The U.S Air Force has contracted out IBM to create a cloud-computing platform. The cloud platform will be useful in helping to secure military and national security information and data. The contract
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NASA Administrator Charles F. Bolden has appointed Robert D. Braun the agency’s Chief Technologist. Braun serves as the principal advisor and advocate on matters concerning agency-wide technology policy and programs. The appointment
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Following a nine month delay, Martha Johnson has been appointed to the position of head of the GSA. The road from nomination to senate confirmation had been a rocky one for Johnson,
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The Washington D.C. metro area is preparing for a potentially paralyzing snowstorm that will hit mid-Friday and last through Saturday evening. With snowfall accumulation projected to be anywhere from one foot to
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Today, February 4th, 2010, the House passed the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act, H.R. 4061. The act was passed with overwhelming support: a 422 to 5 vote. This legislation included the reauthorization of several
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Federal CTO Aneesh Chopra has unveiled a new initiative: “Text4baby,†a free mobile information service designed to promote maternal and child health. According to the program’s site, it is an educational program
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Are you a worker in the federal government? Then Federal CIO Vivek Kundra needs your help. Kundra took to his blog to underscore the importance of making federal data open to the
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Yesterday, the Director of National Intelligence, Dennis Blair, gave his testimony on the Annual Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Community in front the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. The first topic
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President Obama’s 2011 budget is expected to have more than $20 in savings through cuts from various federal programs – 120 to be exact. So where are the program cuts? In the
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If America is going to protect her interests, she needs to get old school and new school – at the same time. The Pentagon’s new Quadrennial Defense RevÂiew has found an increased
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