Profile of Elizabeth Montalbano
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Articles by Elizabeth Montalbano
posted in October 2011
10/31/2011
Dell's Streak 5 tablet is being tested for use on defense networks, where the RIM BlackBerry currently prevails.
10/31/2011
White House orders agencies to transfer technology and funds to the private market more quickly, hoping to fuel a new group of startups.
10/28/2011
NPP satellite will contribute to 30 existing datasets on the Earth's environment and improve short-term weather forecasting.
10/27/2011
Office of Management and Budget can't accurately track federal IT spending, GAO says, urging OMB to improve its reporting guidance to agencies and departments.
10/27/2011
Agencies disclose plans to use technology to improve services to citizens and an Obama administration executive order.
10/26/2011
In his first public speech since taking his post in August, Obama's CIO said he will build upon his predecessor Vivek Kundra's work to create innovation.
10/25/2011
Unisys wins multi-million-dollar bid to help the DOE transition 5,000 users to Google's cloud-based email and collaboration tools.
10/24/2011
Move to a private government cloud model hasn't gone smoothly for the federal job posting site.
10/21/2011
Space agency releases data in nine categories and hopes developers will generate new and creative visualizations of the information.
10/20/2011
Social Jobs Partnership aims to connect people with employment resources.
10/19/2011
Contactless pay service lets passengers buy train and bus tickets using smartphones.
10/19/2011
TechAmerica says civilian and defense agencies will face tough choices in how they spend their IT dollars and need to focus on cost-cutting and efficiency initiatives.
10/19/2011
New map covers 99% of the planet, includes images collected by a Japanese radiometer onboard the U.S. space agency's Terra satellite.
10/19/2011
GAO also says federal CIOs leave office too soon to make significant changes in their agencies.
10/14/2011
Securities and Exchange Commission issues its first guidance for how and when companies should report cybersecurity or other incidents that pose a cyber risk.
10/13/2011
Space agency created NetworKing to let players virtually create communication networks used by astronauts, scientists, and ground control.
10/12/2011
University of Maryland researchers get contract to develop a framework for developing and testing intelligent control systems.
10/11/2011
'Titan' will be the fastest and most energy efficient computer in the world, according to Oak Ridge National Labs.
10/11/2011
Government agencies now plan to to close nearly 1,000 data centers and save $630 million through 2015.
10/7/2011
Justice Department wins largest false claims settlement ever from Oracle, which is accused of not giving proper discounts on government technology purchases.
10/6/2011
Management of the government's Electronics Record Archive, which has been plagued by cost overruns, will be under IBM's wing for the next 10 years.
10/5/2011
Apps for the Environment rewards innovative ways to use EPA data; voting closes Friday.
10/5/2011
Cutting costs to manage shrinking budgets remains a chief concern for top state IT officials, according to annual survey.
10/4/2011
Nearly 8,000 petitions with 600,000 signatures were created in the first week, forcing the administration to raise the bar for which petitions will be reviewed.
10/3/2011
Pleiades, the world's seventh most powerful supercomputer, simulates the origins and evolution of the cosmos, with an eye
toward predicting its future.