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Digital Government
GSA adds up cloud savings
The General Services Administration estimates it can save as much as $1.7 million a year by switching its USA.gov search Web site to a cloud computing infrastructure. Here's how the numbers break down.
Digital Government
White House friends GSA, comments on social media
GSA's Bev Godwin, recently returned from a six-month detail to the White House, talks about the advantages of using social media to connect with the public and balancing the ease of using Web 2.0 tools with the challenges of meeting government regulations.
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
IPv4 addresses almost gone
The Internet will run out of unused Internet Protocol version 4 Internet addresses soon, predicts the American Registry for Internet Numbers.
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.
Digital Government
States urged to create data catalogs
State and local governments should ramp up efforts to become more transparent, organization contends.
Digital Government
DISA ramps up cloud-computing platform
The Defense Information Systems Agency is boasting that its new cloud-computing platform can provide a NIPRnet-connected, production-ready virtual server within 72 hours.
Digital Government
Feds offer White House plenty of ideas on budget-cutting
The Save.Gov Web site launched by the White House soliciting ideas on how to cut spending in the 2011 budget has drawn more than 10,000 suggestions in its first week.
Modernization
New NASA CIO views technology as an enabler
Cureton brings social media savvy to new post as NASA CIO.
People
Cureton brings social media expertise to new NASA role
NASA selects Linda Cureton to be new CIO after nearly year-long search.
Digital Government
Google readies government cloud offering
Google's government cloud offering will offer Google Apps in a dedicated environment within undisclosed Google facilities in the United States.
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Facebook launches government page
The federal government has jumped into the social-media fray by launching a Facebook page aimed at giving agencies the tips and inspiration to set up and run their own pages on the social-networking site.
Digital Government
GSA's Casey Coleman sees mix of public, private services in the cloud
Government applications that don't have stringent requirements under the Federal Information Security Management Act could be the first available for testing in a public cloud environment, according to the leader of the Federal CIO Cloud Working Group.
Digital Government
Facebook sets up government page
The site will help agencies set up their own outreach pages.
Digital Government
Open Government Directive only weeks away
Agencies will need formal plans on providing machine-readable data to the public.
Digital Government
Help wanted: Agencies will need 11,000 more IT workers
Federal agencies will need to hire over 270,000 new employees for mission-critical jobs over the next three years, including over 11,549 IT pros, according to new survey.
Modernization
A SWAT team for enterprise app woes
The Coast Guard Operation Systems Center employs a dedicated task force to troubleshoot complex problems with its own applications.
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.
People
The sound of social networking jackboots marching
Social-networking research really warrants a Manhattan Project-level of government interest? Readers opine!
Modernization
GSA issues cloud storefront RFQ
Storage, Web hosting and virtualization requested on an on-demand basis.
