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DoD official: Don't look to cloud computing for cost savings

Cloud computing is not a cost-saving strategy, said a Defense Department official May 24 at an event in Fairfax, Va. "If we're doing cloud purely to save money, we're going to fail," said Air Force

E-government funds slashed in newly-introduced budget

The General Services Administration's electronic government fund will be slashed under the presumptive fiscal 2011 budget, introduced April 11 into the House as H.R. 1473 (.pdf). The House now has

FedRAMP would likely dodge any e-government budget cuts

A General Services Administration official said FedRAMP would likely not be threatened by possible budget cuts, despite being funded by the e-government fund. While FedRAMP is an e-gov project, it

SPOTLIGHT: Navy saves $5 million on unused Internet accounts

The federal government is coming up with new ways to save money. President Obama has challenged his cabinet secretaries to find $100 million in budget cuts. They came up with $102 million. That

Tech spending on the block, too

President Obama is serious about cutting back federal spending. He's asked his cabinet secretaries to come up with more than $100 million in savings from their budgets. While that's hardly a drop in

Obama kills funding for GPS backup

President Obama's proposed 2010 budget cuts out funding for a backup to the Global Positioning System. The money had been part of the Department of Homeland Security budget to fund the Long Range

Army modernization project may run aground

The Government Accountability Office wants to put the brakes on a major Army modernization effort--the Future Combat System--because it will cost more than the $159 billion the Pentagon has