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U.S. power companies under frequent cyberattack

A survey of U.S. utilities shows many are facing frequent cyberattacks that could threaten a highly interdependent power grid supplying more than 300 million people, according to a congressional report.

By Jeremy Kirk | 22 May, 2013 01:33

Tags: intrusion, Government use of IT, regulation, security, government, Exploits / vulnerabilities, U.S. House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee
Amazon Web Services gets FedRAMP certification for US government cloud use

Amazon Web Services has finally received certification under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, which the company said will lower the cost of implementing its cloud services among government organizations and agencies in the U.S.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 21 May, 2013 11:55

Tags: Amazon Web Services, Government use of IT, cloud computing, government, internet
US agencies can't track savings from data center closings

The U.S. government's effort to close 1,253 of its data centers is falling short of its goal, and agencies haven't been able to track projected cost savings for the initiative, a government auditor told lawmakers.

By Grant Gross | 14 May, 2013 20:58

Tags: U.S. House of Representatives Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Government use of IT, Bernard Mazer, MeriTalk, Steve O'Keeffe, U.S. General Services Administration, government, David Powner, U.S. Department of Interior, U.S. White House Office of Management and Budget, U.S. Government Accountability Office, Gerry Connolly
Obama administration expands open data access

U.S. President Barack Obama has signed an executive order requiring that government data be made available in open, machine-readable formats, expanding open-access requirements from earlier in his administration.

By Grant Gross | 09 May, 2013 17:05

Tags: Government use of IT, Sunlight Foundation, U.S. White House, Ellen Miller, government, Barack Obama, TechAmerica, Kevin Richards
Study: US military too reliant on foreign-made equipment

The U.S. military's reliance on foreign-made products, including telecommunications equipment and semiconductors, is putting the nation's security at risk by exposing agencies to faulty parts and to the possibility that producing nations will stop selling vital items, according to a new report from the Alliance for American Manufacturing.

By Grant Gross | 08 May, 2013 20:05

Tags: Guardian Six Consulting, Government use of IT, security, Trey Hodgkins, Alliance for American Manufacturing, Scott Paul, government, John Adams, TechAmerica, Chris Murphy

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The scariest US software project horror stories of 2012

Sure, plenty of enterprise software projects go just fine and end up giving customers all the things vendors promise: lower operating costs, streamlined operations and happier users.

By Chris Kanaracus | 10 December, 2012 21:36

Tags: business issues, Government use of IT, applications, IBM, enterprise resource planning, YEAR END, epicor, Civil lawsuits, software, government, Oracle, SAP, legal
Can the US military fight a war with Twitter?

Students at a U.S. military graduate school in California are mining social media with new methods that may change the way the armed forces collect intelligence overseas.

By Kerry Davis | 09 November, 2012 02:11

Tags: popular science, war, Naval Postgraduate School, Government use of IT, warfare, security, twitter, spyware, government

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