Digital Government
Which browser is the riskiest? The answer may surprise you.
Survey assesses browser vulnerabilities, Web servers and other risk factors.
Digital Government
Open-source tools could make it easier to build a hybrid cloud
Government agencies interested in building out privately-run internal clouds have a growing number of open-source tools to work with.
Digital Government
Will Google's Android 2 be a smart-phone spoiler?
The release of the Motorola Droid by Verizon Wireless has many reviewers touting it as the biggest threat yet to the popular Apple iPhone. Many observers also believe that the once written-off Android could outsell devices based on the BlackBerry, Microsoft Windows Mobile and Palm Pre platforms.
Digital Government
Open source gets DOD’s long-awaited blessing
New guidance from Defense Department acting CIO David Wennergren says DOD should consider open-source software on equal footing with commercial offerings.
People
The 'browser mafia' must lead the IT revolution
Consensus on strategy is fleeting, but most recognize that IT is a catalyst for fundamental change, writes FCW columnist Chris Bronk.
Modernization
Federal CIO continues push for standards to enable interoperability
Creating interoperable systems across federal, state and local governments depends on establishing standards and building systems that adhere to those standards, Federal CIO Kundra says.
People
Imagine a world without Word
If Microsoft is barred from selling Word, agencies would find alternative products and workarounds, observers say.
People
DISA releases open-source administration app
The Defense Information Systems Agency has released its Open Source Corporate Management System with hopes that other agencies and industry may reuse and further develop the software suite.
Modernization
Federal future cloudy for Microsoft Word
Agencies are wondering how a court's ruling banning Microsoft from selling Word will affect their procurement plans.
Modernization
DISA asks industry for help with new priorities
DISA wants to deliver on-demand, enterprisewide technology services across the Defense Department.
Modernization
DISA OKs collaborative site for classified use
DISA's Forge.mil is designed for easy information sharing and cooperative software development and will operate on the Defense Department’s classified SIPRNet, the agency says.
Modernization
USPS takes open source route to upgrade mainframe app
Postal Service IT officials have upgraded the service's 15-year-old mainframe system to handle more transactions and lower the cost of operating the system.
Cybersecurity
Agencies look inward for Web 2.0
When agencies are not able to use public services such as Facebook and Twitter, a growing collection of open-source tools is making it easier for them to create their own social-networking systems.
People
Klossner: Those guys are wearing underwear on the outside ...
FCW cartoonist John Klossner imagines that open-source proponents probably encounter the same doubts that would be raised about superheroes.
People
EPA provides business intell, analytics tools in SaaS model
Environmental Protection Agency discovers that, despite a few glitches, Oracle business intelligence software can be shared across the entire agency.
Cybersecurity
Pointers
As open-source boosters soak up the positive signals they hear from new federal CIO Vivek Kundra, it’s worth noting how much the open-source world has – and has not – changed in the past few years.
People
Kundra advocates open source
Federal CIO Vivek Kundra includes open source as one of the key technologies to make government work better and more cheaply, but open-source evangelists still see major roadblocks ahead that will take more than lip service — even if it is from the White House — to overcome.
Modernization
Report provides open government suggestions
A report by the National Academy of Public Administration looks at suggestions on how the federal government can be more transparent.
Modernization
Leading the Army's technology charge
Army Maj. Gen. Nickolas Justice, who presides over a diverse group of programs at the Program Executive Office for Command, Control and Communications Tactical, discusses the benefits of service-oriented architecture and open-source software.
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