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April 23, 2010

Lockheed Martin: Cloud Security a Concern for Government

According to a survey by Lockheed Martin and its Cyber Security Alliance partners, data security, privacy and integrity in the cloud are top concerns for 70 percent of government technology decisio... More >

April 22, 2010

White House Website Contributes Drupal Code

According to CNET News , the White House website has contributed some custom code to the open source software Drupal.   Dave Cole, a senior adviser to the CIO of the Executive Office of the P... More >

April 21, 2010

House Republicans Ask to Use Skype

The Hill reports that House Republican leaders have sent a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Administration Committee Chairman Robert Brady requesting to be allowed to use Skype and other v... More >

April 15, 2010

NSA Chief to Testify About Rights to Cyber Self Defense

Lt. Gen. Keith Alexander, director of the National Security Agency, is set to testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee in a hearing to confirm his nomination to head the Pentagon's new cy... More >

April 9, 2010

Lack of Server Utilization Spurs Federal Push to the Cloud

Over the past decade, the number of data centers operated by the federal government has climbed from 432 to more than 1,200. And some government agencies failed to maximize their data centers befor... More >

April 8, 2010

State Department Crafting Internal Social Network

The U.S. State Department is planning to launch an internal social-networking site, currently dubbed StateBook, in the future. The site will allow employees to collaborate more efficiently as part ... More >

April 6, 2010

Survey: Federal IT Pros Believe Cyber Attack Looming

InformationWeek reports that according to a survey by security vendor Lumension, 61 percent of federal IT professionals believe the United States is at risk for a major cyber attack within the nex... More >

April 5, 2010

White House Launches Site for Mobile Devices

According to InformationWeek , the White House now has a new site that is optimized for mobile devices . It also announced that its main site can be used on Apple's new iPad.   The White House... More >

Marine Corps Reverses Social Media Ban

According to SFGate.com , the U.S. Marine Corps has has decided to reverse its ban the use of Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites on its network.   Last August , the Marine Corp ba... More >

April 1, 2010

Audit: FBI Sentinel System Facing More Costs, Delays

The Associated Press reports that the FBI's $451 million Sentinel case management system is getting slower and costing more, according to a Justice Department audit. Reuters quotes the reportĀ  a... More >

Feds Propose Cloud Security Program

An inter-agency working group has proposed a new effort, called the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program Pilot , or FedRAMP, that would allow agencies to sign up for a new, centralized ... More >

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