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Thursday, July 29, 2010

Public Sector Cloud Computing Case Study: Online Answers Knowledgebase (SOASK)

Helping the public easily and efficiently find answers to questions through cloud-based knowledge management and CRM tools Learn More ›

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Guidance on Establishing a Federal Privacy Office

Two new publications offer guidance to Federal personnel seeking to establish or streamline a privacy office: “Best Practices: Elements of a Federal Privacy Program,” by the Federal CIO Council Privacy Committee, and the “Guide to Implementing Privacy,” by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Privacy Office Learn More ›

Thursday, July 22, 2010

Public Sector Cloud Computing Case Study: Enterprise Data Center Strategy

Cancelled proposal requests that would have yielded up to $1.5 billion in enterprise data center contracts and now exploring cloud alternatives Learn More ›

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Public Sector Cloud Computing Case Study: Be a Martian

Engaging the public in citizen science with social media and crowd-sourcing on a scalable cloud platform Learn More ›

Thursday, July 15, 2010

Public Sector Cloud Computing Case Study: World-Wide Telescope

Nebula, NASA's cloud-computing platform, is helping NASA to engage the public through the viewing and exploration of the Moon and Mars in unprecedented resolution. Learn More ›

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Wanted: Cool Apps That Fight Crime

When mobile phone users get tired of playing games, they can download a seriously cool app—one that helps the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) find fugitives, terrorists, and missing kids. Learn More ›

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Public Sector Cloud Computing Case Study: Agency-wide E-mail

GSA's e-mail effort will migrate over 15,000 mailboxes to a cloud-based solution, eliminating the redundant and disparate infrastructure presently housed at 17 different locations around the world. Learn More ›

Thursday, July 01, 2010

Global Pulse Update: Getting the World Engaged

Nearly 7000 participants logged into Global Pulse 2010, a 3-day online collaboration event that brought together socially engaged participants and organizations from around the world. Results and data from the event, which was held in March, were recently published at http://www.globalpulse2010.gov/index.html. Learn More ›

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Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Closing the Tech Gap

Vivek Kundra, U.S. Chief Information Officer

What if senior management in an Agency – or anyone in the public – could identify and monitor the performance of IT projects just as easily as they could monitor the stock market or baseball scores? That’s what the IT dashboard does -- and it’s changing the way government does business. Learn More ›
Saturday, July 17, 2010

Five Things a CIO Hates About Information Technology

Linda Cureton, CIO, NASA

I just returned from a great visit to NASA’s Johnson Space Center. I also got my first chance to see pieces of history from our nation’s space program. Two pieces of history are pictured here – a slide rule and pneumatic tube cylinder. Gee, at first, I thought it was so amazing that we could get to the moon without all this fancy technology. Learn More ›
Monday, June 28, 2010

Cutting Waste by Reforming IT

Peter Orszag, Director, OMB

As I’ve written before, one source of ineffective and inefficient government is the technology gap between the public and private sectors. Learn More ›
Friday, July 2, 2010

Social Media Presence at NRC

Darren Ash, CIO, NRC

I was recently asked about the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC) use of social media tools. The two questions I got had to do with why NRC doesn't yet have an "official" presence. Learn More ›

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AT A GLANCE

All Agencies SPENDING - CIO Evaluation
(as of July 29 2010)

Major Investments: 794
Spending On Major Investments: $39.7 B

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