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Managerial shortages
Some agencies seek to fill loss of senior program managers by placing responsibility on contractors.
People
Program management falls short
Time, scope and cost are no longer the only factors shaping the outcome of government programs.
People
Can agencies take the new iPhones seriously?
With more users clamoring for Apple's latest phones, IT leaders must decide if these phones are smart enough to handle an agency's needs.
Modernization
Dial in the perfect smart phone
Experts explain the key usability features, services and security issues to consider when making a buy.
Modernization
A cloudy forecast for storage?
Agencies weigh the cost savings and risks of emerging “cloud” storage services?
People
Telework: Good policy, better practice
The more managers can test the continuity-of-operations plans in nonemergency situations, the better the organization will handle the real emergencies.
People
How secure is your COOP?
Contingency planners, such as New York’s William Pelgrin, must balance recovering quickly from a disaster with recovering safely.
People
Homeland security's cyber eyes
Security experts roll out new techniques to try to keep up with today’s stealthy, transnational cyberattacks.
People
States, feds still struggle to share health information
Technical and policy gaps remain in the patchwork of systems that send data about disease outbreaks to national repositories.
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Bridging the divide
Agencies must resolve difficult cultural and policy challenges to get homeland security and law enforcement information flowing freely.
Digital Government
Open-source myth busters
Don’t let common misconceptions about freely distributed software derail your IT strategies
Modernization
IT appliances: Avoid overdoing it
Having too many single-purpose devices leads to complexity instead of simplicity
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Web extra: Improving software security by shrinking its attack surface
Researchers have worked on the problem for four years and are close to creating a prototype.
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Homeland Security’s high-tech gamble
DHS’ low-profile “skunk works” seeks game-changing technologiesto thwart tomorrow’s terrorists
Modernization
Colorado shuts down registration system because of unreliable data
The cost of inconsistent data is becoming clear for some states.Colorado halted its use of a new $13 million vehicle registration software program earlier this year because of data reliability problems.
Modernization
Data organization and validation strategies
Creating standard data architectures is especially difficult for state and local governments that have been collecting information in various forms for decades or in some cases, even centuries, said Vivek Kundra, chief technology officer of the District of Columbia.
Modernization
Dirty data is no longer a little secret
Kentucky’s large-scale approach should make information more reliable and easier to share
Modernization
Virtual servers, real threats
Agencies face new security management challenges when they adopt server virtualization.
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ITIL given a government spin
A new version of the popular IT self-help series offers advice tailored to the interests of the public-sector.
Modernization
Personal data: Up close and impersonal
Encrypted indexing techniques let security agencies exchange information more freely without sacrificing personal privacy.
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