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Ghost with the most
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Toby Ford | At your service
Many government agencies are testing virtualization, but application service provider USi is increasingly relying on the technology to stay in business. Toby Ford, chief technology officer of USi, talks about what virtualization can do for government agencies.
DHS upgrades databases
Immigration, travel systems to get boost
IPv6 passes first test on applications
InterOperability Lab encounters a few glitches, but programs mostly worked.
Presumed sensitive
DOD implements a new policy for mobile computing: assume what data you have is sensitive and encrypt it, unless it's been cleared for public release.
Addressing Accuracy
Nevada's DMV, which has the state's most complete database of resident information, deploys an app to validate addresses.
Correction
In the article 'Data Landscape' in the Aug. 13 issue of GCN, Owen Ambur's title at the Interior Department was stated incorrectly. His most recent title was senior architect at the DOI Enterprise Architecture Repository.
Geren: Army looks to expand use of LandWarNet
Army information technology managers need to develop the service's LandWarNet to deliver key information to soldiers without overwhelming them
Talent search
Fairfax County, Va., turns to talent management software to help it handle the coming wave of retirements.
Army Corps ready to build on Oracle 11g
An Army Corps of Engineers research center, working with a beta of Oracle 11g for most of the year, sees potential with Web services and geographic data.
State CIOs focus on data center consolidation
State chief information officers list consolidation of enterprise data centers as their most important task for the coming year.
Group establishes common specs for GIS mapping
The Open Geospatial Consortium has approved two new specifications designed to ensure greater interoperability among geospatial applications by standardizing their architectures.
FBI takes cybersecurity to school
New law enforcement cybersecurity research center to be hosted by the National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Call and Response
When cell phone service went down after the Minneapolis bridge collapse, the city's Wi-Fi system answered the call.
Pentagon lets go of TALON
The FBI abandons its controversial TALON intelligence reporting method, after getting privacy complaints and questions about how well it worked.
DISA to streamline technology development
Speaking at the LandWarNet conference, Air Force Lt. Gen. Charles Croom, director of DISA, said the agency is focused on shortening development times of new computing and communications technologies.
Engineers create weather risk Web site for New Orleans
The Army Corps of Engineers has launched a Web site that offers geospatial tools so that residents and policymakers alike can assess the risks and potential consequences of future hurricanes in the New Orleans area.
IBM launches SOA training program
The 12-week program will provide agency IT employees and federal contractors with the knowledge and skill sets to successfully implement SOA projects.
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