September 29, 2010
Minnesota Signs Cloud Computing Deal with Microsoft
According to eCRMGuide.com , Minnesota has inked a deal with Microsoft to use the company's cloud computing services for unified communications and collaboration services. The agreement sta... More >
September 17, 2010
New Website to Track Agency Performance Online
Federal Chief Performance Officer Jeffrey Zients has announced Performance.gov, a new website that will track federal-agency performance against goals the Obama administration has set for them. Zie... More >
September 14, 2010
GAO: Agencies Lax on Data Protection
A new report from the Government Accountability Office found that the Departments of Defense, Homeland Security and Health and Human Services are not adequately protecting sensitive information fro... More >
September 10, 2010
DHS Audit Finds Networks Riddled with Vulnerabilities
An audit by the inspector general made a shocking discovery: the very systems the Department of Homeland Security uses to monitor cyber security across the federal government are plagued with vulnera... More >
September 8, 2010
Challenge.gov Boosts Innovation with Rewards
A new website is asking the public for help with the government's most vexing problems , reports PCWorld.com . Challenge.gov wants the public's ideas on several problems government agencies need ... More >
September 7, 2010
NIST Releases Smart Grid Cyber Security Guidelines
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has released a three-volume guide for smart grid cyber security , reports InformationWeek . The guidelines couldn't come soon enough. In Ju... More >
September 3, 2010
Northrop Grumman Takes Blame for Virginia IT Outages
According to Computerworld , Northrop Grumman is taking the blame for an IT outage last week that caused 26 Virginia state agencies to lose their Web services. In 2005, Northrop Grumman sig... More >
September 2, 2010
DARPA Seeks to Mitigate Insider Threats on DoD Networks
In an effort to detect and respond to insider threats on Department of Defense networks, the Defense Advanced Projects Agency (DARPA) has launched the Cyber Insider Threat (CINDER) Program . ... More >
September 1, 2010
Alabama County Pondering Whether to Keep, Nix SAP
Officials in Jefferson County, Ala., are wondering whether to fix a troubled SAP implementation or just move on to an alternative. According to Computerworld , the county has spent $12 mill... More >
