Government

Tue, June 11, 2013 - PC giant unveils far-ranging government cloud offering that features both dedicated, private deployments as well as shared, multitenant systems with turnkey security and compliance features.

Mon, June 10, 2013 - Where are you most protected on the Web? The Online Trust Alliances 5th annual audit of adoption of consumer security and privacy best practices among top social, commerce, banks and government sites will point you in a safe direction.

Fri, May 31, 2013 - The shift to cloud computing underway across the federal government could eventually move from commodity functions to custom business apps

Thu, May 30, 2013 - Top Gartner analyst urges government tech leaders to keep mission objectives and service approach in mind as they move IT processes to the cloud.

Thu, May 23, 2013 - Amid a growing appetite among public-sector agencies for mobile applications to improve services, Salesforce.com debuts new government collaboration, app-development tools.

Tue, May 21, 2013 - Ahead of the one-year anniversary of the White House's digital government strategy, a new study from the Mobile Work Exchange takes stock of how agencies are pressing ahead with mobility plans.

Mon, April 22, 2013 - An attack Google attributed to Chinese targeting human-rights activists was actually a case of hackers probing U.S. surveillance on undercover agents, according to the senior director of Microsoft's Institute for Advanced Technology

Thu, February 28, 2013 - The soon-to-be-introduced Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act would grant agency CIOs control over federal IT budgets, encourage cloud computing and seek to reduce waste and under-performing technology programs.

Fri, January 25, 2013 - Experts explain the importance of demystifying cloud computing for federal agencies, stressing that security worries and concerns are a matter of implementation.

Tue, January 15, 2013 - As Federal IT's march to the cloud continues, a new digital government strategy calls for departments and agencies to open their data sets to create a platform for innovation.

Fri, December 21, 2012 - From cybersecurity to intellectual property battles, mobile broadband to privacy and federal IT, it was a noisy year for technology in the nation's capital. But after all the debates, committee reports and lobbying, what actually changed?

Thu, December 20, 2012 - Odds are, Jan. 2, 2013 won't begin any differently than your last work day of 2012. Even if Congress and the President reach a deal, though, CIOs will feel the impact of the fiscal cliff as the new year progresses. Here are four lessons you should apply to the 'new normal' that austerity demands.

Thu, December 13, 2012 - Tech industry and nonprofit experts tout the transformative potential of mobile devices and mobile apps in developing nations. But first stakeholders must rethink their approach to solving problems.

Fri, November 30, 2012 - Amid an ongoing overhaul of federal IT, top government leaders stress the need to align enterprise architecture with the mission of departments and agencies. This may mean it will be necessary to bring together two groups that speak fundamentally different languages.