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Get ready for a seismic shift in federal IT

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Four years can change a lot in federal technology. As the Bush administration prepared to hand power to the Obama team in late-2008, no mission-critical government systems were housed in computer clouds, there were fewer than two dozen government-built mobile applications and the nation had never had a chief information officer. Now new systems are moving to or being built in the cloud every month, there are more than 100 government apps and as for federal chief information officers—there have been two. Four years ago, the idea that federal information technology contractors should provide three-, six- and 12-month deliverables rather

Pentagon showing only modest progress toward clean books

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Once lawmakers act, president will use his authority to grant a 0.5 percent raise.

Neither Williams nor the agency has given any more details as to why he quit.

Alleged Hatch Act violations lower than in 2008 -- so far.

Once lawmakers act, president will use his authority to grant a 0.5 percent raise.

Senators using crime stories to push cybersecurity bill

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Sen, Harry Reid, D-Nev., admitted that it's still not clear if the bill has the 60 votes needed to overcome a filibuster. // J. Scott Applewhite/AP file photo

It’s not a matter of whether a catastrophic cyberattack will happen, but when. That’s the message Senate backers of broad cybersecurity legislation repeated over and over on Tuesday as they sought to highlight what they see as the danger of inaction.

Experts differ on the likelihood of a truly disastrous cyberattack or cyberwar, but lawmakers have latched

NASA Will Kick Off a $14 Billion Governmentwide IT Buy this Week

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Publicly owned Internet infrastructure is luring jobs to smaller towns. Should big cities follow their lead?Over the next six months or so, we're going to see an explosion of new ways of interacting with computers, televisions, and mobile devices.If the past is prologue, the plan to making existing systems interoperable will be fraught with problems. NASA mission managers work in Firing Room Four of the Launch Control Center at NASA Kennedy Space Center. // Bill Ingalls/NASA/AP This week, NASA plans to release the preliminary request for its fifth governmentwide

You Call This an Army? The Terrifying Shortage of U.S. Cyberwarriors

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A scary break in communications between NASA on the ground and NASA in space comes during a routine software update. All on board are doing well. When the Soviet Union launched the first satellite in 1957, it set off an intellectual arms race that led to more than $1 billion of federal investment in science education. Within a decade, Americans were sending their own expeditions to outer space. Presidents and other public figures since then have made a tradition of referring to Sputnik to push their political agendas. But just because it's a convenient rhetorical lever doesn't invalidate the analogy. And when it comes to cybersecurity, it hits

Hackers execute sophisticated strike on government cybersecurity contractor

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Data from more than 10,000 brain injury patients -- including hundreds of variables and outcomes -- is being tracked in an ongoing government project that began 26 years ago.The base's hangars bear a remarkable resemblance to similar structures on other American drone outposts.With a foot of snow in New York City all but assured by Saturday morning, PlowNYC is about to hit the big time. Unprotected computers at a cybersecurity contractor that services the Defense Information Systems Agency and many other federal agencies were compromised in a way that enabled the company's product to run viruses on customer networks. The incident echoes a