DARPA seeks to shape young minds
DARPA launches a program to interest grade school students in computer science careers.
The 3 phases of social media acceptance
Mark Drapeau, director of innovative social engagement at Microsoft’s U.S. Public Sector division, says there are three phases to shifting to what he refers to as government 2.0, and agencies are reaching the third phase.
DARPA plans tools to lighten load of battlefield data
DARPA's Insight program will develop automated tools to help human analysts sift and identify valuable battlefied data from a variety of information sources and platforms.
Telework bill promises to be a big step forward, experts say
H.R. 1722 will require federal agencies to set up telework plans as part of their continuity of operations procedures.
Cyber Command grew from 12 years of work
Robert Lamb relates how lessons learned by the DOD's Joint Task Force for Computer Network Defense paved the way for U.S. Cyber Command.
Product interoperability effort is showing promise
The Network Centric Operations Industry Consortium demonstrates the first products and programs that meet its interoperability standards.
Departing DARPA exec leaves legacy of creativity
Peter Lee, the head of DARPA's Transformation Convergence Technology Office, is leaving to head Microsoft's research office in Redmond. He spoke to GCN about his accomplishments.
Do agencies still have year-end spending sprees?
We tried to find out what agencies are spending their year-end money on, but it might not work like that anymore.
Army tests electronic, updatable manuals for the field
The Army is testing a variety of applications and devices, including a Kindle, six iPads and an Entourage Edge, as potential platforms for battlefield systems manuals.
Software snoops on social-media misbehavior
Software program looks over users' shoulders to pick up on illicit use.
Social media becomes a diplomatic battleground
The U.S. government isn't the only national government using social media applications.
DOD marches forward with social media
With new rules, DOD is expanding its use of social media applications, including Web 2.0 tools that stay behind military firewalls.
How Air Force's BATMAN can steal power from an enemy
An Air Force program is developing new technology, with an emphasis on reducing weight, to give forward units their own super capabilities in the field.
Can technology erode a mountain of classified documents?
DARPA solicits bids for new technologies to help declassify the mountains of U.S. government classified data.
DARPA wants to blow up military design process, start over
The government's blue-sky R&D agency launches a new effort to reinvent the design and manufacture of defense equipment using computer aid and crowdsourcing.
Google Apps government reach grows
Google's cloud-based software suite is making inroads with federal and local government agencies.
Taiwan launches cloud initiative
Taiwan's government has a five-year program to make that nation more competitive in the global cloud computing market.
Can you trust your data recovery vendor?
Pressed for time and money, agencies are often lax about vetting third-party data recovery companies. New NIST guidance seeks to correct the problem.
What customers want from data recovery companies -- besides their data back
A DriveSavers survey of 636 information technology security and support personnel asks for criteria in vetting a data recovery company that could wind up handling sensitive data.
Researchers knock part of the Internet offline
A university software experiment accidentally shut down a small part of the Internet last week.
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