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 Google has filed a lawsuit against the Interior Department in an attempt to prevent the agency from going ahead with bid requests to host a cloud-based electronic messaging system. According to a lawsuit filed in U.S. Court of Federal Claims, Google says they met with Interior Department officials on several occasions asking them to [...]
November 23, 2010 -
November 16th, 2010 at 12:00PM Work is something you do, not someplace you go. Federal Agencies are looking at Telework as a way to lower the cost of government, attract and retain top talent, enable emergency readiness plans, lower their carbon footprint, and take advantage of technology improvements to work more efficiently. The current administration recognizes the opportunity to leverage telework to solve some of the government\'s greatest challenges, and has long championed the economic and social benefits of telework expansion. FedsTelework, a FedScoop production, is pleased to bring you a panel discussion with Government IT leaders including Bill Piatt from GSA and Pamela Budda from DOD to discuss telework solutions in the federal government.
November 12, 2010 -
Federal agencies tend to favor brands they know, Washington Business Journal reports. FAR is supposed to eliminate brand preference, but that doesn’t always happens, one industry expert said in the article. “I think concern about…
November 12, 2010 -
Google is suing the U.S. government for what it claims is unfairly requiring the Web-based document system it uses to be part of Microsoft.
November 02, 2010 -
Microsoft is taking new steps to eradicate the Zeus botnet.
October 13, 2010 -
system, what kind of legal protection can you expect? The protection isn\'t the same for data stored on your personal home computer, and top cloud vendors say it\'s time for that to change.
October 12, 2010 -
Election technology firm Democracy Live is partnering with Microsoft Windows Azure cloud platform to launching LiveBallot, a tool to make it easier for overseas citizens to vote, Government Technology reports.
October 06, 2010 -
Microsoft has issued an out-of-band security update, blocking ongoing attacks against a flaw in the ASP.NET web application framework that can cause poor encryption implementations.
September 29, 2010 -
Minnesota\'s Office of Enterprise Technology and Microsoft have formed a partnership to deliver faster and cheaper technology services through cloud computing, Government Technology reports.
September 28, 2010 -
Host John Gilroy discusses the expansion of virtualization with Joe Brown, President, Accelera Solutions. September 28, 2010
September 27, 2010 -
DHS\'s Sean McGurk and other cybersecurity experts are trying to protect agency networks against one of the most dangerous viruses ever developed. Stuxnet exploits a vulnerability in Siemens industrial equipment control software and hardware and may be the product of a nation bent on sabotage.
September 27, 2010 -
FCC has tapped a former Microsoft executive to help revamp the agency\'s web and data resources. The goal: to \"reboot\" FCC.gov, and make it a model for how government uses the web to serve citizens.
September 14, 2010 -
Spammers exploit second Facebook bug
September 08, 2010 -
Today, the FCB hears from Joe Klimavicz, chief information officer and director of high performance computing and communications at NOAA. He tells us about some pilot programs they’re running in order to see if cloud…
August 17, 2010 -
August 17th Audio available >> click here At times of high volume transactions like the upcoming end of year budget cycle. government organizations typically encounter opportunities for improvement. Budget Reprogramming in many agencies today is a manual process. Moving simple financial transactions between departments can take weeks instead of hours. Tune in to learn how Microsoft is improving the work of government by enabling better intra company transfers and compliance reporting back to the government. Microsoft has teamed with partners like Information Strategies to provide line of business solutions that can be rapidly deployed in the cloud and at a much lower cost. Tune into to find out how you can drive greater efficiency and impact with Microsoft Dynamics solutions for government.
August 09, 2010