http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gt/blog Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:49:30 GMT Clearspace 2.5.5 (http://jivesoftware.com/products/clearspace/) 2010-03-19T16:49:30Z http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gt/blog/dhs-pilot-program-shares-intel-with-cios/?cs=40185 InformationWeek reports that a new pilot program by the Department Of Homeland Security allows some state, local and private-sector officials to access classified intelligence about security threats to critical infrastructure from state and local business_technology network_security government_agencies department_of_homeland_security cyber_terrorism Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:49:30 GMT kara.reeder@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gt/blog/dhs-pilot-program-shares-intel-with-cios/?cs=40185 2010-03-19T16:49:30Z 17 hours, 8 minutes ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gt/blog/comment/dhs-pilot-program-shares-intel-with-cios http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gt/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=40185 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gt/blog/fcc-launches-web-site-for-national-broadband-plan/?cs=40177 According to Federal Computer Week , the Federal Communications Commission hopes a new Web page will provide helpful information about the organization’s efforts to create a national broadband plan .   The Web page, titled Broadband and Public government_agencies fcc business_technology broadband_services federal_communications_commission web_site_design Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:11:05 GMT kara.reeder@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gt/blog/fcc-launches-web-site-for-national-broadband-plan/?cs=40177 2010-03-19T15:11:05Z 18 hours, 46 minutes ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gt/blog/comment/fcc-launches-web-site-for-national-broadband-plan http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gt/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=40177 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gt/blog/virginia-reshuffles-it-leadership-structure/?cs=40145 A new piece of legislation by Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell has shaken up Virginia's IT department .   According to InformationWeek , the signed legislation gives the state's secretary of technology several new powers and makes the state's CIO business_technology virginia government_agencies legislation_and_regulation executive_suite Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:02:16 GMT kara.reeder@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gt/blog/virginia-reshuffles-it-leadership-structure/?cs=40145 2010-03-18T15:02:16Z 1 day, 18 hours ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gt/blog/comment/virginia-reshuffles-it-leadership-structure http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gt/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=40145 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gt/blog/dhs-navy-agreement-wasting-data-center-spending/?cs=40118 The Department of Homeland Security inspector general has expressed concern over an agreement between the DHS and Navy facilities at NASA's Stennis Space Center to make it the home for the new primary data center in the DHS' major data center government_agencies data_center business_technology department_of_homeland_security navy Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:53:25 GMT kara.reeder@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gt/blog/dhs-navy-agreement-wasting-data-center-spending/?cs=40118 2010-03-17T14:53:25Z 2 days, 19 hours ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gt/blog/comment/dhs-navy-agreement-wasting-data-center-spending http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gt/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=40118 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gt/blog/federal-agencies-using-social-networks-to-gather-info-on-suspects/?cs=40085 USA Today reports that the FBI and other federal agencies are using social networks like Facebook and LinkedIn to create phony profiles to gather information and communicate with suspects. For example, investigators can use Facebook to find the privacy business_technology social_networks government_agencies Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:14:02 GMT kara.reeder@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gt/blog/federal-agencies-using-social-networks-to-gather-info-on-suspects/?cs=40085 2010-03-16T15:14:02Z 3 days, 18 hours ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gt/blog/comment/federal-agencies-using-social-networks-to-gather-info-on-suspects http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gt/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=40085 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gt/blog/gao-criticizes-federal-spending-site-data-quality/?cs=40081 A report by the Government Accountability Office criticizes the data quality on USAspending.gov .   According to InformationWeek , the GAO found that the Office of Management and Budget, which oversees the Web site, is not up to date in including business_technology government_agencies data_quality government_accountability_office usaspending.gov Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:32:48 GMT kara.reeder@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gt/blog/gao-criticizes-federal-spending-site-data-quality/?cs=40081 2010-03-16T14:32:48Z 3 days, 19 hours ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gt/blog/comment/gao-criticizes-federal-spending-site-data-quality http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gt/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=40081 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gt/blog/us-plan-to-discredit-wikileaks-leaked/?cs=40078 In an interesting twist, Wikileaks has published a U.S. Army Counterintelligence Agency report that recommends destroying the reputation of the whistleblower Web site, reports V3.co.uk .   The 2008 plan calls Wikileaks "a potential force business_technology government_agencies privacy wikileaks Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:48:07 GMT kara.reeder@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gt/blog/us-plan-to-discredit-wikileaks-leaked/?cs=40078 2010-03-16T13:48:07Z 3 days, 20 hours ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gt/blog/comment/us-plan-to-discredit-wikileaks-leaked http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gt/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=40078 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gt/blog/fcc-adds-tools-to-broadbandgov-web-site/?cs=40022 According to Computerworld , the U.S. Federal Communications Commission has added some new features to the Broadband.gov Web site to help users clock their broadband speeds and report that broadband is not available.   FCC Chairman Julius government_agencies federal_communications_commission business_technology fcc broadband_services web_site_design Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:52:23 GMT kara.reeder@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gt/blog/fcc-adds-tools-to-broadbandgov-web-site/?cs=40022 2010-03-12T18:52:23Z 1 week, 15 hours ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gt/blog/comment/fcc-adds-tools-to-broadbandgov-web-site http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gt/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=40022 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gt/blog/army-announces-e-mail-consolidation-effort/?cs=40016 InformationWeek reports that the Army has plans to merge number of separate e-mail systems serving almost 250,000 users onto a single enterprise messaging and collaboration managed service .   The move to the new system will begin in November, business_technology e-mail_and_e-mail_management government_agencies Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:41:23 GMT kara.reeder@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gt/blog/army-announces-e-mail-consolidation-effort/?cs=40016 2010-03-12T16:41:23Z 1 week, 17 hours ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gt/blog/comment/army-announces-e-mail-consolidation-effort http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gt/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=40016 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gt/blog/air-force-seeeking-proposals-for-network-services/?cs=39948 The U.S. Air Force is seeking proposals for the second phase of its Network Centric Solutions project , which is a five-year, $9 billion procurement program for a variety of network services, including networking hardware and software, security and procurement business_technology government_agencies air_force Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:23:26 GMT kara.reeder@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gt/blog/air-force-seeeking-proposals-for-network-services/?cs=39948 2010-03-10T16:23:26Z 1 week, 2 days ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gt/blog/comment/air-force-seeeking-proposals-for-network-services http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gt/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=39948 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gt/blog/government-plans-web-based-platform-for-contests/?cs=39946 InformationWeek reports that Federal chief performance officer Jeff Zients has announced the government will be setting up a Web-based platform to manage contests and prizes that government agencies can use to crowdsource new approaches to open business_technology innovation government_agencies Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:10:21 GMT kara.reeder@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gt/blog/government-plans-web-based-platform-for-contests/?cs=39946 2010-03-10T16:10:21Z 1 week, 2 days ago 1 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gt/blog/comment/government-plans-web-based-platform-for-contests http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gt/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=39946 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gt/blog/lockheed-martin-northrup-grumman-awarded-navy-contracts/?cs=39919 Lockheed Martin and Northrup Grumman have been awarded contracts from the U.S. Navy that, combined, could total $1.75 billion, reports InformationWeek .   The companies are being tapped to build the Navy's Consolidated Afloat Networks and legacy_integration virtualization navy business_technology government_agencies cloud_computing Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:54:17 GMT kara.reeder@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gt/blog/lockheed-martin-northrup-grumman-awarded-navy-contracts/?cs=39919 2010-03-09T16:54:17Z 1 week, 3 days ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gt/blog/comment/lockheed-martin-northrup-grumman-awarded-navy-contracts http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gt/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=39919 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gt/blog/federal-disaster-recovery-center-struggling-with-authority/?cs=39878 The Emergency Communications Preparedness Center, a federal center for coordinating government agency disaster recovery efforts, has hit some snags in trying to improve the way government agencies communicate in times of national crisis, according to business_technology government_agencies disaster_recovery emergency_communications_preparedness_center Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:45:24 GMT kara.reeder@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gt/blog/federal-disaster-recovery-center-struggling-with-authority/?cs=39878 2010-03-08T15:45:24Z 1 week, 4 days ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gt/blog/comment/federal-disaster-recovery-center-struggling-with-authority http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gt/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=39878 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gt/blog/va-web-portal-shut-down-due-to-data-errors/?cs=39870 According to Computerworld , the electronic health record network portal for the Department of Defense and Department of Veterans Affairs had to be shut down after the VA found errors in some patients' medical data .   Nextgov reports that when department_of_defense department_of_veterans_affairs business_technology hipaa government_agencies data_management Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:26:31 GMT kara.reeder@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gt/blog/va-web-portal-shut-down-due-to-data-errors/?cs=39870 2010-03-08T14:26:31Z 1 week, 4 days ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gt/blog/comment/va-web-portal-shut-down-due-to-data-errors http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gt/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=39870 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gt/blog/senators-propose-legislation-to-examine-fccs-technical-expertise/?cs=39840 Sens. Olympia Snowe eand Ted Kaufman have introduced legislation that would commission the National Academy of Science to undertake a study of of the FCC's technical capacity , reports internetnews.com blogger Kenneth Corbin.   The bill would business_technology government_agencies fcc federal_communications_commission legislation_and_regulation Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:30:16 GMT kara.reeder@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gt/blog/senators-propose-legislation-to-examine-fccs-technical-expertise/?cs=39840 2010-03-05T15:30:16Z 2 weeks, 18 hours ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gt/blog/comment/senators-propose-legislation-to-examine-fccs-technical-expertise http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gt/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=39840