Kundra to launch federal data feeds
By opening vast realms of data that federal agencies are now keeping in-house, federal CIO Vivek Kundra hopes to spark new ways of using that information to better serve citizens and even create new industries.
Can government keep pace with Kundra?
The new federal chief information officer, Vivek Kundra, shows an appreciation for Web 2.0 and a distaste for cumbersome government procurement.
Could government keep pace with Kundra?
The new federal chief information officer, Vivek Kundra, shows an appreciation for Web 2.0 and a distaste for cumbersome government procurement.
FOSE's wall-to-wall floor show
From front-office tools to back-office storage and security, the FOSE show floor has something for everyone.
The Handicapper's Guide to the FOSE conference
The wealth of good speakers and sessions at FOSE can leave you overwhelmed, so we've assembled a Handicapper’s Guide of events that might be of the most interest to you.
Revving up Google App Engine
Google's cloud-computing offering could cut costs and speed deployment times, but it still lacks enterprise-focused service-level agreements.
Ohio upgrades supercomputer
The Ohio Supercomputer Center has procured a $4 million expansion pack for its IBM supercomputer.
Pentagon purchases supercomputers
DOD's High Performance Computing Modernization Program will acquire five high-performance computers and support services for its research and development centers.
More on Macs in the enterprise
Links for more of GCN's coverage of Apple's foray into the enterprise.
Government data breaches on the decline
Government agencies catch a lot of flak for data breaches, but a new survey reports that although data breaches overall are increasing, the number involving agencies is falling.
Making FDCC stick
Army contractor shares secrets to deploying and maintaining Federal Desktop Core Configuration.
Could your next phone be an iPhone?
With application developers increasingly writing for the iPhone, it might be only a matter of time before you could choose one for the job.
Macs go to work
Apple Macintosh computers, riding the benefits of Intel processors and the popularity of the company's other products, are gradually finding their way into the workplace.
Energy completes science network upgrade
The Energy Department has completed an upgrade of its network for sharing scientific data among its labs and academic institutions, just in time to start receiving data from the world's largest particle accelerator.
Intellipedia suffers midlife crisis
U.S. intelligence agencies' internal wiki struggles to make a permanent home in the spy agencies, according to one of its evangelists.
A DRM for a new era
Semantic-based machine processing of data has improved to such an extent that agencies might benefit from an update of the federal data reference model, experts say.
Macs, Windows coexist in sheriff's IT infrastructure
The Orange County, Calif., Sheriff's Department uses iMacs in a Microsoft Windows environment.
Los Alamos stung by loss of scores of laptops
The Energy Department's Los Alamos National Laboratory has been stung by the report of another loss of laptop computers. In a leaked memorandum, the contracting agency managing the lab admitted that 67 laptops are unaccounted for, including 13 in the past year.
NASA wins award for informative Twittering
The Web 2.0 start-up community gives NASA a "Shorty Award" for its use of a Twitter feed to inform the public about the Mars Phoenix Lander mission.
DOE engineers help pioneer multi-network traffic monitor
Performance Service Oriented Network tackles tough issue of monitoring multi-network latency.
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