While green IT has been a hot topic in the last few years, real progress has been slow, and the industry is highly unlikely to reduce its carbon emissions by 2020, according to a new survey.
Sponsored by Fujitsu, the “Green IT: The Global Benchmark” surveyed more than 600 CIOs and IT managers to determine the [...]

In an effort to reduce the government’s energy consumption, federal employees, as well as the private sector corporations serving them, will power down all electronics Aug. 27 as part of “Power IT Down Day.”
The day of conservation comes as part of last February’s GreenGov Final Report, which encouraged ideas from more than 14,000 federal employees. [...]

U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Department of Defense yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding during a White House forum to discuss clean energy in relation to national security.
The MOU demonstrated a collaboration between the two departments to commit to fostering a clean-energy economy and improved efficiencies through on-site renewable power generation.
“The Department of [...]

Under the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs, $30 million will be made available to develop clean-energy technologies for U.S. small businesses.
U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced the funding will be used from the Recovery Act budget appropriations to support the building of a clean-energy economy. This marks the first [...]

The General Services Administration has requested federal contractors submit their greenhouse gas emissions to make the federal government and its supply chain greener.
Following the executive order signed by President Barack Obama in October 2009, GSA submitted a document to White House Council on Environmental Quality that outlined recommendations on reducing emissions in the federal government [...]

In his first Oval Office address, President Barack Obama urged the nation to wean off the oil dependency and embrace a clean-energy future. He expressed the importance of this in light of the recent disastrous oil spill off the Gulf Coast and called it the “moment for this generation to embark on a national mission [...]

The annual Secretary of Defense Environmental Awards ceremony highlighted the federal government’s commitment to its environmental stewardship during an event held at the Pentagon.
The nine recipients that received awards were honored for their creation of key sustainability projects. These projects included decreasing the use of pesticides and finding alternative measures; identifying and mapping cultural resource sites; managing [...]

Yesterday, GSA Administrator Martha Johnson was the keynote speaker at a Potomac Officer’s Club luncheon at the Ritz Carlton in Tyson’s Corner, Va.
Johnson spoke about the agency’s goal of Zero Environmental Footprint, which she called both a “big hairy audacious goal” (BHAG) and this generation’s “moon shot.” Johnson, who was nominated by President Barack Obama [...]

Today marks the beginning of a week-long initiative that promotes sustainable information technology within businesses and organizations, a worldwide event that originates in Australia but spans across the globe.
With activities, training and presentations, International Green IT Awareness Week aims to spotlight green IT and make way for organizations to initiate, promote and support green IT [...]

Sanjeev Bhagowalia has left the Department of Interior to serve as the deputy associate administrator for innovative technologies in the midst of the General Services Administration makeover. Now, his shoes need to be filled quickly and wisely because the catastrophe of the Gulf oil spill.
The Department of the Interior has decided to put Bernard J. [...]