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Cyber attack hits Energy laboratory

The government's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has suffered a cyber attack.

Tags: Cybersecurity Update , technology , Pacific Northwest National Laboratory , Reuters , In Depth

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DoD to treat energy as a critical military capability

The Defense Department says it's committed to changing both the way it uses energy and the kinds of energy the military uses.

Tags: DoD , industry , contracting , William Lynn , Sharon Burke , alternative fuels , green government , Jared Serbu , DoD Report

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The price of progress

Chris Core, commentator

Tags: Chris Core , Core Values , OPEC , gas prices , alternative energy , fracking

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Berkeley National Lab riding the cloud to more services

CIO Rosio Alvarez said she soon will release a RFP to move the lab's ERP system to the cloud. Berkeley already moved its email to the cloud.

Tags: technology , Rosio Alvarez , Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , cloud computing , software-as-a-service , Google , Ask the CIO , Jason Miller

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Carper: lower energy use, reduce spending

A new bill for saving energy and money for your agency. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.) explains it.

Tags: In Depth , budget , technology , Senator Tom Carper , ESPC , Veterans Affairs

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GSA to boost cloud computing with new RFP

Federal CIO Vivek Kundra expects GSA to issue a solicitation by May 10 for a $2.5 billion contract for email-as-a-service. It's part of how the administration wants agencies to move to cloud computing. Kundra said five of seven short-term IT reforms efforts are on track.

Tags: technology , management , Vivek Kundra , Roger Baker , Kathleen Merrigan , Daniel Poneman , OMB , GSA , VA , USDA , cloud computing , Email-as-a-service , role of the CIO , IT reforms , data center consolidation , Jason Miller

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Expanding 'Energy Star' certification

EPA environmental protection specialist Una Song joins host John Gilroy to talk about the Energy Star project and how it can help your agency monitor its energy use.
April 26, 2011

Tags: technology , EPA , Una Song , Energy Star , DoE , John Gilroy , ARMATURE , Federal Tech Talk

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Obama: Innovation, DoD budget cuts needed to reduce debt

President Obama said the Defense Department must continue to cut wasteful spending from its budget for the country to reach fiscal health. At the same time, the country must continue to invest in energy, science and technology, he said.

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DoD to issue first operational energy strategy

The Defense Department is preparing its first departmentwide strategy on how it uses energy for military operations and what it's doing to move to more secure energy sources. Leaders are hopeful that the strategy will be sent to Congress in April.

Tags: DoD , technology , DoD budget , operational energy , Sharon Burke , Robert Work , Erin Conaton Jared Serbu , DoD Report

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Obama energy plan a realistic possibility

Lisa Margonelli, director of New America Foundation's Energy Policy Initiative and author of "Oil On the Brain: Petroleum's Long Strange Trip to Your Tank"

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