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FedSmith: The Internal Revenue Service is the agency that Americans love to hate. It is probably the agency that is the most feared because of its power to disrupt your life, your finances and make your life miserable while leaving you with fewer resources than you had before you became a target of an investigation or an audit.

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Regardless whether state and local governments officially sanction the use of personal mobile devices, employees at all levels regularly use personally owned mobile devices to attempt to access government information and complete daily work-related duties. Driven by IT consumerization, social media, video streaming and a...

Information Technology

Computerworld: IDG News Service - Devices built around Apple's iOS operating system have been approved by the U.S. Department of Defense for use on its networks, as the department moves to support multivendor mobile devices and operating systems.

Special Report

The age of big data has officially arrived in government. Storage systems are near capacity as the amount of information the federal government captures has increased exponentially since 2000, and is projected to double every year going forward. This new information, effectively captured, managed, and...

State & Local Government

CIO: Network World — Sure, the headline gives away the answer, but if you had been asked to guess which state has the highest rate of reported identity theft you'd likely have chosen Florida: A large population of vulnerable retirees and a generally high crime rate all but guarantee the distinction.

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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) adopted a cloud-based IT service management solution using the Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) framework to improve IT service delivery performance, increase automation of time-consuming tasks and leverage self-service to drive greater efficiency and customer satisfaction. NIST’s goal was...

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As they juggle an array of priorities, from embracing greater mobility to migrating to the cloud, government agencies meanwhile also face a veritable mountain of requests for detailed information tied to legal discovery processes, or as part of investigations, and/or from Freedom of Information Act...

Energy Policy & Technology

Forbes: The Obama Administration made a bold and correct scientific decision last month to allow risk-based decisions to guide responses to radiological events like a dirty bomb attack or a nuclear reactor accident. And not to treat it like a superfund site. This is very important because, in such events, the normal response can be worse than the event...

Education Policy & Technology

Inside Higher Ed: WASHINGTON -- The Education Department announced Friday that it would push back by a year the deadline for complying with a rule requiring states to authorize colleges within their borders, but did little to clarify a regulation that colleges and their representatives say is confusing and difficult to navigate. The new deadline...

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Transforming Legacy IT Operations

Under near-constant pressure to adapt to change and 'innovate' with less, government agencies are seeking new ways to adapt and transform legacy IT operations.

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Say What?

Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him. – Dwight D. Eisenhower

Intelligent Investigation Management for Fraud, Abuse and Waste in Government

Fiscal cliffs and sequestration are looming. At the same time government programs and agencies have fewer resources and are challenged to stop fraud and effectively investigate fraudulent activity. As revenues drop and fraudulent activity increases due to weak internal...

Big Data Analytics in Government

Introduction to Government & Education Cloud Computing with Amazon Web Services

Utility-style pay-as-you-go cloud computing offers a powerful, agile, and inexpensive alternative to traditional means for procuring and using IT infrastructure and services. Yet government and education customers may perceive additional risks and challenges in this new model. In this webinar...

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Chinese back hacking U.S. businesses, government	Congress Demands to Know if Google Glass Will Violate Your Privacy
FL: Florida's Identity-Theft Rate Dwarfs Others	North Korea fires projectile into eastern waters
The Health Toll of Immigration	Exxon: No Plans Yet To Reopen Ruptured Pipeline, and No Answers Why
Education Department will delay enforcing part of state authorization rule	Unions Want FAA to Make Up for Unnecessary Furloughs
Funding DHS Cybersecurity Initiatives	CA: California Launches Cybersecurity Task Force
DoD Examines 3 Budget-Cut Scenarios	House Votes Again to Repeal Health Law
Obama's EPA Makes A Rad Decision	Federal Campus Speech Codes Broad, Unconstitutional
Jack Lew Urges Congress to Act on Debt Limit	US Defense Department approves Apple's iOS devices for its networks

Releasing Names and Federal Employee Salaries (Since 1816)	Spending Law Restores $5 Billion to Sequestered Agencies, White House Says
Survey documents interest of community colleges in MOOCs and open educational resources	States Take Drug Makers to Court Over Marketing
School Safety Legislation: A Tally by State	ND: North Dakota May Dismantle State Board of Higher Education
DOE Smart Grid Projects: $6.8 Billion Economic Boost, 47,000 Jobs	Senate bill to strengthen national drug distribution chain with IT

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US Defense Department approves Apple's iOS devices for its networks

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State & Local Government

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