IBM improves portal software apps for agencies
IBM has unveiled new versions of its portal and Web content management software designed to give government agencies the ability to deliver more efficient services to citizens.
Making a list, texting it twice -- now there's even an app for Santa
A mom's app for delivering Santa's messages to kids prompts a wish list of of other holiday-themed apps.
Pulling an about-Facebook on privacy
By requiring that each of its 350 million users to set their own privacy settings -- and making the process easy to understand -- Facebook is trying to part of the solution.
NORAD enhances Santa tracking abilities
Old St. Nick is under constant surveillance.
Facebook plans DC event for application developers
Facebook will hold an event to help software developers create government applications for the social networking site.
Grading the latest in mail servers
The GCN Lab takes a look inside five mail servers and finds they all have their strengths and weaknesses — and Exchange still rules the roost.
Bird is the word for 2009
Be kind to your fine feathered friends or else they might drop a piece of sandwich into your particle accelerator.
Twitter, LinkedIn join forces, blurring the lines between work and play
The partnership of Twitter and LinkedIn spurs an online identity crisis for the GCN Lab.
Social networking — and its risks — are exploding in enterprise networks
The challenge of the explosive growth of social networking apps is that many can expose an organization's network to new forms of risks, according to a new report.
DOD expands access to Defense Connect Online
The Defense Department's online collaborative tool previously accessible only to those holding DOD common access cards will now be accessible to sponsored non-DOD personnel serving as mission partners.
Military uses social media to share info on Fort Hood shootings
Facebook and Twitter quickly became a way to communicate during and after the attack.
TwitterPeek: Any point?
GCN Lab ponders the uni-tasking TwitterPeek.
DARPA to host wild balloon chase
DARPA’s new contest challenges people to use the Internet to find 10 red weather balloons displayed across the United States for a day.
Windows 7 rolls out new help features
Microsoft announces new help tools for Windows 7 users, adding to its many product support resources.
Tim Berners-Lee: Machine-readable Web still a ways off
World Wide Web founder Tim Berners-Lee, who has been promoting the idea of a machine-readable, or semantic, Web, says the effort still faces a lot of challenges, among them Web managers' lack of familiarity with the Resource Description Framework.
Army sees benefits in social-media presence
Online social-networking tools are playing an increasingly important part of the U.S. Army’s strategy for communicating with the public.
Enterprise architecture can manage the use of social media
The Federal Railroad Administration, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the State Department are aligning enterprise architecture strategies with the development of social-networking tools.
Social-media tools are fine, but beware their playground rules
Agencies getting into the social-media game are using blogs, Facebook pages and tweets to good effect, but they should keep in mind the rules of this particular playground. Basically, there are none.
Teamwork takes center-stage at GCN Awards Gala
Members of the government IT community gathered in Washington to honor the project teams and individuals whose work earned them GCN Awards for Agency IT Achievement.
Indian Affairs launches new web site, updates technology
The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) has launched a new web site to better serve constituents, and is at work on an internal portal to enhance collaboration among BIA employees as well as with other government agencies.
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