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More to innovation in government than 'coolness' factor

David McClure, associate administrator in the Office of Citizen Services & Innovative Technologies at the General Services Administration, moderated a panel at the 2011 Executive Leadership Conference.

Tags: GSA , technology , In Depth , ELC 2011 , innovation , agile IT development

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FedRAMP almost ready to approve first outside security accreditors

GSA, NIST to name the first batch of outside organizations who will test and validate commercial cloud products against baseline security standards in the FedRAMP cloud security program in May. The Joint Authorization Board also will release guidance to industry on how to implement the security requirements in the coming months. FedRAMP still is months from approving its first set of vendors.

Tags: technology , cybersecurity , FedRAMP , third party accreditors , cloud computing , NIST , GSA , DoD , DHS , David Devries , Richard Spires , Jared Serbu , AFFIRM , industry , Cybersecurity Update

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GSA is designing the next generation of USA.GOV

One of the most popular websites in the Federal Government is USA.GOV, the government information portal run by the General Services Administration. But in an age when e-mail is being supplanted by "social collaboration" tools, what does the GSA do to to keep USA.GOV relevant to today's citizens?

Tags: management , technology , GSA , USA.gov , Office of Citizen Services , Max Cacas

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Security, efficiency top of mind for deploying federal cloud

Tags: technology , cloud computing , Web2.0 , government 2.0 , Vivek Kundra , Casey Coleman , Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Sorenson , Federal Cloud Blog

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Administration assures Congress of aggressive cloud launch

David McClure, the associate administrator for GSA's Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies, told the House Subcommittee on Cybersecurity that cloud security problems are no worse than any other IT risks.

Tags: cloud computing , cybersecurity , GSA , Federal Drive , cybesecurity update

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Agencies gravitate to low-cost contests as Challenge.gov celebrates its first birthday

In its first year, the website Challenge.gov let agencies add public contests as a low-cost way to find innovative solutions to their problems. Officials at the General Services Administration, which runs the site, say challenges offer a lower-cost alternative to procurement or grants and speak to a different audience. GSA would like to see challenges standardized across the government in the coming year — but worry that the site may lose funding.

Tags: management , e-government , Kathy Conrad , robynn sturm-steffen , GSA , Challenge.gov , technology , innovation , Emily Kopp

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Six-month budget slashes e-gov fund by 76 percent

The agreement between the White House and Congressional leaders to fund the government through the remainder of 2011 would strip the E-Government fund of more than three quarters of its dollars. The fund, managed by the General Services Administration, pays for several of the Obama Administration's government transparency websites.

Tags: technology , Congress , Vivek Kundra , OMB , GSA , cloud computing , data center consolidation , Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs , E-Government Fund , open government , transparency , TechStat , Jared Serbu

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AFFIRM panel: How to stay innovative

The AFFIRM panel discusses how to stay innovative.

Tags: Robert Brese , Energy , GSA , Todd Park , HHS , Chris Smith , USDA , AFFIRM , innovation , best practices , management , DorobekInsider

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How is Open Government Working for Federal Agencies?

November 17th, 2010

Listen to a discussion on key milestones or changes that have come out of the first year of President Obama's Open Government Directive (OGD).

Tags: management , FedCentral , Deloitte , Ira Goldstein , DISA

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GSA, OMB seek new boundaries for Web analytics

There's a push to expand the use of tools designed to give federal Web managers a better idea of just who is using agency websites. The goal is to improve the Web experience for citizens.

Tags: technology , GSA , ForeSee Results , Digital Citizen Satisfaction Summit , OMB , Paperwork Reduction Act , TSA , mobile apps , Max Cacas

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