http://www.eweek.com Government IT - RSS Feeds en-us Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:04:23 -0400 Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:04:23 -0400 Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:27:41 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/Smartronix-Wins-Recoverygov-Contract-144490/?kc=rss - Smartronix has won the $18 million General Services Administration contract for the redesign of the Recovery.gov Website, the federal site dedicated to tracking stimulus spending. This is the first award under GSA's Alliant contract and it is initially valued at $9.5 million through January 2010....]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/Smartronix-Wins-Recoverygov-Contract-144490/?kc=rss Wed, 08 Jul 2009 10:15:27 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/Endeavour-Crew-Saddles-Up-for-Third-Attempt-at-ISS-Mission-375018/?kc=rss - The Endeavour crew arrived at the Kennedy Space Center July 7 for a third try at a major buildout of the ISS (International Space Station). NASA twice scratched the mission in June due to a mysterious launch pad hydrogen gas leak that appears to be resolved. Liftoff for NASA mission STS-127 and ...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/Endeavour-Crew-Saddles-Up-for-Third-Attempt-at-ISS-Mission-375018/?kc=rss Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:52:03 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/Dell-Launches-Digital-Forensics-Service-for-Police-560189/?kc=rss - LONDON (Reuters) Dell Inc, the world's second-biggest maker of personal computers, launched a package of hardware, software and services on Tuesday designed to help police convict more criminals as digital evidence proliferates. The company said its digital-forensics package would help police r...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/Dell-Launches-Digital-Forensics-Service-for-Police-560189/?kc=rss Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:18:23 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/Feds-Debut-IT-Dashboard-575396/?kc=rss - The Office of Management and Budget rolled out its latest transparency tool June 30 with the debut of an IT Dashboard. A part of USASpending.gov, the dashboard allows users to track federal IT initiatives through a Web browser. Deploying charts and graphs, the dashboard displays federal IT spen...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/Feds-Debut-IT-Dashboard-575396/?kc=rss Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:59:40 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/Senate-Confirms-Genachowski-as-FCC-Chairman-885007/?kc=rss - A major piece of President Obama's technology policy fell into place June 25 with the Senate confirmation of Julius Genachowski as the next chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. As Obama's chief technology adviser during the 2008 presidential campaign, Genachowski promoted a d...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/Senate-Confirms-Genachowski-as-FCC-Chairman-885007/?kc=rss Sun, 21 Jun 2009 11:46:54 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/The-Top-10-Worst-Internet-Proposed-Laws-in-the-US-597131/?kc=rss - ...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/The-Top-10-Worst-Internet-Proposed-Laws-in-the-US-597131/?kc=rss Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:57:51 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/Genachowski-Cruises-Through-Confirmation-Hearing-110918/?kc=rss - WASHINGTON Julius Genachowski's June 16 Senate confirmation hearing to serve as the next chairman of the Federal Communications Commission was more a condemnation of former Chairman Kevin Martin than a critical examination of President Obama's choice of Genachowski to head the agency that has the...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/Genachowski-Cruises-Through-Confirmation-Hearing-110918/?kc=rss Sun, 14 Jun 2009 02:21:39 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/Some-Viewers-Just-Get-Static-the-Day-After-DTV-Switch-610267/?kc=rss - Americans marched into the age of digital broadcasting with minimal collateral damage. A day after the June 12 digital deadline for television stations to switch from analog to digital broadcasting, the Federal Communications Commission reported June 13 the digital television transition is progr...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/Some-Viewers-Just-Get-Static-the-Day-After-DTV-Switch-610267/?kc=rss Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:43:05 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/Obamas-CTO-Talks-Healthcare-IT-Security-Cloud-167281/?kc=rss - NEW YORK Aneesh Chopra, the nations first chief technology officer, discussed health care IT, the growth in national bandwidth consumption and digital security at the CEA Line Shows conference here June 11. “As CTO, it is incumbent upon me to achieve on the presidents goals that we harness the ...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/Obamas-CTO-Talks-Healthcare-IT-Security-Cloud-167281/?kc=rss Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:09:52 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/Senate-Sets-Genachowski-Confirmation-Hearing-733313/?kc=rss - Change may finally be coming to U.S. technology policy. U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va, announced June 9 that his Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee will hold a confirmation hearing June 16 for Julius Genachowski, President Obama's selection to serve as chairman of the Federal Com...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/Senate-Sets-Genachowski-Confirmation-Hearing-733313/?kc=rss Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:12:26 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/Group-Highlights-10-Worst-Internet-Bills-827453/?kc=rss - From California to Connecticut states are conjuring up laws that would impact the Internet in more bad ways than good, according to the advocacy group NetChoice. To highlight what it considers bad laws in the making, NetChoice created Internet Advocates Watchlist For Ugly Laws, or iAWFUL, and June ...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/Group-Highlights-10-Worst-Internet-Bills-827453/?kc=rss Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:49:26 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/Critics-Rip-Obamas-Proposed-Google-Pick-344169/?kc=rss - Although Google's director of global public policy, Andrew McLaughlin, has not at least officially been nominated for anything by President Obama, two public policy groups are already upset over McLaughlin's reported pending jump from Google to being Obama's deputy CTO. According to published ...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/Critics-Rip-Obamas-Proposed-Google-Pick-344169/?kc=rss Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:32:16 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/McDowell-to-Stay-on-FCC-604897/?kc=rss - President Obama's FCC (Federal Communications Commission) is slowly very slowly taking shape. Obama June 2 nominated Republican Robert McDowell to serve another term on the FCC, leaving the normally five-person independent regulatory agency that is at the nexus of most Internet-related issues still ...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/McDowell-to-Stay-on-FCC-604897/?kc=rss Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:58:38 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/Google-Soups-Up-Enterprise-Search-Appliance-194855/?kc=rss - With an eye to the largest federal agencies, Google introduced its most powerful search appliance June 2, touting the Google Search Appliance 6.0's ability to stack and connect multiple search appliances for limitless linking. According to Google, GSA 6.0's dynamic scalability allows the large...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/Google-Soups-Up-Enterprise-Search-Appliance-194855/?kc=rss Thu, 28 May 2009 14:28:18 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/CDT-Seeks-New-Federal-Privacy-Framework-448511/?kc=rss - The Center for Democracy and Technology proposed May 28 a quot;sweeping new federal privacy framework designed to respond to the realities of the digital age, quot; according to its news release. The changes closely follow the recommendations of the federally appointed Information Security and P...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/CDT-Seeks-New-Federal-Privacy-Framework-448511/?kc=rss