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Author Photo Feds Still Seeking 'Meaningful' Feedback
Mar 8, 2010
Posted by Marianne Kolbasuk McGee

Want to weigh in the federal government's proposed meaningful use criteria before it's written in stone? Act soon. There's only about a week left to submit your comments to the feds.

Author Photo Israeli Soldier's Facebook Faux Pas A Lesson For U.S. Military
Mar 4, 2010
Posted by J. Nicholas Hoover

This type of thing was bound to happen. A leak of sensitive military information on Facebook shows good reason -- but also holds good lessons -- for a cautious approach to soldiers' use of social media.

Author Photo As Government Opens, Ideas Pour In
Mar 1, 2010
Posted by John Foley

Over the past three weeks, 36 federal agencies and departments have deployed crowd-sourcing technology to let the public weigh in on their open government plans. So far, nearly 1,200 ideas have been posted, including the good, the bad, and the ugly.

Author Photo Michigan Beats Florida—To IT Jobs
Feb 26, 2010
Posted by Paul McDougall

Michigan has vanquished Florida again. This time it wasn't the Capital One Bowl, where the Wolverines knocked off Tim Tebow's Gators 41-35 in 2008. Rather, Michigan won a contest many would argue carries a greater prize—hundreds of good IT jobs.

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NASA Shifts Data Center Strategy

New guidance on cloud computing, energy efficiency, and data center consolidation puts the space agency's $1.5 billion data center plans on hold for now.


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LifeLock Settles FTC Charges For $12 Million

The FTC complaint alleged that the firm's identity theft protection and data security claims were false.

Feds Ease Software Export Restrictions

U.S. developers authorized to offer Internet communication apps to Iran, Sudan, and Cuba.

Google Launches Store For Web Apps

The Google Apps Marketplace will let third-party developers sell their Web apps to Google Apps customers.

White House Plans Innovation Prize Platform

The government plans to release a Web-based platform for federal agencies to use prizes and challenges to crowdsource innovative approaches to government problems.

VA Halts Access To EHR System

The administration is addressing a bug that caused its VistAWeb e-health records system to return incomplete data.

Microsoft Fixes Eight Bugs, Warns Of IE Zero-Day

A light Patch Tuesday brings word of a new zero-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer 6 and 7.


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