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Monday, May 10, 2010
Army Harnesses Creativity of Its Own Ranks
Taking a cue from the success of Apps for Democracy, a 2008 contest from the DC government encouraging citizens to leverage DC data,
the Department of the Army is looking to its key stakeholders—soldiers and Army civilians—to throw their ideas into the
ring for the Apps for the Army (A4A) challenge. The Army is working with iStrategyLabs, who co-created and developed Apps
for Democracy, to run A4A.
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Friday, April 30, 2010
Commencement Address by Vivek Kundra, Federal CIO, at the National Defense University
Thank you Admiral Rondeau and Dr. Childs for inviting me to speak today. Let me begin by congratulating the
2010 National Defense University graduates. It's an honor to be here with you, to share this important
milestone as you move into the next phase in your lives.
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Thursday, April 29, 2010
Search-and-Rescue Technology Inspired by the Titanic
In January, an unusual rescue at sea garnered considerable media attention. Crew from a Polish ship, Baltica,
spotted a dog on an ice floe in the Baltic Sea after it had floated 70 miles down a river. During the
dramatic rescue effort, the dog came in grave danger of drowning. Luckily, the ship's mechanic was able
to lift him to safety by the scruff of his neck.
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Wednesday, March 03, 2010
Open 311 Initiative Launch
U.S. Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom and San Francisco CIO Chris Vein launched San Francisco’s Open 311 API (Application Programming Interface) initiative.
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Thursday, January 14, 2010
Remarks by The President at Opening Session of the Forum on Modernizing Government
President Obama welcomes more than 40 CEOs to the White House to open the White House Forum on Modernizing Government.
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Wednesday, December 09, 2009
HHS Highlights Innovative New Open Government Initiatives
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced today three innovative HHS ideas that have been developed as a result of a more open and accessible federal decision making process in collaboration between the public, private sector and the federal government.
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Tuesday, December 01, 2009
USDA Recovery Act Projects Map
This map allows you see where and how the U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and U.S. Department of Commerce projects funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 are putting Americans back to work and rejuvenating the nation's economy.
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Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Servicemembers' Holiday Greetings now available online
Members of the Joint Hometown News Service here recently posted more than 8,000 holiday greetings from servicemembers and their families stationed around the world on its Web site.
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Wednesday, November 25, 2009
The National Archives Launches New Online Print Shop
The National Archives announces the opening of its new online Print Shop. Prints of more than 1,200 historical and contemporary photographs, World War I and II posters, drawings and sketches, maps, and ship plans are now available for purchase online.
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Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Secretary Chu Announces $620 Million for Smart Grid Demonstration and Energy Storage Projects
At an event in Columbus, Ohio this afternoon, Secretary Chu announced that the Department of Energy is awarding $620 million for projects around the country to demonstrate advanced Smart Grid technologies and integrated systems that will help build a smarter, more efficient, more resilient electrical grid.
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Friday, November 20, 2009
U.S.-Brazil Celebrate Fifteen Years of Science and Technology Cooperation
United States and Brazilian representatives met at the U.S. Department of State to mark 15 years of science and technology cooperation at a U.S.-Brazil Joint Commission Meeting on Science and Technology Cooperation.
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Friday, November 20, 2009
NOAA Installs System to Improve Safety and Efficiency of Ships along the Cherry Point Reach in Washington State
Ship captains and pleasure boaters can now get free real-time information on water and weather conditions for Cherry Point, WA, from a newly installed NOAA ocean observing system that makes piloting a ship safer and more efficient.
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Thursday, November 19, 2009
GSA CIO Casey Coleman Discusses U.S. Cloud Computing Initiative with Singapore-Based IT Group
The U.S. government's cloud computing initiative was the focus of GSA Chief Information Officer Casey Coleman's videotaped address to a group of government and business IT professionals in Singapore November 19.
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Thursday, November 19, 2009
Information Request for Cybersecurity Competency Models
The U. S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the Chief Information Officers (CIO) Council and the Chief Human Capital Officers Council of Workforce Development Subcommittee recently identified cybersecurity related occupations as high priorities for Governmentwide competency models. OPM is pleased to kick-off the development of these models.
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Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Tech symposium brings together current Army researchers and future Army leaders
Future Army leaders and current Army scientists came together during the 17th annual Army Research Laboratory-U.S. Military Academy Technical Symposium in Atlantic City, NJ.
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Friday, November 13, 2009
VA.Gov Launches First Step of Web Site Redesign
On Veterans Day, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) rolled out the first phase of a large-scale Web renovation to better serve America's Veterans.
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Friday, November 13, 2009
Navy Public Health Center Web Site Offers Flu-Related Info
The Navy and Marine Corps Public Health Center (NMCPHC) in Portsmouth, VA, manages a comprehensive influenza Web site that offers up-to-date guidance about influenza infection.
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Friday, November 13, 2009
Social Security Announces New Enhancements to Online Retirement Estimator
Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security, announced that the online Retirement Estimator, available at www.socialsecurity.gov/estimator, now can provide immediate and personalized benefit estimates to people who have enrolled in Medicare but have not yet filed for Social Security benefits.
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Monday, November 09, 2009
US Department of Labor's OSHA provides workplace H1N1 influenza precaution and protection information for workers and employers
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued commonsense fact sheets that employers and workers can use to promote safety during the current H1N1 influenza outbreak.
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Friday, November 06, 2009
National Science Foundation-funded Projects Featured at Education Technology Showcase
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, as well as Senators Patty Murray, Jeff Bingaman, Kay Hagan and Ted Kaufman, were among the special guests at an Education Technology Showcase held on Capitol Hill on November 4.
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Thursday, October 29, 2009
Secretary Salazar Underscores Energy Transmission Technology, Lauds Houston Utilities' Smart Grid Leadership
Visiting the Energy Capital of the World, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today lauded the advanced power transmission and distribution technology adopted by CenterPoint Energy Houston, a regional utility that received a $200 million federal grant to spur its deployment of a Smart Grid that will improve efficiency and help area consumers manage and control their electricity usage.
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Thursday, October 15, 2009
Pentagon Officials Stress Cybersecurity
Pentagon officials stress that no matter what computer you use, you need to take cybersecurity into account.
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Friday, October 02, 2009
Scam E-mail Sends Malicious Software to Recipients' Computers
In recent weeks, a phony e-mail claiming to come from the IRS has been circulating in large numbers. The subject line of the e-mail often states that the e-mail is a notice of underreported income.
