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Army readies second apps challenge

The Army will open its next Apps for Army challenge to industry and the public, officials said Friday. The process is focused on developing capabilities that are not dependent on any particular platform.

Tags: DoD , technology , Army , Apps for Army , Apple , Gary Blohm , Jared Serbu

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Army picks Android

The Army has picked the Google android as the operating system they want to put in the hands of troops on the ground.

Tags: Federal Drive , DoD Report , Android , iPhone , Army

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Analysis: Google FISMA claim fails letter of the law

The argument is over Google's Apps for Government. Google says they're FISMA certified. But Microsoft has released some court documents to refute that.

Tags: Shawn McCarthy , IDC Government Insights , Microsoft , FISMA , technology , In Depth

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Google's claims of FISMA certification questioned

Microsoft makes court documents public as part of battle to provide cloud services to the Interior Department. Google contends its Google Apps for Government offers more security than FISMA requires.

Tags: technology , industry , GSA , Interior , Dave Mihalchik , David Howard , Microsoft , cloud computing , FISMA , cybersecurity , FedRAMP , Email-as-a-service , bid protest , Jason Miller

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Google glitch gives directions on a fully completed ICC

Google may have invented time travel, or at least has made a mistake about just how much of the Intercounty Connector is completed.

Tags: Google Maps , ICC , InterCounty Connector

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Cybersecurity seminar funded by Google

The Google and University of Maryland Cybersecurity Seminar Series will feature a diverse group of speakers from industry, academia, and government, addressing a broad range of topics related to cybersecurity, including technology, policy, and economics. Invited speakers will also examine the impact that cybersecurity threats and protective measures are having on privacy, identity, social networks, business and national security.

Tags: Federal Drive , Cybersecurity Update , cybersecurity , University of Maryland

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Federal jobs among most desirable

While Google ranks as their ideal employer, many college students say they are interested in working for federal agencies.

Tags: federal agencies , Universum , State Department , FBI , NASA , CIA , U.S. Department of Energy , NIH , Peace Corps , Evan Haning

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Social media, apps take growing role in emergency response

Social media and applications are now part of the emergency first-responders' toolkit.

Tags: Collaboration Center , social media , apps , emergency responders , disaster response , Computer World , ABC News , People Finder , Picasa , technology

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Unveiling of iPad 2 featured a little trash talk

Rob Pegoraro, consumer tech columnist for The Washington Post

Tags: iPad , iPad 2 , Steve Jobs , Apple , tablets , BlackBerry , Android , Rob Pegoraro , The Washington Post

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Cloud, cloud, everywhere there’s cloud

Wow. So much news about cloud, so little time. Good thing we have this blog, right? Federal News Radio was busy covering news about cloud computing this week. We’ve gathered all of those stories here for easy access. Army weeks away from enterprise e-mail rollout The Army will begin migrating employees to its new cloud-based [...]

Tags: Army , cloud computing , cloud-first policy , email as a service , Interior , Microsoft , USDA

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