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posted in December 2010

White House Reveals Plans For ExpertNet Wiki

12/30/2010
The online tool will allow U.S. officials and policymakers to solicit input about decisions they're making from experts outside the government and from the general public.
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California Agencies Favor Microsoft For Email

12/30/2010
About two out of three state mailboxes will be migrated to Microsoft-hosted email, rather than a competing state system.
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DARPA Developing Mobile Networks For War Communications

12/29/2010
Defense Department's MAINGATE will allow forces in Iraq and Afghanistan to share joint military mission information and remotely control surveillance vehicles.
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HP Wins $2.5 Billion NASA IT Services Contract

12/29/2010
The firm beat out incumbent Lockheed Martin for a deal to manage PC hardware, software, mobile services, and infrastructure for the space agency.
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NATO Taps IBM To Build Private Cloud

12/22/2010
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization will test using the cloud to consolidate and modernize its IT resources.
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National Archives Accelerates Declassification Project

12/21/2010
Cross-agency collaboration, public engagement, and improved technology key to processing a backlog of 400 million pages by December 2013.
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Census Hampered By IT Problems

12/21/2010
Significant technology issues led to a peak backlog of 12 million forms that were delayed in processing, found the Government Accountability Office.
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Defense Department To Update Disaster Aid Site

12/20/2010
The All Partners Access Network Web site will get improved navigation, registration, and search when it's upgraded on Dec. 30.
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White House Launches Foreign Aid Dashboard

12/17/2010
Like other federal dashboards, the new site provides transparency on how the U.S. government is investing money, this time overseas.
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Defense Dept Sets Private Sector IT Staff Swap

12/17/2010
Improving the nation's cybersecurity defense is major goal of the workforce development program.
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Army Expanding Soldier Smartphone Program

12/16/2010
Connecting Soldiers to Digital Applications will begin widely deploying iPhones, iPads, Kindles, and other devices to military personnel early next year.
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NASA Spacecraft Nears Edge Of Solar System

12/15/2010
Voyager 1, launched 33 years ago, has reached the outer edge of the sun's influence and is approaching interstellar space, say scientists.
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Air Force Blocks Web Sites With WikiLeaks Content

12/15/2010
Personnel can't access major media outlets that published the full leaked embassy cables.
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Postal Service Names CIO

12/13/2010
Ellis Burgoyne, who started his USPS career 32 years ago as a letter carrier, was promoted as part of an overhaul of the agency's executive team.
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Interior Department To Save $500M Consolidating IT

12/10/2010
Staff reductions, data-center consolidation, and cutting back on office space are aspects of a five-year plan to streamline operations.
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Obama Signs Telework Bill Into Law

12/10/2010
Federal agencies must establish policies and managing officers to enable government employees to work remotely.
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Federal CIO Kundra Reveals IT Reform Plan

12/9/2010
A project-management best-practices portal and a technology fellows exchange program with the private sector are included in the 25-point implementation plan.
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Securities Agency Retracts Data Center RFP

12/7/2010
The Securities and Exchange Commission still needs a new home for one of its two data centers by March, when its lease runs out.
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Legislation Would Mandate WiFi In Federal Buildings

12/6/2010
Wi-Net Act, proposed in the Senate, would free up cellular networks by installing wireless base stations in all public government facilities.
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Microsoft Cloud Infrastructure Passes FISMA Test

12/6/2010
Achieving key Federal Information Security Management Act approval paves the way for the vendor to grab a larger share of the government market.
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DISA To Link Supercomputers

12/3/2010
Six DoD supercomputing centers across the United States will be connected to researchers by the network planned by the Defense Information Systems Agency.
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NASA Discovers Arsenic-Fed Life Form

12/2/2010
Researchers grew a microbe using arsenic instead of phosphorus, redefining the agency's search for other types of life in the universe.
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Air Force Upgrading To Windows 7

12/2/2010
A base will migrate from Microsoft Vista due to concerns about security, complaints from users.
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