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FAA's deputy CIO Cooper to leave government

Steve Cooper will head back to the private sector to his former management consulting business.

Tags: technology , people , Steve Cooper , FAA , Strativest , mobile computing , Jason Miller , exclusive

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VA moves mobile from concept to reality with veteran homelessness app

The Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development departments created a mobile app in two weeks to improve the process for counting homeless veterans. The successful development effort puts the notions detailed in the Digital Government Strategy into practice.

Tags: technology , VA , HUD , David Peters , Lisa Schlosser , OMB , Rick Holgate , ATF , mobile computing , Federal Mobile Computing Summit , agile development , Jason Miller

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What's new at Microsoft?

Susie Adams, Microsoft's chief technical officer for Federal Sales joins host John Gilroy to discuss four surprising facts about Microsoft and the federal government.
January 22, 2013

Tags: technology , cloud computing , mobile computing , mobile device management , Microsoft , Apple , Google , CES , cloud safety , DoD , Windows 8 , Windows XP , Microsoft Federal Services , Xbox , Federal Tech Talk , John Gilroy , Microsoft Surface , Susie Adams

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Agencies tackle cloud, mobile, big data convergence

OMB and NIST are seeking help from industry and academia on how to integrate cloud computing and the large amount of information that is created from mobile computing. The goal is not just to know what data agencies have, but the value the data brings. With all this focus on cloud and big data integration, could agencies be on the hook for a new "big data" strategy?

Tags: technology , cloud computing , mobile computing , big data , Steven VanRoekel , OMB , Patrick Gallagher , NIST , Energy Department , Peter Tseronis , Jason Miller

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NIST's IT Lab well-heeled to answer agencies' expanding calls for its services

IT Lab Director Charles Romine said the organization collaborates with an ever-growing number of agencies on technology challenges. He said the Lab also is focusing on questions around cloud, cybersecurity, mobile computing and big data.
January 10, 2013

Tags: technology , NIST , Charles Romine , cloud computing , mobile computing , cybersecurity , big data , interagency collaboration , Ask the CIO , Jason Miller

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CBP turns inward to modernize IT infrastructure

Charlie Armstrong, the agency's assistant commissioner for the Office of Information and Technology and chief information officer, said a new cloud initiative is the target environment for mission support systems. CBP recently moved all of its employees to email-in-the-cloud.
January 3, 2013

Tags: technology , Charlie Armstrong , DHS , CBP , mobile computing , Ask the CIO , Jason Miller

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Energy modernizing IT in layers with mobile at the top

Bob Brese, the agency's CIO, said cloud service and security operations center will help make the move to smartphones and tablet computers easier.
December 20, 2012 (Encore presentation January 31, 2013)

Tags: technology , Bob Brese , Energy Department , cloud computing , mobile computing , cybersecurity , Ask the CIO , Jason Miller

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Budget pressures force EEOC to shift gears

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission needed to find savings after its IT budget received a 15 percent reduction in 2012. Kim Hancher, the EEOC CIO, decided to reduce spending on mobile devices and instituted a BYOD policy to cut spending by almost 50 percent.
December 6, 2012

Tags: technology , Kim Hancher , EEOC , mobile computing , Gov 3.0: Its Mobile , Bring your own device , Ask the CIO , Jason Miller

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USDA laying the groundwork for BYOD

Deputy CIO Charles McClam said the Department of Agriculture is developing a policy and has awarded a mobile device management contract to figure out how best to let employees use their own smartphones and tablet devices on the agency's computer network. NASA Goddard also is creating a BYOD policy that depends on its virtual desktop infrastructure.

Tags: technology , Charles McClam , USDA , Adrian Gardner , NASA Goddard Space Flight Center , mobile computing , Bring your own device , Symantec Government Symposium , Jason Miller

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DoD opens bidding for secure mobile device project

DISA wants a secure mobile device manager and app store to support at least 162,000 Apple and Android mobile devices. Contract would begin next spring.

Tags: DoD , DISA , industry , technology , contracting , mobile computing , Jared Serbu

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