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NIST asks for public input on Smart Grid

New Web site offers place for public to comment.

Tags: technology , management , NIST , George Arnold , Smart Grid , Gov 2.0 , Dorothy Ramienski

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Your agency's energy consumption, under the microscope

A Senate subcommittee wants to know how agencies are saving energy and money.

Tags: management , energy conservation , Executive Order 13514 , Senate Federal Financial Management subcommittee , Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs , Tom Carper , Nancy Sutley , White House Council on Environmental Quality , Richard Kidd , Dorothy Robyn , Department of Defense , Sam Pulcrano , USPS , President Obama , Max Cacas

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Challenges for federal CIOs in the world of clouds

Host John Gilroy discusses changes and emerging challenges for today's CIO with Peter Tseronis.
March 2, 2010

Tags: National Information Exchange Model , mobile devices , cloud computing , open source , social networking , technology , Peter Tseronis , Federal Tech Talk , John Gilroy

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The Greening of Government-"Progress & Best Practices"

Tags: technology , Federal Executive Forum , government , Ed O'Hare , GSA , Linda Travers , EPA , Jake Wooley , Donald Bathurst , DHS , Tom Simmons , Citrix Systems , John Frey , HP , Juniper Networks

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Dept. of Energy's plans for stimulus dollars

Tags: management , contracting , stimulus and recovery , Steve Isakowitz

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Agencies going green and saving green

Energy conservation and saving taxpayer dollars are the goals of an Executive order to agencies signed by the President last October. But what are the special challenges of complying with that order for Executive Branch agencies? A Senate committee spent yesterday afternoon getting a progress report.

Tags: management , energy conservation , Executive Order 13514 , Senate Financial Management, Government Informatio , Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs , Tom Carper , Nancy Sutley , White House Council on Environmental Quality , Richard Kidd , Dorothy Robyn , Department of Defense , Sam Pulcrano , USPS , President Obama , Max Cacas

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Federal cloud professionals expand partnerships

All over the Federal government, IT experts and their bosses continue the search for new information and wisdom on the topic of cloud computing. On Thursday, attendees at an industry breakfast got a panel discussion from some of the top names in federal cloud computing.

Tags: technology , cloud computing , NASA , Chris Kemp , Pete Tseronis , DISA , Alfred Rivera , Casey Coleman , GSA , Max Cacas

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Universities lead technological innovation but is the government following?

Tags: technology , Krisztina Holly , A Proposal for Realizing the Economic Potential of ,

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Navy, USDA, DoE want new biofuels technology

The Agriculture Department, the Energy Department and the Navy are turning to industry to try to leverage advanced technologies to produce a new generation of biofuels. A request for information they just issued says the private sector would have to match any federal funds the agencies spend. The three departments are willing to spend up to 500 million dollars to jumpstart an industry to produce fuels that could serve as drop-in replacements for jet fuel and diesel. The Navy is aiming to get half its energy from alternative sources by the year 2020.

Tags: technology , Navy , USDA , Meeting Mission Goals Through Technology

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White House launches 4-pillar smart grid plan

The Obama administration released its policy framework for modernizing the nation's electric grid Monday. As has been the case in national strategies on other topics the White House has released recently, the administration wants the federal government to emphasize its role as a facilitator and standards author rather than a regulator.

Tags: White House , technology , cybersecurity , industry , Smart Grid , John Holdren , OSTP , Nancy Sutley , Stephen Chu , Jared Serbu

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