New remote-sensing satellite to offer expanded services
A new high-resolution, remote-sensing satellite successfully launched into orbit Oct. 8 will boost data collection capacity and offer expanded services to civilian and defense customers.
GCN's 2009 Executives of the Year
This year's honorees -- former Rep. Tom Davis, Martha Dorris, Rob Carey and Jim Lewis -- demonstrate the powerful role that IT innovations can play in improving the way government agencies accomplish their missions.
11 great government IT projects
We highlight 10 high-impact IT projects in government projects — and the men and women behind them — that have earned this year’s GCN Award for Agency IT Achievement.
Adapting to cloud requires agility, flexibility
Speakers from the Transportation Department, FedEx and Manpower Inc. offer insights about cloud implementations.
3M projector tries to be all things to all conference rooms
3M’s SCP716 projector falls short in ease of use; offers intuitive software but has a confusing setup.
A few tips on keeping short URLs from spelling big trouble
Although Twitter, texting and instant messaging make shortened URLs convenient, when you are clicking on a link, what you can’t see can hurt you.
Is phishing on the decline, or just moving to a new phishing hole?
A cyber intelligence and security company claims that vendors have underreported phishing attacks in recent reports by focusing only on traditional delivery vehicles.
Making an impact with IT
If the projects honored with the year's GCN Awards have anything in common, it is the increasing degree to which information systems are connecting more seamlessly to other systems in new and sometimes innovative ways.
First wave from states will test Recovery.gov's stimulus reporting mettle
The redesigned site's workload is set to increase.
DHS Web sites vulnerable to hackers, IG says
The DHS inspector general has found vulnerabilities related to uneven security patch management in the department's nine most popular Web sites.
Senior House lawmaker urges Obama to appoint cybersecurity czar
House Homeland Security subcommittee on Cybersecurity Chairwoman Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-N.Y.) wants a cybersecurity official in the White House soon to ensure computer defense efforts are coordinated and disciplined.
IRS wins some, loses a few in fight against identity theft and data loss
The IRS recorded more than 51,000 cases of taxpayer identity theft in 2008 and paid out $15 million in fraudulent refunds, and a GAO report finds that internal information security weaknesses constitute some of the most significant challenges faced by the agency.
New HP TouchSmart notebooks, monitors let you feel your way
Hewlett-Packard unveils latest line of TouchSmart products, ready for Windows 7.
Project at a glance: Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative
More than 1.7 million vehicles and 2.5 million travelers’ identities validated in the first week of operation without any increase in wait time.
Project at a glance: DISA's Open Source Corporate Management Information System
With a development team of only seven programmers, Richard Nelson led the work to develop more than 50 applications. The agency then put the programs under an open-source license, which will allow other organizations to reuse, and even improve, the software.
Martha Dorris propels GSA into a new-media age
Martha Dorris has pushed for the use of leading-edge technologies at GSA, including Web 2.0 and social media tools, to connect with the government’s constituents.
Necessity was the mother of many of DISA's apps
When the applications DISA needed weren't available or were too expensive, support branch team members built the apps themselves.
MC4 takes rugged approach to hardware
Here’s the hardware that the Army's Medical Communications for Combat Casualty Care runs on.
Techipedia's development was a rapid, if sometimes rough, ride
DOD Techipedia's developers had to overcome single sign-on, security and other technical challenges during the site's rapid development.
CIO Council set up Data.gov in two months, and third parties are putting the data to use
Data.gov, a one-stop shop for raw government data feeds, was set up in two months, giving visitors access to government information, with the possibility that they would reuse the data.
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