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NIST drafts smart grid standards

Initial set of protocols focus on interoperability. Other standards coming for cybersecurity and smart grid architecture.

Tags: tech , NIST , White House , Federal Register , Smart Grid , cybersecurity

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GAO wants VA, DoD to define goals, metrics for health IT

Tags: GAO , DoD , technology , VA , health IT , electronic medical records

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SPECIAL REPORT: DHS creates bonds among first responders

Office of Interoperability and Compatibility connects community requirements with manufacturers. Technology gets developed by users, vendors together.

Tags: technology , special report , DHS , Luke Berndt , Office of Science and Technology , Office Interoperability and Compatibility , first responders , Safecom

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Capital Shield 10: lessons learned

Tags: security , mngt , Joint Force Headquarters National Capital Region , Karl Horst , Rick Swengros , Army

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Karen Evans One-on-One, Part 1

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Interoperability: surmounting the Tower of Babel

Expectations clash with reality on Capital Hill on the issue of emergency communications interoperability.

Tags: mngt , FEMA , DHS , David Boyd , David Price , Hal Rogers , communications , emergency management

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World IPv6 Day means the Internet is watching

World IPv6 Day means the Internet is being tested for readiness. The Interoperability Laboratory's Tim Winters explains how - and why!

Tags: Federal Drive , technology , IPv6 , Interoperability Laboratory , University of New Hampshire , Tim Winters , Suzanne Kubota

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CDC aims to standardize IT behind health data

Agency awarded spots on the $5 billion technology services deal to 30 companies, including 15 small businesses. The contract is open to state and local governments, which receive grants from CDC. The goal is to promote standards and interoperability to share public health information.

Tags: technology , contracting , Jim Seligman , Thomas Frieden , CDC , technology services , state and local , standards , Small business contracting , multiple award contracting , Jason Miller

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NIST finds five steps to a smarter grid

NIST says it's identified five "foundational" sets of standards for Smart Grid interoperability and cyber security that are ready for consideration by federal and state energy regulators. Details from NIST's George Arnold

Tags: Federal Drive , technology , Smart Grid , FERC , NIST , management , George Arnold

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Improved Inter-operability ... in an instant

The Defense Department is looking for two things as it pertains to collaboration: Security and inter-operability.

Tags: collaboration , Defense Department , Extensible Markup Language , Defense Information Systems Agency ,

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