Verizon's contract 'garden' growing more than nicely
Verizon Business continues an impressive streak of contract wins that began in March and includes numerous Networx contracts and large Defense Department projects.
An open letter to Obama, in support of social participation
On the 70th anniversary of Albert Einstein’s letter to President Franklin Roosevelt encouraging attention to atomic technology and science, Ben Shneiderman, a computer science professor at the University of Maryland, and several colleagues write to President Barack Obama encouraging exploration of technology-mediated social participation.
New technology tool translates Arabic broadcasts
A company has developed a Web-based platform that aggregates Arabic news television and translates the speech into English-language text.
Ten dot-gov sites that get it right
Government Computer News names the top government Web sites that best embrace Web. 2.0 practices.
Kundra to agencies: Get ready for data deluge
Web 2.0 technology will lead to an explosion of new and varied data sent to government, federal CIO Kundra says.
Kundra requests inventory of latest knowledge management apps
The Obama administration is partnering with the Knowledge Management Working Group to conduct a survey of the latest knowledgement management applications agencies are using.
Chopra: Government must increase pace of Web 2.0
Federal agencies need to follow the lead of the public in using technology to collaborate and communicate, Federal CTO Aneesh Chopra says.
Open government looks for next-generation technologies
Whereas Web 2.0 is about connecting people through social-networking applications, Web 3.0 will be about connecting information in new ways that people will find more useful and relevant. It'll be a boon for government transparency, but it won't be happening soon.
Beware: Twitter's security problems are yours too
Recent hacks of Twitter data and the misuse of the microblogging service for phishing and other malicious activities highlight the danger of adopting new technologies before they are business-ready.
USPS goes open source with tracking system
Postal Service IT officials have upgraded the service's 15-year-old mainframe system to handle more transactions and lower the cost of operating the system.
GovDelivery helps government broadcast messages to the public
The founders of government-to-citizen communications company GovDelivery Inc. discuss how they have harnessed the power of Web. 2.0.
OMB Web site charts government IT spending
A new Web site launched by OMB lets the public see how agencies are spending money on information technology.
Virtualization: Microsoft forms social enterprise alliance
Microsoft on Wednesday announced the creation of the "Social Enterprise Alliance," a partnership centered on the customization and integration of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007.
State 'friends' world on Facebook
The State Department is using Facebook to connect to the world, and it appears the world is responding.
In-Q-Tel embraces open-source search
Lucid Imagination will use an investment from the CIA's In-Q-Tel to develop products and the infrastructure to support the intelligence community's search needs.
Twitter amplifies Iranian protests
The disputes in Iran over Twitter underscore the growing importance of social-media sites and the extent to which the United States and other governments are paying attention to them.
DOD says no to militarized cyberspace
Deputy Defense Secretary William Lynn III stressed the need for cooperation between the Pentagon’s new cyber command and the organizations with primary responsibility for the .gov and private-sector domains.
Contractor needed to upgrade Recovery.gov
The oversight board for economic stimulus spending is looking for a vendor to create Version 2.0 of the Recovery.gov Web site.
New DOD cyber command to protect .mil domain
Deputy Defense Secretary William Lynn III stressed the need for cooperation between the Pentagon’s new cyber command and the organizations with primary responsibility for the .gov and private-sector domains.
Power tools for Twitter
Despite its simple interface, Twitter can be a powerful tool for collaboration and communication.
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