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John Foley
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Amazon Cloud Gets Federal Stamp Of Approval
May 21, 2013 10:30 AM FedRAMP compliance means federal agencies can now access Amazon Web Services almost immediately, without spending months on their own cloud-security assessments.
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What's Next In Video Surveillance
May 20, 2013 08:00 AM Driven by the consumer market, video surveillance is the next big data challenge.
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New York City Builds On Its Technology Base
April 23, 2013 02:00 PM An expanding IT infrastructure and tech-savvy workforce are evidence of the Big Apple’s emergence as a global tech center.
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IT Strategies For Future Cities
April 22, 2013 08:00 AM 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.
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Boston Bombers Can't Elude City's Tech Infrastructure
April 19, 2013 10:05 AM 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.
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New York's 32-Story Data Fortress: Inside Tour
March 25, 2013 09:06 AM Sabey's 1-million-square-foot facility in lower Manhattan is billed as the world's tallest and largest high-rise data center.
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NASA Curiosity Rover Hit By Software Snafu
March 19, 2013 01:00 PM Back-to-back computer glitches have put Mars mission's science observations on hold for nearly three weeks.
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ATF's Gun Tracing System Is A Dud
March 14, 2013 08:36 AM The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is using 1960s era technology to manage a 21st century problem. When will this get fixed?
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Federal Gun Control Requires IT Overhaul
January 31, 2013 08:53 AM 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.
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Intelligence Agencies Must Operate More Like An Enterprise
January 14, 2013 08:00 AM Comprehensive IT strategy promises efficiency and increased collaboration, but the required cultural changes could be jarring.
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Feds Face Challenges In Mobility Mandate
January 14, 2013 08:00 AM As agencies develop apps that extend government data to on-the-go citizens and employees, many issues have cropped up.
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DOE Taps PNNL CIO To Improve Security
January 04, 2013 04:13 PM Federal agency brings in a national lab CIO to help implement a cybersecurity strategy that spans its diverse and autonomous operations.
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Military Drones Present And Future: Visual Tour
January 03, 2013 09:06 AM The Pentagon's growing fleet of unmanned aerial vehicles ranges from hand-launched machines to the Air Force's experimental X-37B space plane.
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Tech And The City: New York's Future
December 12, 2012 01:10 PM 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.
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Feds Pull Plug On 'One Stop' Cloud Portal
November 30, 2012 04:35 PM 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.
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NASA Mars Mission: No Little Green Men -- Yet
November 30, 2012 01:03 PM 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.
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Future Cities: IT Priorities For Urban Transformation
November 28, 2012 12:46 PM 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.
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Digital Revolution's Winners And Losers
November 07, 2012 03:22 PM 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.
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How The Feds Drive Cloud Innovation
October 26, 2012 11:10 AM 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.
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Expect To Save Millions In The Cloud? Prove It
October 12, 2012 12:15 PM Top government IT officials will discuss their plans to implement cloud computing and save money at the GovCloud 2012 conference in Washington.
Bio
John Foley, Editor of InformationWeek Government, started his career as a tech journalist inside the Washington beltway, covering the breakup of AT&T and the deregulation of the telecom industry. He's held a variety of writing and editing positions with InformationWeek, including serving as the magazine's Editor. His beat areas have included open systems, databases, business intelligence, and Microsoft, and he now leads InformationWeek's expanded editorial coverage of technology implementation and strategy in federal, state, and local government.
By The Numbers
Base: 417 respondents at organizations using or planning to deploy data analytics, BI or statistical analysis software
Data: InformationWeek 2013 Analytics, Business Intelligence and Information Management Survey of 541 business technology professionals, October 2012
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