inbuilt. We are collectively moving past the question of \"what is cloud computing\", and swiftly moving towards \"how does the cloud enable advanced analysis against massive volumes of data?\" With industry and government leveraging multiple clouds, how do we successfully share and search large collections of data across systems, departments, and geographies? Organizations will continue to discuss and better understand the analytic power and economies of cloud computing, in the sense of data storage, sharing, and management; but we are quickly discovering that creating knowledge from data is more than just a discussion of technology. It\'s a discussion of what can be accomplished when massive data and cloud computing efficiencies combine to make advanced analysis and innovation possible.

    October 15, 2010
  • Under the contract, the company will develop interior designs, perform equipment needs assessments, relocations, equipment installation, maintenance and employee training for the Army Corps of Engineers.

    October 13, 2010
  • Learn more from a recent report done by TheLadders

    October 11, 2010