Smithsonian lab could set a standard for energy efficiency
The Smithsonian Environmental Research Center is making the Mathias Laboratory into one of the most energy-efficient facilities in the country.
Unified comm paves way for better schools, more telework
Delaware is linking its government offices and school districts via Verizon's advanced unified communications tools to prepare for data-center consolidation.
How can you trust a cloud? Verify.
The Distributed Management Task Force's specifications aim to give cloud providers a standardized way to offer audit logs and reports to users.
Transportation gets in gear for data-sharing portal
Transportation wants to build a virtual portal so agencies can share data for regional transportation decision-making, according to a new RFI.
5 pitfalls that can scuttle a move to the cloud
Federal agencies planning to move e-mail services to the cloud must be on alert for common trouble spots, including failure to keep users informed and proper setup of strong mobile interfaces.
New frontiers for the cloud: Dealing with outdated contract models
Agency managers moving e-mail systems to the cloud must think through new legal risks and obligations as they negotiate service deals with cloud providers.
NASCIO offers states a guide to using national data exchange
The National Association of State Chief Information Officers has released a guidance document to help state governments adopt the National Information Exchange Model
Administration plans to shutter 137 data centers this year
The Obama administration has released details data center closures set for this year. Which agencies will see the most?
The 67 percent solution: A CIO confronts the budget squeeze
EPA's new CIO, Malcolm Jackson, proposes five steps to making progress on IT during a time of doing "three things with the same dollars that we used to do two things with."
EPA's 5 priorities for IT success
The EPA's CIO has set five priorities for driving IT management in a time of fiscal restraint.
Without architecture, cloud is a house of cards
Agencies moving applications to the cloud need sound architectures and service-oriented principles, government and industry experts say.
How standards could get cloud out of the 1970s
NIST is set to release a road map to establishing standards for cloud infrastructures, which Vint Cerf says are about where the Internet was in 1973.
Next step in the cloud: financial systems
As agencies wrestle with large internal enterprise resource planning systems, more of them will look to get ERP via the cloud, federal CIO Vivek Kundra says.
EPA to move e-mail, help desk, security services to the cloud
Agency's chief information officer looks to establish standards for using external and internal cloud services.
At last, a solid definition of what a cloud looks like
NIST is set to release its Cloud Computing Reference Architecture, which represents a milestone in developing online government services.
IEEE launches effort to bring standards to the cloud
Two working groups' focus is on helping organizations build standards-based cloud products and promote inter-cloud interoperability among service providers.
Asset-tracking app gets Dallas' inventory in order
The city's mobile asset-tracking software cuts the time its takes to audit grant-funded public safety equipment across Dallas' agencies and offices.
The IT force that can't be stopped
Cloud computing is like a force of nature that will continue to grow even if there is a change in the White House in two years, according to two former federal IT leaders.
Why high-performance clouds are best kept in-house
Commercial providers can't match agencies such as the Energy Department, NIH and NOAA when it comes to the cost and performance of HPC clouds.
7 ways government is working to improve FedRAMP
The General Services Administration's David McClure tackles some of the myths about the FedRAMP cloud security program and offers a list of areas a group of tiger teams is working on.
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