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Commerce Department breached
Pick an agency, any agency, and you may find a data breach or one waiting to happen. That's the case at the Commerce Department, the latest federal agency to disclose that personal data--including... Read more...
Commerce gets funds to combat cyber espionage
The Commerce Department is getting an infusion of $10 million for a project to combat cyber espionage--the Cyber Espionage Response Initiative--reports nextgov.com. The money will be used to combat... Read more...
Department of Commerce looking to Drupal, as well
Drupal is becoming very popular in the government. The Department of Commerce is planning to replace its current website with a large-scale, open-source, Drupal-based website hosting system. In a... Read more...
New plan to get broadband money out
It's one thing to earmark $7.2 billion in broadband stimulus grants. It's another to get the money flowing. After plenty of criticism from applicants and lawmakers that the program isn't getting the... Read more...
Federal IT spending slows down
Don't spend your federal IT dollars like you've got all the money in the world. You don't, and federal IT budgets are predicted to grow more slowly over the next several years, according to a new... Read more...
Should federal cyber pros be licensed?
A growing concern that the federal IT workforce lacks the sophisticated cybersecurity skills needed to protect the government'scomputer networks has prompted renewed debate about the need for... Read more...
Q&A: On the job with IT strategist Alan Balutis
Alan Balutis is a Distinguished Fellow and Senior Director, North American Public Sector for Cisco Systems' Business Solutions Group, the firm's global strategy and consulting arm. Previously, he... Read more...
Input: Where to find the money
The ink is not yet dry on President Obama's 2010 budget, and Congress has not approved it. But a preliminary analysis by Input, the IT think tank, finds there are plenty of winners. The chief winner... Read more...
Huge federal job increases on the way
The federal government is about to increase the size of its workforce, and that includes more employees for information technology jobs. In the wake of the huge stimulus package to jumpstart the... Read more...
Federal grants will flow before national broadband plan is ready
The $7.2 billion in stimulus funding for nationwide broadband development is one of the hottest tickets in town. Two federal agencies are in charge of awarding the stimulus grants, and hundreds of... Read more...
