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Government has gone Tweeting mad!

Remember those cute shots last year of some members of Congress madly tweeting on their smart phones during President Obama’s first address to them? That was so yesterday.

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Defense Department chooses CIO

Unconfirmed reports indicate that Teri Takai, chief information officer for the state of California, will become DOD's next CIO.

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Air Force, IBM plan to demonstrate secure cloud computing

The Air Force and IBM plan to develop and demonstrate a secure cloud computing infrastructure capable of supporting defense and intelligence networks.

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Federal IT budget heads for the cloud(s)

Some observers say Obama's proposed budget makes it clear the administration's coffers will be feeding the cloud.

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Sensory overload: Military is dealing with a data deluge

Sensors provide invaluable information to the warfighter, but they produce an enormous amount of data.

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D.C. feds hunker down for another blizzard

The federal government in Washington, D.C., breaks out its telework plans as yet another blizzard threatens the capital.

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DARPA keeps cyber range project on course

Lockheed Martin Corp. will continue to work with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to help develop a governmentwide cybersecurity initiative under a $30.8 million contract.

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Will cyberattacks lead to bomb-and-bullets war?

Until now, the combination of cyber and war sparked notions of virtual armies slamming away at each other in cyberspace, a nasty confrontation online but relatively harmless for regular folks.

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Cognitive radios would give future warfighters upper hand

Smart radios could do everything but turn themselves on -- if Army researchers can make them a reality.

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DISA clears way for mainframe upgrade

Unisys Corp. will continue to provide information technology services to the Defense Department under a five-year contract worth an estimated $187 million.

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McNulty to retire from ISC2

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Leaner defense budget aims for realistic reform

The Defense Department's $708 billion fiscal 2011 budget request closely adheres to priorities set forth in the 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review.

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Agencies try to exploit 'free' data model

Blogger Brian Robinson was wondering how the business models would emerge to justify Data.gov and similar government Web sites. Here's one out of Massachusetts: Get the free market to do government's job for it.

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Agencies try to exploit 'free' data model

Blogger Brian Robinson was wondering how the business models would emerge to justify Data.gov and similar government Web sites. Here's one out of Massachusetts: Get the free market to do government's job for it.

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Natural selection: Defense contractors must adapt to survive

Contractors respond to shifting defense priorities with acquisitions, new marketing strategies and a never-ending push to get closer to their customers.

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Obama wants nearly $80B for IT projects

The administration has proposed only a small increase for IT spending in fiscal 2011.

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Multi-National Force - Iraq gets tech assistance

A unit of DRS Technologies Inc. will provide technical assistance for command and control functions to the Multi-National Force – Iraq under a $77.8 million contract.

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DARPA: Calling all cyber geneticists

A DARPA research program would combine technologies to apply genetics, anthropology, sociology and physiology to the identification of cyberattackers.

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Navy commissions cyber defense command

The Navy is the third military service to establish a cyber organization that will eventually report to the U.S. Cyber Command.