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Feds' tech budgets may hinge on cybersecurity prowess

February 7, 2007 Bush administration's top IT official says she's counting on agencies to fix flaws before eating up more dollars to build new systems. TAGS: agency, cybersecurity, president, Bush Administration, government, information technology, dollar

Feds crawling ahead on e-government

December 21, 2005 White House report says four of 26 major agencies have advanced, but others lag behind. TAGS: e-government, agency, goal, information technology

U.K. agency revises EDS contract

August 24, 2005 United Kingdom's Department for Work and Pensions has boosted its IT services contract with Electronic Data Systems. TAGS: Electronic Data Systems Corp., IT services, U.K., agency, information technology

U.K.: Open source could halve school IT bills

May 9, 2005 A leaked report from British tech agency contains potentially bad news for software companies such as Microsoft. TAGS: open source, school, U.K., agency, information technology, software company, Microsoft Corp.

Bush's tech budget favors Homeland Security Dept.

February 23, 2006 If Congress approves proposal, agency spending would jump 21 percent--and funding for NASA, education would shrink. TAGS: IT-spending, allotment, homeland security, proposal, cut, president, department, agency, information technology, America

FBI grapples with out-of-date computers

July 14, 2006 Managerial blunders and financial indiscretions mire efforts to modernize the agency's computer systems. TAGS: agency, bureau, Patrick Leahy, Sen., project, information technology

Microsoft document formats gain Mass. favor

July 2, 2007 Proposed technical guidelines include Microsoft's Office Open XML on the list of "open format" standards. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, agency, XML, Massachusetts, Microsoft Office, standards, state, policy, document, Microsoft Corp., information technology

007's agency seeks security geeks

April 28, 2006 Bond's U.K. intelligence unit posts first in series of job ads for people with "interception qualifications." TAGS: agency, information technology, security

Surrendering U.S. leadership in IT

May 11, 2005 David Patterson, president of the Association for Computing Machinery, warns that the U.S. could easily forfeit its IT leadership to Asia. TAGS: information technology, innovation, leadership, research, U.S., agency

FBI ripped for IT upgrade costs

March 21, 2006 Auditors criticize the agency for more than $17 million in "questionable contractor costs" and missing equipment. TAGS: Computer Sciences Corp., auditor, agency, equipment, information technology

Mass. bill endangers OpenDocument decision

November 3, 2005 Senate bill proposes creation of task force to approve state technical policy, calling into question OpenDocument decision. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, electronic record, Massachusetts, information technology, decision, bill, policy, standards, agency, IBM Corp., Microsoft Office

Puffing pipedreams about government IT security

August 30, 2006 Counterpane's Doug Howard says the overall information security of the U.S. government is a disaster. TAGS: IT security, information security, agency, security, Hollywood, information technology, control, leader

Mass. to use Microsoft Office in ODF plan

August 24, 2006 In letter seen by CNET News.com, commonwealth says it'll use Office suite plug-in as it moves to standardized format. TAGS: Louis Gutierrez, OpenDocument Format, Massachusetts, disability, state, Microsoft Office, agency, information technology, letter, OpenOffice, document, Microsoft Corp., open source

NASA among top spots to work for federal techies

July 26, 2005 Survey finds State Department, Education Department, and Housing and Urban Development are worst agencies for IT workers. TAGS: information technology worker, techie, agency, survey, worker, transportation, telecommunications, electronics, information technology

Homeland Security calls for tech industry involvement

August 1, 2005 Department secretary says Silicon Valley should take advantage of anti-terrorism law intended to safeguard companies from liability. TAGS: homeland security, Lockheed Martin Corp., federal law, RFID, Silicon Valley, information technology, agency

States struggling to deal with digital documents

April 25, 2006 Minnesota has followed Massachusetts with a bill to adopt open formats, but most states have yet to tackle digital archives. TAGS: Minnesota, CIO, Massachusetts, state, OpenDocument Format, standards, document, agency, office, format, information technology, IBM Corp.

Mass. warms to Microsoft Office standard

November 28, 2005 After picking OpenDocument as a standard, commonwealth is "optimistic" that standardized Office formats will pass muster. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, procurement, Massachusetts, Mitt Romney, state, Office 12, Microsoft Office, standards, XML, standard, Governor, agency, format, Microsoft Corp., decision, information technology

Mass. hands OpenDocument reins to new CIO

January 31, 2006 Louis Gutierrez becomes chief information officer in Bay State, where he will take charge of OpenDocument policy. TAGS: Louis Gutierrez, OpenDocument Format, CIO, Mitt Romney, Massachusetts, Office 12, chief information officer, state, policy, Governor, agency, information technology, IBM Corp., Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp.
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