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- Congress pressures agencies to speed up office consolidations
- Data breach puts DHS workers at risk of identity theft
- DoD chooses interoperability over integration for new e-health system
- Obama to nominate Tangherlini as GSA administrator
- House GOP panel moves on deep budget cuts
- OMB fuels synergy between mobile, open data
- IRS official Lerner: 'I did nothing wrong'
- Accountability breakdown leading factor in DoD sexual assaults
- OMB reworking financial system requirements to focus on outcomes, not inputs
- Retirement funds temporarily tapped to avoid debt limit default
- VanRoekel to lead OMB management team
- Meet the 2013 Service to America Medal finalists
Navy, DHS, State make strides in the cloud
When it comes to reducing costs and wasteful spending at agencies, IT managers are being leaned on heavily to get the job done. The Navy is moving ahead with its technology efficiency and consolidation initiative by putting the brakes on spending for new servers, server upgrades and data centers. “We are reevaluating what all of [...]
Admiral Mullen on Afghanistan, China, and cyber war
Joint Chiefs Chairman addresses "our way forward in Afghanistan" for foreign media.
Agencies building trust to reduce data centers
Several departments are out ahead of the OMB mandate to consolidate data facilities over the next four years. Energy is starting small to show business owners they will get the same level of service under the new setup. Other agencies see green in cutting back on the centers-both money and energy efficiency.
HHS 'Tip of the Day' offers cyber advice
A preview of Federal Security Spotlight with HHS' Tom Shankweiler.
State's Diplopedia promotes diplomatic info sharing
The collaborative tool is an example of how agencies can share information securely. Chris Bronk, a fellow for information technology policy at the James Baker Institute for Public Policy at Rice University, explains how Diplopedia works.
QDDR driving budgets, changes at State Department
Agency's policy head discusses the first-ever four-year review of the Department's operations, future budgets.
WikiLeaks aftermath: What is unpublishable?
The lawyer who represented the New York Times in the Pentagon Papers case writes about the differences between the two document leaks.
State database flaws possibly linked to WikiLeaksd
The Washington Post reports on the vast amount of data contained in Net-Centric, whether it belonged there or not.
WikiLeaks reveal marketing as part of diplomacy
The New York Times reports on U.S. diplomats' efforts to market U.S. items, such as jets, to foreign countries, revealed by the WikiLeaks cables.
State QDDR: What now?
With the report now completed, what changes are in store for the nation's development and diplomacy missions? Jon Allen and Cheryl Steele, senior associates at Booz Allen Hamilton share their insights
State hires SAIC under $2.5B IT services deal
The company will provide engineering, security and operations and maintenance services under the Vanguard program. The 10-year contract is one piece of a larger IT consolidation effort State is in the middle of completing.
State unveils new office for cyber issues
The State Department's Office of the Coordinator for Cyber Issues will focus on cybersecurity.
Cyber post created at the State Department
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Wednesday unveiled a reorganization plan for the State Department that include a new coordinator for cyber security.
Post-WikiLeaks: Can the government still keep secrets?
The New York Times and the Economist report on the U.S. government's ability to keep a secret after the WikiLeaks dumps of classified information.
Expansion urged for State's cybercrime powers
Lawmakers have urged President Obama to expand the State Department's cyber authority.
Agencies, contractors blocking Wikileaks content
The New York Times, Daily Beast and other publications report on how agencies and contractors are responding to the WikiLeaks released of classified documents.
WikiLeaks exposes national security sites
The BBC reports that the WikiLeaks cable reveal locations that are of national security interest.
State's Amin presses for expanded use of biometrics
One of the top IT officials at the State Department wants to push the boundaries of using biometrics to determine who gets visas and passports in the United States.
Government 2.0 in metamorphosis
Lovisa Williams writes in her blog that Gov 2.0 is not in a slump but in metamorphosis.
Apps 4 Africa contest uses technology to solve social, economic problems
Josh Goldstein, co-coordinator of the Apps 4 Africa contest, joined the DorobekINSIDER to describe how the contest taps into local talent and the widespread use of mobile devices to help solve the communities' social and economic problems.
