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Information and Communications Technology - United States
Articles and resources about trends and issues in the use of ICT by government in the United States.
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- Apps.gov
- Provided by the US General Services Administration - provides a source of cloud computing applications including business apps, social media apps, productivity apps and cloud IT services.
Added: 7 June 2011;
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- Agencies identify 78 services for cloud transition
- By Joseph Marks. NextGov, 26 May 2011. "Federal agencies have identified 78 computer systems they plan to migrate to the cloud within a year, according to the Office of Management and Budget. The listing follows a directive in OMB's 25-point plan to reform federal IT, published in December 2010, that ordered federal agencies to identify three services they could move to the cloud by May 2012..."
Added: 2 June 2011;
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- Federal cloud transition will save $5 billion yearly, CIO says
- By Joseph Marks. NextGov, 25 May 2011. "Transitioning about one-fourth of the government's $80 billion information technology enterprise to the cloud will save at least $5 billion annually, federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra told the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Wednesday. Moving government data that are currently housed in dedicated computer servers to more versatile cloud computing space is a major component of Kundra's 25-point plan to reform federal IT, published in December 2010, but he'd previously been less specific about the total projected savings..."
Added: 26 May 2011;
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- How standards could get cloud out of the 1970s
- NIST document could pave the way to better interoperability, portability and security, By Rutrell Yasin. Government Computer News, April 12, 2011. "A road map to developing standards about to be released by the National Institute of Standards and Technology promises to improve the interoperability, portability and security of cloud infrastructures -- and, in the words of Internet pioneer Vint Cerf, could help get the technology out of the Internet equivalent of the 1970s..."
Added: 13 April 2011;
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- Agencies on track to implement White House IT strategy, CIOs say
- By George A. Warner. NextGov, 16 March 2011. "The Obama administration's recently-unveiled information technology roadmap is helping agencies push forward toward their IT goals, according to leading government chief information officers who spoke at a conference roundtable on Wednesday. But much work remains to be done before declaring success, the CIOs warned..."
Added: 17 March 2011;
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- Federal IT Dashboard has inaccurate data, GAO finds
- GAO examined IT investments at five agencies, including the Homeland Security and Veterans Affairs departments, By Alyah Khan. Federal Computer Week, March 15, 2011. "The Office of Management and Budget's IT Dashboard — a website intended to improve transparency by tracking the status of about 800 federal IT spending programs — has data flaws, according to the Government Accountability Office..."
Added: 16 March 2011;
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- Information Technology: OMB Has Made Improvements to Its Dashboard, but Further Work Is Needed by Agencies and OMB to Ensure Data Accuracy - GAO-11-262
- Government Accountability Office, March 15, 2011. "Each year the federal government spends billions of dollars on information technology (IT) investments. Given the importance of oversight, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) established a public Web site, referred to as the IT Dashboard, that provides detailed information on about 800 federal IT investments, including assessments of actual performance against cost and schedule targets (referred to as ratings). In the second of a series of Dashboard reviews, GAO was asked to (1) determine OMB's efforts to improve the Dashboard and how it is using data from the Dashboard, and (2) examine the accuracy of the Dashboard's cost and schedule performance ratings. To do so, GAO analyzed documentation on OMB oversight efforts and Dashboard improvement plans, compared the performance of 10 major investments from five agencies with large IT budgets against the ratings on the Dashboard, and interviewed OMB and agency officials..."
Added: 16 March 2011;
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- Federal Cloud Computing Strategy - presentation - in pdf format (738kb)
- (This document requires the use of Adobe Acrobat Reader). by Vivek Kundra U. S. Chief Information Officer, 14 February 2011. "The U.S. CIO outlines how the Federal Government can accelerate the safe and secure adoption of cloud computing, consistent with the 'Cloud First' policy discussed in the 25 Point Implementation Plan to Reform Federal IT Management..."
Added: 11 March 2011;
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- Federal Cloud Computing Strategy - in pdf format (939kb)
- (This document requires the use of Adobe Acrobat Reader). by Vivek Kundra - U.S. Chief Information Officer. the White House, February 8, 2011. "The Federal Government’s current Information Technology (IT) environment is characterized by low asset utilization, a fragmented demand for resources, duplicative systems, environments which are difficult to manage, and long procurement lead times. These inefficiencies negatively impact the Federal Government's ability to serve the American public. Cloud computing has the potential to play a major part in addressing these inefficiencies and improving government service delivery. The cloud computing model can significantly help agencies grappling with the need to provide highly reliable, innovative services quickly despite resource constraints..."
Added: 11 March 2011;
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- Generations and Gadgets
- by Kathryn Zickuhr, Web Coordinator, Pew Internet & American Life Project, February 3, 2011. "Many devices have become popular across generations, with a majority of adults now owning cell phones, laptops and desktop computers. Younger adults are leading the way in increased mobility, preferring laptops to desktops and using their cell phones for a variety of functions, including internet, email, music, games and video..."
Added: 14 February 2011;
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- White House details sweeping changes to federal computing
- By Aliya Sternstein. NextGov, 9 December 2010. "The government's chief information officer on Thursday detailed proposals for some of the most sweeping changes to hit federal computing since the 1996 Clinger-Cohen Act created agency CIO jobs. Most of the 25-point action plan revolves around trying to establish a so-called modular approach to launching new applications, in which system features are available for federal personnel to use every six months instead of at the end of the current billion-dollar, multiyear development process..."
Added: 10 December 2010;
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- USDA Moves 120,000 Users to Microsoft's Cloud
- The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is moving its e-mail, document sharing, and other collaboration tools to Microsoft's cloud infrastructure to save money and improve efficiency. Microsoft, Redmond, Washington. — December 8, 2010 — "The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced today that it is moving its on-premises e-mail and productivity applications to Microsoft’s cloud infrastructure, becoming the first cabinet-level federal agency to embrace the cloud..."
Added: 9 December 2010;
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- GSA switch to cloud-based e-mail sparks security debate
- By Brian Kalish. NextGov, 3 December 2010. "The General Services Administration's Wednesday announcement that it will become the first federal agency to move to a cloud-based e-mail system has prompted security and legal concerns from at least one observer..."
Added: 6 December 2010;
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- OMB to push for big changes in IT management
- Initiatives include flexibility, professionalism and a cloud-first policy, By Alice Lipowicz. Federal Computer Week, November 19, 2010. "The Obama administration has developed a five-pronged strategy for improving federal agencies' ability to manage large IT programs..."
Added: 22 November 2010;
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- Google sues US govt agency over Microsoft-only cloud deal
- Specification that bidders must use Microsoft product violates US law, Google says, By Grant Gross - Washington. Computerworld, Tuesday, 2 November, 2010. "Google and a reseller of its products have filed a lawsuit against the US Department of the Interior after the agency solicited bids for cloud-based email and messaging services specifying that bidders must use Microsoft products..."
Added: 3 November 2010;
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