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Future Cities Survey
June 06, 2013
Municipal IT pros we surveyed see many potential benefits in "smart cities" technological transformation efforts, including more efficient public services, indicated by 66%, and improved infrastructure and lower municipal costs, each chosen by 44%. But there's still a long way to go: Just 7% of respondents call their city's strategy for investing in IT to provide better, more efficient public services "progressive and well conceived." Find out how five U.S. cities are using mobile, big data and other technologies to make their communities better places to work and live.
Amazon Cloud Gets Federal Stamp Of Approval
May 21, 2013
FedRAMP compliance means federal agencies can now access Amazon Web Services almost immediately, without spending months on their own cloud-security assessments.
What's Next In Video Surveillance
May 20, 2013
Driven by the consumer market, video surveillance is the next big data challenge.
New York City Builds On Its Technology Base
April 23, 2013
An expanding IT infrastructure and tech-savvy workforce are evidence of the Big Apple’s emergence as a global tech center.
IT Strategies For Future Cities
April 22, 2013
How mayors and CIOs in five U.S. cities are using technology to create more efficient, sustainable urban areas that are good for business and great places to live.
Boston Bombers Can't Elude City's Tech Infrastructure
April 19, 2013
Video surveillance played a key role in identifying the suspects in Monday's tragic Boston Marathon bombing, setting a precedent for increasing use of sophisticated security IT systems nationwide.
New York's 32-Story Data Fortress: Inside Tour
March 25, 2013
Sabey's 1-million-square-foot facility in lower Manhattan is billed as the world's tallest and largest high-rise data center.
NASA Curiosity Rover Hit By Software Snafu
March 19, 2013
Back-to-back computer glitches have put Mars mission's science observations on hold for nearly three weeks.
ATF's Gun Tracing System Is A Dud
March 14, 2013
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is using 1960s era technology to manage a 21st century problem. When will this get fixed?
Federal Gun Control Requires IT Overhaul
January 31, 2013
White House plan will work only if the IT systems and databases used for background checks and gun tracing get the improvements needed to support stepped-up oversight.
Intelligence Agencies Must Operate More Like An Enterprise
January 14, 2013
Comprehensive IT strategy promises efficiency and increased collaboration, but the required cultural changes could be jarring.
Feds Face Challenges In Mobility Mandate
January 14, 2013
As agencies develop apps that extend government data to on-the-go citizens and employees, many issues have cropped up.
DOE Taps PNNL CIO To Improve Security
January 04, 2013
Federal agency brings in a national lab CIO to help implement a cybersecurity strategy that spans its diverse and autonomous operations.
Military Drones Present And Future: Visual Tour
January 03, 2013
The Pentagon's growing fleet of unmanned aerial vehicles ranges from hand-launched machines to the Air Force's experimental X-37B space plane.
Tech And The City: New York's Future
December 12, 2012
U.S. cities stand to benefit in important ways from well-planned technology implementations, according to our survey. The possibilities include better quality of life for city residents.
Feds Pull Plug On 'One Stop' Cloud Portal
November 30, 2012
The General Services Administration plans to decommission Uncle Sam's Apps.gov site, which was supposed to make it easy for agencies to acquire software as a service.
NASA Mars Mission: No Little Green Men -- Yet
November 30, 2012
NASA debunks rumors of new evidence of life on Mars, but its Curiosity rover continues to make many smaller discoveries. Some of NASA's latest images raise interesting questions.
Future Cities: IT Priorities For Urban Transformation
November 28, 2012
City planners and their IT teams are setting big goals -- and facing big challenges -- in the development of tech-enabled "Future Cities," our survey results show.
Digital Revolution's Winners And Losers
November 07, 2012
Workers with in-demand digital skills benefit most as computers increasingly take over everyday tasks. In this InformationWeek 500 video, MIT's Erik Brynjolfsson discusses how this trend could affect your enterprise.
How The Feds Drive Cloud Innovation
October 26, 2012
NASA, the Department of Defense, and other federal agencies are shifting toward more strategic and complex cloud applications, as they try to drive down costs amid flat IT budgets.
Expect To Save Millions In The Cloud? Prove It
October 12, 2012
Top government IT officials will discuss their plans to implement cloud computing and save money at the GovCloud 2012 conference in Washington.
Obama's IT Transformation Is A Work In Progress
October 08, 2012
The president's record on IT strategy is long on vision but short on results.
Top 15 Government IT Innovators For 2012
September 12, 2012
From mobile apps to testbeds on wheels, creative thinkers at government agencies are finding ways to better serve the public.
FBI's Sentinel Project: 5 Lessons Learned
August 03, 2012
Agency used agile development and private sector know-how to finish its long-delayed digital case management system.
Strike Back At Hackers? Get A Lawyer
July 27, 2012
Don't risk legal troubles. Get advice before taking the offensive against cybercriminals, military security expert says at Black Hat.