Wyatt Kash | Fighting a common cyber cause
The government needs to do its part to build greater unity and support for fighting a common, and growing, cyber threat to the critical systems that keep the country running.
Wyatt Kash | GSA clears some roadblocks to expanded use of Web 2.0 tools
The General Services Administration's recent agreements with social-media providers remove some key legal barriers to using Web 2.0 tools, allowing agency officials to join the experiment at last.
IPv4 addresses dwindle by the day
The available supply of IPv4 Internet addresses for the United States, Canada and the North Atlantic region is expected to be exhausted within roughly the next two years, based on current projections.
Old rules thwart new tools
If President Obama is intent on using new media tools to engage the citizenry, a number of regulations and procurement rules will need to be rewritten.
BarackBerry unmasked
Sources familiar with White House communications services have confirmed that President Barack Obama is packing a BlackBerry 8830 as his primary smart phone.
CAG offers triage for security
Federal CIOs and CISOs should consider adopting a new set of network security recommendations, named the Consensus Audit Guidelines.
USA.gov, GobiernoUSA.gov move into the Internet cloud
The General Services Administration announced it will soon begin using cloud computing as the primary means for hosting and supporting the government’s official information Web portals.
GIS tools never looked better
New tools in Google Earth and other geospatial platforms promise to dramatically expand government’s ability to visually communicate vast amounts of data.
The secure 'BarackBerry'
President Obama's smart phone options: BlackBerry vs. NSA-approved
The rise of virtual desktops
The path to virtual desktops will be more complicated than the path to virtual servers.
Vinton Cerf | Internet forecast calls for clouds
Internet pioneer Vinton Cerf, now with Google, discusses the challenges for government IT, the next steps in cloud computing and the importance of open standards.
BlackBerry secure enough for the President
Research In Motion's BlackBerry smart phones have more than enough security capability to work for President Obama.
Labor captures its current Web site
Labor's effort is aimed at providing greater depth and accessibility to the department's Web pages than a similar but much broader project being led by the Library of Congress.
The 'BarackBerry' in the White House
President Obama will have to consider merits of switching from his BlackBerry to a NSA-approved maximum-security smartphone.
Inauguration Day technologies shine
Microsoft's Photosynth may have been the most impressive technology on display.
Change comes to WhiteHouse.gov
With a new president comes a redesigned Web portal to the Executive Manse.
Wyatt's Test Article
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The Karen Evans era
OMB's administrator for e-government and IT retired Jan. 16, bringing to a close an important era in government information technology.
Labor Department launches digital snapshot project
Amid the presidential transition, the Labor Department undertakes an effort to take a detailed snapshot of its 1.6 million-page Web site, for posterity and future searches.
We feel your data management pains
GCN is experiencing the pains of tyring to move a vast store of data from one platform to another.
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