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With improved cybersecurity, Los Alamos moves to cloud, wireless
Tom Harper, the lab's CIO, said the national laboratory created an infrastructure-on-demand platform for easy provisioning of cloud services. He said Los Alamos also introduced WiFi earlier this year for access to its unclassified network.
Tags: technology , Tom Harper , Energy , Los Alamos , cybersecurity , cloud computing , Ask the CIO , Jason Miller
With improved cybersecurity, Los Alamos moves to cloud, wireless
Tom Harper, the lab's CIO, said the national laboratory created an infrastructure-on-demand platform for easy provisioning of cloud services. He said Los Alamos also introduced WiFi earlier this year for access to its unclassified network.
Tags: technology , Tom Harper , Energy , Los Alamos , cybersecurity , cloud computing , Ask the CIO , Jason Miller
Federal CIO VanRoekel details his 'first' priorities
Federal CIO Steven VanRoekel wants the government to move toward a share-first policy where agencies share IT before buying new. He also introduced his "Future First" initiative to standardize technology development and adoption across the government. This was VanRoekel's first major policy speech since taking over as CIO in August.
Tags: technology , policy , Steven VanRoekel , OMB , cloud computing , cybersecurity , Future First , entrepreneur-in-residence , Tech Fellows , citizen services , PARC , TechAmerica , Jason Miller , FedRAMP
GCN's Trudy Walsh, Greg Crowe talk mobile devices & telework during record DC storm
The winter weather in the DC area is jumpstarting talk about telework, and the major technology innovation driving telework is mobile computing.
Tags: technology , cybersecurity , mobile technology , Web 2.0 , government 2.0 , Government Computer News , Trudy Walsh , Greg Crowe
FERC's Sardar adds citizens' needs to his tech repertoire
Sanjay Sardar's job as deputy chief information officer at FERC has many of the same responsibilities as other technology managers across government. But he also adds another leg to his job's stool.
February 10, 2011
Tags: Sanjay Sardar , FERC , technology , cloud computing , Jason Miller , Ask the CIO
Mobile apps, TechStat lead OMB's IT evolution
Fiscal 2011 technology budget request is $79 billion and Vivek Kundra says that will address several challenges, including closing the gap between the private and public sector. GSA will run new apps store for handheld devices. OMB will lead the review of troubled IT programs.
Tags: technology , Vivek Kundra , Howard Schmidt , OMB , VA , EPA , GSA , CGI , Apple , cybersecurity , 2011 budget , IT Dashboard , TechStat , program management , PMAS , HSPD-12 , identity management
VA to slow-roll use of smartphones, tablets on network
Roger Baker, the Veterans Affairs Department chief information officer, said only about 1,000 users will have agency supplied devices that will be allowed to access VA systems. VA eventually wants to create an apps store where externally and internally developed software will be made available for doctors, nurses and other employees.
Tags: technology , Roger Baker , VA , Apple , BlackBerry , iPhone , iPad , cybersecurity , Jason Miller
DoJ's Hitch looks back on a decade of IT changes
Van Hitch will retire as the Justice Department's CIO at the end of July. He said cybersecurity, information sharing and social media and mobile computing were among the biggest technology transformations he saw.
July 21, 2011
Tags: technology , Justice Department , Van Hitch , cybersecurity , Howard Schmidt , anti-phishing guidance , information gathering , Ask the CIO , Jason Miller
FLETC looks to mobile tech for training
CIO Sandy Peavy said the agency already launched a pilot using iPad and is using avatars to help trainees.
July 7, 2011
Tags: technology , Sandy Peavy , federal law enforcement training center , DHS , enterprise services , iPad , training , Ask the CIO , Jason Miller
VA sets Oct. 1 as smartphone approval day
Agency CIO Roger Baker said he plans to let employees use mobile devices on the VA network starting in fiscal 2012. He's leaning toward the bring-your-own-device approach, but details still need to be finalized. Baker said VA also will update its mobile computing policy.
Tags: technology , Roger Baker , VA , mobile devices , cybersecurity , iPhone , Android , BlackBerry , Jason Miller
