Modernization
Federal 100 winner: Ray Boyd
Boyd led the development of the Defense Department's Techipedia, a collaborative tool that keeps DOD employees up-to-date on commercial research and emerging technology.
Modernization
Federal 100 winner: James Ryan
Ryan, deputy director of the Small Business Administration’s Disaster Credit Management System Operations Center, led the design, development and deployment of an online loan application that allows people affected by a disaster to securely apply for loans.
People
GAO: Energy faces problems with stimulus billions
The stimulus law sends almost $12 billion to Energy Department programs with track records that raise concerns about accountability, the GAO says.
Cybersecurity
R&D work vulnerable to cyber threats
A group of experts urged action to stop the effects cyber attacks could have on research and the economy.
Cybersecurity
DHS forms new research centers
The Homeland Security Department has hired two organizations for up to $712 million over five years to run two new DHS-sponsored research and development centers.
Modernization
Ballmer: IT may help reset the economy
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer was upbeat at the company's Public Sector CIO Summit, saying the outlook for information technology was not as bleak as for some other sectors.
Digital Government
Panel: DOD needs experienced procurement people
Former defense officials agreed that the Defense Department can't make better purchasing decisions without experienced acquisition people.
Modernization
DOD ceases separate testing of IPv6 products
Now all voice, video and data IPv6 products undergo a standard evaluation that can lead to being certified for DOD use.
Cybersecurity
Institute: Better coordination needed for cybersecurity R&D
A report makes recommendations to improve cybersecurity research efforts.
Modernization
Upgraded site offers information on research projects
An Energy Department site has added projects from the Defense Department, NASA and the Transportation Research Board to its federal R&D project summaries portal.
Modernization
Air Force plans relignment for centers
Moving personnel will more effectively integrate cyber concerns with testing and evaluation of weapons systems, Air Force officials say.
People
Bill would fund electronics recycling
A House bill would provide grants for researching new ways to sort plastic and make electronics last longer.
Modernization
Recommended Reading for Feb. 9
The case against cloud computing; Brainstorming loses favor; The inauguration, up close and personal; Lessons from the freckled CIO.
Modernization
Stimulus bills excite IT community
The $900 billion economic stimulus package moving through Congress includes as much as $100 billion in IT initiatives and infrastructure investments – more than the federal government spent on all of its IT needs last year.
People
DHS turns to old model for R&D
Research centers can help with technology acquisitions, but they raise ethics concerns.
Modernization
Air Force wants software for cyber research
The software will be used by the Global Cyberspace Integration Center to help test command and control, and cyber systems, service says.
People
New university concentrates on IT
The institution will offer graduate-level courses on computing systems, cognitive computing and artificial intelligence.
People
Stimulus bills have big bucks for ‘green’ IT programs
Funding and developing energy efficiencies, renewable resources and the technologies to support them would create jobs, members of Congress say.
Cybersecurity
Stimulus bill primes the pump
Federal information technology contractors could see a flurry of activity this year if Congress approves the roughly $32 billion in IT investments included the Obama administration’s economic stimulus bill (S.1).
Modernization
Stimulus has billions for IT
The House Appropriations Committee has approved an $825 billion stimulus package with at least $14 billion in projects for high-speed broadband networks, health information technology and scientific research.
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