Salesforce.com launches government cloud, app exchange
The Government Cloud will include a multitenant, FISMA-compliant cloud infrastructure that will let federal, state and local agencies share apps.
DRS wins $269M contract for military Internet cafe
Contractor will build satellite and communication systems for continued morale, welfare and recreation of troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.
GSA holds March Madness contest--for federal buildings
Everyone is familiar with the 16-bracket March Madness competition format for basketball, but what about putting federal buildings into those brackets and up for a vote?
Interior wants to put all its messages in one cloud
The department is looking for a cloud-based Enterprise eArchive System for capturing e-mail, social media, instant messaging and electronic documents.
State seeks social media monitoring tools
State Department files a sources-sought notice to determine if small business could fulfill its requirements.
CACI helps Army fine-tune communications efforts
The contract calls for helping the Army more effectively engage with its geographically, culturally and linguistically diverse audience.
SI Organization buys intell firm
Acquisition bolsters strategic communications capabilities to serve intelligence and defense customers.
3 steps to getting your small business discovered
Marketing maven Mark Amtower shares expert tips for making your small business stand out in the crowd.
Finding NASA's new multi-player game on Facebook takes one giant leap
If we can put a man on the moon, why can't we make NASA's new space history trivia game easy to find on Facebook?
Unisys, ERT put NOAA employees in the cloud
The $11.5 million project gives 25,000 NOAA employees e-mail access through Google Apps for Government.
White House schedules Tweetup during SOTU
Followers of the @WhiteHouse Twitter account are being invited to the White House to live-tweet during the State of the Union speech.
Message to Facebook: Knock off the changes.
Facebook's Timeline feature creates confusion, not clarity.
High-tech projects hit the most wasteful list
Sen. Tom Coburn's annual list of wasteful government spending does not spare new technologies.
ICF makes $100M deal for Web developer
The purchase brings Ironworks’ federal clients, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Veterans Affairs Department.
What PayPal and Regretsy can teach federal social media managers
PayPal's fiasco in trying to block charitable donations can provide some pointers for you.
Twitter: Is this 'river of information' too polluted to be useful?
Scott Klososky, the opening keynote at the Executive Leadership Conference, made some questionable statements about the value of social media.
Listening in on GovLoop
Steve Kelman takes time to hear what the GovLoopers are saying.
GSA social media timeline sputtering to a halt?
The General Services Administration's crowdsourced Web graphic showing federal social media activity is languishing.
Salesforce grows with cloud help-desk acquisition
Salesforce.com has acquired Assistly, an instant customer service help desk built for the cloud, for approximately $50 million in cash.
Will a national alert system be ready for the next emergency?
Tuesday afternoon's 5.8 earthquake left hundreds of thousands of people along the East Coast temporarily without cell-phone service as circuits became overloaded and communications in many cases was reduced to texting or tweets. So what's a nation to do?
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