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Instead of building its new billion-dollar enterprise data center, NASA has decided to make major changes to its data center strategy, according to an agency announcement.
NASA said it was postponing the release of a long-awaited request for proposal for the new data center in light of new Office of Management and Budget [...]
The new policy allowing access to social media from computers connected to the Department of Defense’s unclassified network balances the mission value of Web 2.0 tools and the need for security, said Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs Price B. Floyd.
Since being appointed to his new position last June, Floyd has been [...]
The White House released a memo on Monday on how agencies can legally arrange contests in order to engage citizens to find new ideas on how to use technology to improve open government. The memo was from Jeffrey Zients, the Deputy Director for Management, in the Office of Management and Budget.
Zients stated, “This memorandum highlights [...]
Yesterday, the U.S. Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) launched its official Facebook and Twitter pages. In response to DOD Deputy Secretary William Lynn’s memo regarding the responsible and effective use of social media and web 2.0 applications on Friday, February 25, USTRANSCOM moved forward quickly with plans to establish a presence on social networking sites.
U.S. Army Major [...]
The National Institutes of Health is one of the first federal agencies to use OpenID. This service will allow researchers, as well as other visitors, to access privacy-protected sites by entering one password at a time. Users can easily switch between different secure sites without having to continually enter a login credentials.
According to NextGov, Peter [...]
Last week, District of Columbia Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Bryan Sivak announced the launch of the first common platform for “Open 311.” Open 311 provides free Application Programming Interface (API) access to city 311 systems for non-emergency city services.
Addressing the common complaint of citizens’ concerns buried in government bureaucracy, Open 311 allows citizens to control [...]
The General Services Administration has scrapped a previous quotation request for cloud infrastructure services and is planning to offer a new one, after absorbing feedback from various agencies and vendors.
“Eleven months in cloud computing time is really about 11 years,” Dave McClure, associate administrator for GSA’s office of citizen services and communications said. “The market [...]
The National Nuclear Security Administration has launched an online mentoring program that connects senior staff with less-experienced employees to promote learning and the transfer of institutional knowledge across the nuclear security enterprise, the NNSA has announced.
The program uses an interactive Web site and database to connect mentors and mentees in NNSA facilities across the nation [...]
The Department of Defense last week issued a new policy allowing military personnel to access social-media sites and other Web 2.0 applications from nonclassified government computers, as long as it is done safe and securely, according to the American Forces Press Service.
“This directive recognizes the importance of balancing appropriate security measures while maximizing the capabilities [...]
Federal CIO Vivek Kundra, along with Treasury CIO Michael Duffy and Department of Homeland Security CIO Richard Spires, plans to limit the number of federal data centers.
The number of government data centers has been increasing steadily, going from 432 in 1998 to as many as 1,100 in 2009. According to FierceGovernment, Kundra said, “We’ve seen [...]
