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Energy labs show off high-tech innovation -- GCN
https://gcn.com/articles/2014/09/23/doe-lab-day.aspx
Click here to receive GCN magazine for FREE! Energy labs show off high-tech innovation. Sep 23, 2014. Directors of the Department of Energy’s 17 national labs joined Senate leaders in Washington, D.C., last week to help recognize National Lab Day, an event to raise awareness of the accomplishments of the labs in high performance computing, energy innovation and other high tech disciplines. The national labs continue to advance science, clean energy and nuclear security in this country, as they have for d...
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NASA to give CubeSats a lift -- GCN
https://gcn.com/blogs/pulse/2015/08/cubesat.aspx
NASA to give CubeSats a lift. Need to get your science project into space? NASA is making room on upcoming launches for more CubeSats. Is open to U.S. not-for-profits, accredited U.S. educational organizations and NASA's own research centers. In support of the White House Maker Initiative. Special consideration may be given to nanosatellites from organizations that have not previously been selected by the CubeSat Launch Initiative. Selected participants will negotiate an agreement with NASA, which will p...
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Lollipop or lockdown? What a secure mobile OS means for BYOD -- GCN
https://gcn.com/blogs/cybereye/2014/10/android-lollipop-byod.aspx?s=security_061114&admgarea=TC_SecCybersSec
What a secure mobile OS means for BYOD. Mobile managers will soon be grappling with the advent of new and more secure mobile operating systems as both Apple and Google have recently rewritten iOS and Android to take account of both personal and enterprise security demands and requirements. These new OSs will eventually have an effect on the use of mobile devices in government, where administrators are working to balance the culture of security against the irresistible force of bring your own device.
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5 innovations to make cities smarter -- GCN
https://gcn.com/articles/2009/12/23/ibm-lists-5-innovations.aspx
Click here to receive GCN magazine for FREE! 5 innovations to make cities smarter. IBM has unveiled a list of innovations that have the potential to change how people live, work and play in cities around the globe over the next five to ten years. Dec 23, 2009. IBM has unveiled a list of innovations that have the potential to change how people live, work and play in cities around the globe in the next decade. Cities will have healthier immune systems. Scientists will give city officials, hospitals, school...
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iPad: 10 reasons feds should be eager -- GCN
https://gcn.com/articles/2010/04/19/review-ipad-10-things-good-for-gov.aspx
Click here to receive GCN magazine for FREE! IPad: 10 reasons feds should be eager. Less can be more. By Carlos A. Soto. Apr 09, 2010. If you’re a federal agency user with a tech-geared, pioneering heart, here are 10 things about the iPad that will tip the balance for you. In a companion article, I identify 10 things that might make you pass. The first couple of factors in favor of using an iPad in the government sector might sound strange to consumers, but they make sense if you work for an agency, espe...
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Space agency inches toward multi-billion dollar IT contracts -- GCN
https://gcn.com/Articles/2009/11/30/Web-NASA-IT-acquisition-update.aspx
Click here to receive GCN magazine for FREE! Space agency inches toward multi-billion dollar IT contracts. First of five final requests for proposal could be released on Dec. 4. Nov 30, 2009. NASA says it’s on track to open competition as early as Dec. 4 for the first project in a series of large information technology services contracts. That have been estimated to be worth more than $4 billion total. In addition, NASA said on Nov. 25 that it plans to release on or about Dec. 11 a final RFP for ...Howev...
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NH preps agile, off-the-shelf solution for the DMV -- GCN
https://gcn.com/articles/2015/05/01/dmv-modernization.aspx
Click here to receive GCN magazine for FREE! NH preps agile, off-the-shelf solution for the DMV. May 01, 2015. Descriptions of the Department of Motor Vehicles don’t usually include words like “speed” and “efficient technology.” But an IT upgrade for the driver’s license program at New Hampshire’s DMV could change that thinking and serve as a model for other agencies nationwide. Using the existing system, DMV frontline counter staff manually entered the certificate information into the mainframe so that ...
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In the near future, 'cloud computing' will just be 'computing' -- GCN
https://gcn.com/articles/2013/04/25/in-near-future-cloud-computing-everywhere.aspx
Click here to receive GCN magazine for FREE! In the near future, 'cloud computing' will just be 'computing'. Apr 25, 2013. Currently, the on-demand computing model is considered a new way of providing the services IT departments have been delivering over the past 30 years. However, when you start to look three years forward, I don’t think we are going to be talking about it because there is going to be an expectation that we are already leveraging it, Kingsberry said. RATB uses a cloud hub. Acceptance of...
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AFCEA branches into federal energy initiatives -- GCN
https://gcn.com/articles/2009/12/01/afcea-energy-chapter.aspx
Click here to receive GCN magazine for FREE! AFCEA branches into federal energy initiatives. Move represents an expansion of association's traditional focus on military and defense technology. Dec 01, 2009. To support the technological aspects of meeting renewed federal energy efficiency mandates, the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association ( AFCEA. Wil rebrand its Germantown, Md., chapter as the AFCEA Energy Chapter. The Germantown chapter has always enjoyed a valuable relationship with ...
