Report: 2 states' online registration systems vulnerable to hackers, fraud
Flaws in the voter databases in Mayland and Washington state would allow hackers to effectively prevent people from voting, the New York Times reports.
PC shipments to fall for first time in 11 years
PCs aren't disappearing, but an industry forecast is further evidence of the move to mobile.
Labor portal eases fed workers' comp filings
Labor Department improved the filing process with ECOMP – a site that often cuts in half the time it takes federal employees to file workers’ compensation claims in the federal workforce.
Forest Service's i-Tree 5.0 goes mobile, global
More than 10,000 copies of i-Tree have been downloaded, and international users make up the fastest growing segment of i-Tree users.
Nerd cred: Hermes ties in with IT patterns
Fashion designer Hermes has released a series of eight silk ties featuring digital motifs easily recognized by the IT crowd.
Report trashes fusion centers
A recent report found that fusion centers waste taxpayer money and trample civil liberties, rather than coordinate federal, state and local homeland security efforts.
Army pilots app marketplace to speed development and procurement
The six-month effort not only includes an app store, but a place where developers and customers can get together.
DOE Idaho Lab moves to Google Apps for Gov
Lab officials expect the new tools to improve collaboration among its employees, helping them to share IT infrastructure, resources and applications.
New York Times creates a dustup over data centers
An article that says the data centers at the foundation of Internet activity are environmentally damaging draws sharp criticism from others who cover the industry.
New smart-card, CAC reader built for government
Belkin says its the first reader built specifically for use in defense and civilian agencies.
CIA venture arm targets a secure cloud platform
Following last month’s agreement with Adaptive Computing to develop a cloud operating system, In-Q-Tel invests in Huddle’s secure cloud platform.
Google drops apps support for IE 8, stranding XPers
Google announced it was discontinuing support for Google Apps, Google Apps for Business, Education and Government running on Internet Explorer 8, likely stranding the many XP users in government.
Private sector wary of fed cyber security regs, oversight
A recent survey finds most respondents believe the private sector does not need more government cybersecurity regulations or want NSA or DHS oversight.
Smart cities analyze social media to gauge citizen sentiment
The IBM Social Sentiment Index measures public opintion on key issues and services such as education and transportation, helping city officials to make more informed decisions.
5 ways tablets disrupt the tech environment
Tablets are rocking the whole tech market, not just the mobile world.
Leaked Apple IDs traced to Blue Toad, not FBI
Those Apple Unique Device Identifiers leaked last week by AntiSec, which claimed to have stolen them from an FBI computer, actually originated with a company that develops iOS apps for magazine publishers.
Government's 7 top challenges to embracing the cloud
The Government Accountability Office recently released a report that assessed the progress seven agencies have made in implementing the Cloud First policy and came up with their seven top challenges.
Open government: It's the community, not the data
Getting people to find meaningful, profitable ways to repurpose the open government data is a tough nut to crack.
Are security-savvy execs wary of the cloud?
Organizations with strong security practices are more likely to entrust their data to cloud providers, according to a recent survey by the Ponemon Institute.
VMware: Unified, secure mobile management is on Horizon
VMware Horizon Suite will offer secure, flexible management of a mobile workforce that needs increasingly needs anytime, anywhere access from any device.
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