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The bureau hired Agilex under a four-year, $6.4 million contract to provide application development and technical support for field workers to use tablet computers. Census field workers will receive one of three different tablets for conducting actual surveys for the bureau and other federal agencies.
December 06, 2011 -
The department released a request for information for 11 email and collaboration services in the cloud. The RFI comes after Onix and Google dropped its protest of Interior\'s award to Softchoice and Microsoft for cloud email in October 2010.
November 01, 2011 -
SafeGov.org aims to provide government with a greater understanding of the benefits of cloud computing.
November 01, 2011 -
While agencies and employees are reaping the benefits of telework, many frontline supervisors remain reluctant. They have to learn to manage the work, not the workers, experts say.
October 19, 2011 -
Host John Gilroy is joined by John Booth, director of Web and New Media services at the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Service. October 11, 2011
October 11, 2011 -
Host John Gilroy is joined by Jon Booth, director of Web and New Media Services at the Center for Medicare and Medicaid services. October 11, 2011
October 11, 2011 -
Agency will do market research to see how the cloud market has changed. This decision prompted Onix and Google to drop their lawsuit.
September 29, 2011 -
The two protestors said in court documents Interior has agreed to take steps to fix potential contracting issues. But the Justice Department disputed Google and Onix\'s claims saying no agreement has been reached. Interior hired Softchoice to provide Microsoft software for email and collaboration in the cloud almost a year ago.
September 27, 2011 -
Microsoft released a cloud version of its popular Office applications suite.
June 29, 2011 -
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Federal CIO Vivek Kundra said there are more than 1,000 of these back-office systems and moving them to private cloud providers could save billions. Several agencies, including Labor and EEOC, already have moved their financial systems to a private cloud. Kundra envisions an interagency effort similar to the one for email where agencies commit to using a governmentwide contract for these services.
June 10, 2011 -
This is the fourth time GSA has done a major revamping of the capabilities of the government\'s portal. The agency views the changes to USA.gov as part of how innovations are changing government to solve challenges. Dave McClure proposes new website to bring together all the innovation efforts across government and share best practices.
May 17, 2011 -
The argument is over Google\'s Apps for Government. Google says they\'re FISMA certified. But Microsoft has released some court documents to refute that.
April 15, 2011 -
Microsoft makes court documents public as part of battle to provide cloud services to the Interior Department. Google contends its Google Apps for Government offers more security than FISMA requires.
April 12, 2011 -
The Honorable Tom Davis talks about on trends facing Government Contractors; as a former congressman and noted technology leader, he shares Government Contractor strategies and vision.
March 21, 2011