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3/30/2012
Defense Dept. seeks advantage over adversaries with next-gen processors that combine materials on a single silicon chip.
3/30/2012
Agency plans to install next-generation architecture in satellite ground stations to replace outdated systems.
3/30/2012
Soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan can find information on medical care, benefits, and other aid, using smartphones.
3/28/2012
Department aims to debunk common mistakes children make when learning about science through a new mobile apps contest.
3/28/2012
Intelligence and military agencies license the game engine behind Gears of War and Mass Effect to simulate decision-making, medical, and crime-scene scenarios.
3/27/2012
Chicago-based ICAP Ocean Tomo will sell three portfolios comprising 12 patents as part of NASA's strategy to transfer innovations to the private sector.
3/27/2012
Farm Service Agency wants cloud service to host aerial images of farm boundaries for agency programs.
3/26/2012
CIA.gov now available in Arabic, French, Spanish, Chinese, and Russian.
3/26/2012
City of Chicago, Cook County, and state of Illinois back Metro Chicago Data Convergence Cloud to give citizens access to government data from one Web portal.
3/23/2012
National Counterterrorism Center gets more leeway to access and analyze data collected about possible terrorist activities.
3/22/2012
Effort to help people manage electricity usage expands, with backing from nine utilities, a developer challenge from the DOE, and third-party Web and mobile apps.
3/22/2012
Aims to generate revenue and bolster city’s profile for business, tourism, and other activities.
3/21/2012
After a year of testing, the state's Office of Enterprise Technology has moved nearly 39,000 workers to Office 365 for collaboration and email.
3/21/2012
NIST offers $2.6 million grant for research in new methods to overcome the limits that existing CMOS technology will reach in the next 10 to 15 years.
3/20/2012
Army mobile apps store starts off with 12 apps for iPads and iPhones, with Android apps to come later.
3/20/2012
Anticipating increased shipping in Arctic seaways, agency looks for new methods--such as underwater sensors--to make the harsh region safe for human activities.
3/20/2012
VA, HUD, HHS, and rocker Jon Bon Jovi launch Project REACH to help homeless veterans connect with medical, housing, and other services.
3/19/2012
Agency ends two-week QR-related contest--promoted only through Twitter, Facebook, and other social networks--without anyone finding all 7 posters with special codes.
3/16/2012
Laboratory for Autonomous Systems Research will focus on innovations such as firefighting robots and unmanned underwater vehicles.
3/16/2012
Department of the Interior plans to buy 20 new Apple tablets to streamline business operations.
3/15/2012
Federal agencies struggle with transparency into their Freedom of Information Act responses, finds Congressional watchdog report.
3/15/2012
Glove that complements the strength of the human hand could help astronauts and auto workers alike reduce muscle stress from gripping tools for long periods of time.
3/14/2012
NSA's Ozone data-sharing network will be foundation for system that Army will test as part of its next Network Integration Evaluation.
3/13/2012
Agency's first female director will take a senior executive position at the search giant.
3/13/2012
Military warns soldiers and their families that posting location information on sites like Facebook and Foursquare could pose a security threat.
3/12/2012
Digital mapping system, gravesite database, and other tools should improve accountability and management, Army's cemeteries director says.
3/8/2012
Latest federal data transparency site also delivers information on White House visitors, travel payments, and more.
3/8/2012
New law will give the public unprecedented access to public government data and supports the city's IT innovation efforts, said Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
3/7/2012
Developer challenge will reward novel ways to program small space station satellites to autonomously approach and capture objects using Velcro.
3/6/2012
White House updates IT investment open-data site to include new accessibility features.
3/6/2012
DARPA-funded Cheetah robot sets sprightly pace of up to 18 miles per hour. In another project, a robotic arm achieves human tasks autonomously.
3/5/2012
Air Force Mobility Command awards $9.36 million contract to Executive Technology to procure up to 18,000 iPads to serve as electronic flight manuals.
3/5/2012
Defense Information Systems Agency has second outage incident in about four months.
3/2/2012
Agencies must find environmentally friendly ways to dispose of or recycle PCs, laptops, mobile devices, printers, and other electronics used in federal offices.
3/1/2012
Common, inexpensive technologies are being used by foreign adversaries to build ‘military grade' systems, the Defense agency testifies.
2/29/2012
In-Q-Tel, the CIA's investment arm, has partnered with Mersive to bring high-definition video to a new level.
2/27/2012
Researchers aim to develop a cloud computing environment that could immediately recognize and fend off a cyber attack, much like the human body fights a virus.
2/27/2012
As agencies adopt cloud services, a new report helps set some guidelines around SLAs, security, and privacy.
2/24/2012
New instrument aboard Suomi Earth-observation satellite will
monitor the ozone layer's recovery during the coming decades.
2/23/2012
GAO report says network, which just got $7 billion in funding, lacks many key voice capabilities, forcing use of current system for another 10 years.
2/23/2012
Prize money will go to developers of Web, PC, or mobile apps to support the BusinessUSA initiative promoting business growth.
2/22/2012
Department will consider Web-based suites as it looks to replace current hodgepodge of Microsoft Office versions.
2/22/2012
Special Operations Command had planned to acquire nearly 3,000 iPads to transfer paper-based flight information and technical manuals to an electronic format.
2/21/2012
DoD, DHS, and DoE have instituted new internal reviews and practices to help consolidate and modernize IT infrastructure, software, and other systems.
2/17/2012
QuitSTART, an application to help people stop smoking, joins apps from the IRS, NASA, U.S. Post Office, and numerous other agencies at app portal.
2/17/2012
DARPA will use computational imaging, digital holography, and other methods to better track and identify targets.
2/16/2012
TechAmerica report pushes state and local governments to quickly embrace the cloud to cut costs and improve services.
2/16/2012
General Services Administration simplifies federal procurement of wireless equipment and services, expands its smartphone use to iPhones and Android-based devices.
2/14/2012
Agency will spend $11.8 million in first phase of new Mobile Hotspots program, which aims to develop a 4G mobile backhaul network for remote fighters.
2/14/2012
Space agency's proposed $17.7 billion budget for 2013 includes $699 million for space technology, an increase of 18%.
2/13/2012
Department of Homeland Security, National Institute of Standards and Technology, and Department of Energy are among the agencies that will likely see budget boosts in fiscal 2013.
2/13/2012
Space agency shuts down last IBM Z9 computer at the Marshall Space Flight Center.
2/10/2012
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration wants to cut costs by switching to Apple iPhones and getting rid of its RIM smartphones in June.
2/10/2012
Users can use the app to watch IRS videos and check their tax return status on iPhones and Android devices.
2/9/2012
Advanced instrument on polar-orbiting satellite is helping scientists better forecast weather and study the climate.
2/9/2012
Through new Fixed Wireless at a Distance program, military hopes to make connections over both commercial and traditional military mobile devices more reliable.
2/8/2012
After a failed attempt to award Microsoft the contract to move to hosted email and collaboration services, the department is shopping for a new provider.
2/7/2012
Survey finds that 62% of agencies encourage staffers to bring
their own mobile devices to work to save the agencies money. Close to half of federal employees are doing just that.
2/7/2012
Military unit will replace paper manuals and navigational charts with up to 18,000 iPads or other tablet devices.
2/6/2012
Agency puts out call for flight demos of small satellites that can do more, while being launched more quickly and more cheaply, to provide new opportunities for space research and communications.
2/3/2012
New tool uses interface based on Google Earth plus modeling and simulation to predict how car or truck bombs would impact the streets of lower Manhattan. Goals include safer buildings and better escape routes.
2/3/2012
RIM hopes new government security certifications and a device management platform will bolster the platform's position against iOS, Android.
2/2/2012
Council recommends focusing on 16 technologies, from radiation mitigation to solar power, in pursuit of NASA's goals relating to space exploration and better understanding of Earth.
2/1/2012
Site promises to be 'your front door' to government data, apps, and tools useful to businesses; includes data sets and resources for small businesses and entrepreneurs.
2/1/2012
Digital images could be directly projected onto lenses to improve soldiers' situational awareness.
1/31/2012
Government IT departments at all levels are embracing virtualization, mainly for data center consolidation, survey finds. But they'll have to jump implementation hurdles.
1/30/2012
Space agency uses technology to generate up to 100 computerized forecasts to better predict the path and effect of solar storms.
1/26/2012
Storage software upgrade caused Military Health System to shut down access to records for a day.
1/26/2012
Page delivers education-minded data sets from various federal agencies, visualization tools, classroom resources, applications, and developer tools.
1/25/2012
Agency has awarded a $20.76 million contract to CGI Group to host its websites in a public cloud.
1/24/2012
Florida, Virginia, and California are using LiveBallot, based on Microsoft's Windows Azure platform, for U.S. 2012 primary elections.
1/24/2012
Largest solar storm since 2005 has big potential to disrupt telecommunications, power grid.
1/24/2012
Administration plans a series of online events using Google+ Hangout video chat.
1/23/2012
GAO criticizes the agency for plan to spend $320 million over 10 years to improve its online services without clearly defining what the changes will be.
1/13/2012
An interactive map lets you break down and visualize data from nine industry groups on 2010 emissions in the United States
1/13/2012
The Air Force wants ideas on how to out-innovate its adversaries using technologies such as telecommunications, cyber-enhanced rocket engines, and satellites.
1/12/2012
California researchers use data released by space agency to discover some of the smallest planets yet orbiting a star beyond the Sun.
1/12/2012
Agency seeks ideas on a new enterprise storage infrastructure to replace aging systems.
1/11/2012
Survey suggests a faster and wider shift to a mobile government workforce than anticipated, Bluetext says.
1/11/2012
Federal standards organization NIST seeks participants for upcoming conference that will focus on search techniques for large, challenging data collections.
1/9/2012
At CES 2012, Raytheon is showing off mobile units with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and other capabilities; plans call for installation in 2,400 LASD vehicles.
1/6/2012
IBM, Lockheed Martin, and HP will help the military consolidate data centers and provision IT via a private cloud.
1/6/2012
Upgraded system supports 50,000 calls per hour, a volume that's nine times higher than was logged during the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
1/5/2012
Personnel in the Air Force Special Operations Unit will begin accessing flight information and technical manuals on mobile devices.
1/5/2012
Official site for federal government CIOs will be moved over to new hardware to avoid such disruptions in the future, OMB says.
1/4/2012
Code.nasa.gov will showcase the agency's open-source projects and invite public engagement.
1/4/2012
Agency wants to send mini robots into space to recycle and reuse antennas from more than 1,300 dormant satellites in geostationary orbit above the earth.
1/3/2012
Generates digital mosaics from scanned images taken aboard early 1970s moon missions.
12/29/2011
The two spacecraft in the GRAIL mission aim to create a new gravity map of the moon. They will go into orbit one after the other on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day.
12/28/2011
Department of Veterans Affairs solicits information to transform its telephone infrastructure to a voice-as-a-service platform.
12/27/2011
Small satellites powered by modified Android-based Samsung Nexus S handsets act as astronaut assistants on the International Space Station.
12/22/2011
Space agency hires contract to develop communications systems to allow unmanned aerial vehicles to safely fly alongside manned aircraft.
12/21/2011
TechStat IT oversight program saved more than $900 million, offers insights for IT managers from all sectors.
12/20/2011
Curam Software will bolster IBM's Smarter Cities strategy to help governments use technology to better deliver citizen services.
12/20/2011
U.S. Trademark and Patent Office turns to crowdsourcing for an algorithm to speed the patent approval process.
12/19/2011
Space agency and its partners move ahead with plans for spacecraft that can transport crew and cargo into space.
12/16/2011
Security concerns mean Los Angeles Police Department and other law enforcement agencies won't move to Google's cloud-based e-mail suite.
12/15/2011
Nationwide 4G service owners fire back against government report that wireless broadband service interferes with systems that alert pilots to approaching terrain.
12/14/2011
Startup will use the money to bolster a fellowship program
and launch two others to create new Web-based apps for cities.
12/14/2011
California's eCrime Unit's priorities include identity theft, email scams, and computer equipment theft.
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