With social media, State embraces disruption
New technology is disruptive. But the State Department has decided that social networking can be used for agencies and against them, and its presence cannot be ignored, says the department's social media guru, Jared Cohen.
Sexting case draws reader fire
Should your workplace communications be private? Our readers sound off.
Sexting case outcome changes the rules on workplace privacy
Supreme Court rules that government employers can look at private messages on employer-owned equipment, as long as they have a legitimate reason to do so.
Wanted: A few good IT pros
A survey of IT managers and recruiters by the Dice Report finds that 71 percent expect to hire more staff members in the second half of the year than they did in the first, and 30 percent said salaries for new hires are on the rise.
Is cloud computing fast enough for science?
Early results from the Energy Department's Magellan cloud computing project suggest a slowdown in the cloud for some types of scientific research.
Officers to get guidelines for open-source intell
Officials are drawing up guidance and certifications for people in the country's intelligence agencies who develop open-source intelligence.
A cyber bill worth enacting
The long-awaited Senate cybersecurity bill, introduced by Sens. Joe Lieberman, Susan Collins and Thomas Carper, succeeds in providing a greater good in defending against cyberattacks and deserves to be enacted.
No pulse, no pay: How the 'Do Not Pay' list will work
Vice President Joe Biden announced today that a governmentwide Do Not Pay List is being created to track debarred contractors, deceased individuals and others ineligible for federal payments.
Microsoft unveils 'Windows embedded handheld' efforts
Microsoft today described an operating system branding and restructuring effort aimed at the enterprise mobile devices market.
Internet fraud reporting system launched
What do the FBI, Microsoft and the American Bankers Association all have in common? Answer: They're all collaborating against online fraud.
Why 2010 is the year of the virtual data center
Agencies focused on virtualized servers for greater efficiency are seeing only half of the picture, according to Christopher Poelker, vice president of Enterprise Solutions at FalconStor Software. A look at why 2010 will emerge as the year for virtualized storage virtual data centers.
Monster.com out to help state and local jobseekers
Monster.com has launched several initiatives with state and local governments to connect jobseekers with potential local employers.
Tsunami forecasting in real time
Prototype system accurately predicts tsunamis with GPS measurements.
Magellan explores the cloud as a research tool
The Energy Department is exploring the effectiveness of cloud computing for scientific research in its Magellan program.
Exploit the cloud, but save your data
Indiana Department of Natural Resources uses Caspio's platform as a service to allow searches of its records while keeping all of its data in-house -- only the index resides in the cloud.
NASA's new frontiers in Web site design
NASA takes home a Webby Award for its Home and City site that details all the everyday technologies that grew out of the space program. The Air Force, Census Bureau and San Ramon, Calif., Fire Department also were honored.
ERP, piece by piece
The outright failures of some ERP efforts and the dubious performance of others have prompted many analysts to question if there’s something inherently flawed in the idea of building large, centralized ERPs.
SBInet border system likely to be scaled back, replaced by UAVs
The Homeland Security Department's SBInet border surveillance system is likely to be reduced in scope once the first initial 53 miles of construction is completed, the system's chief said today.
DISA to offer storage, Office apps via its private cloud
Two pilot projects will test delivering Microsoft Office and file storage services to military users via DISA's cloud environment.
5 top security suites for teleworkers
Agencies are requiring robust home security software for the growing number of people working from home. The GCN Lab reviews five antivirus and antispam suites that can handle the job.
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