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House votes to expand college accounts Obama wanted to scrap

AZ Central:  WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House voted Wednesday to expand the benefits of popular college savings plans that President Barack Obama failed to scale back.

The bill would let students use money from college savings accounts to buy computers and other technology, something...

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Cities Turn to ‘Smart’ Initiatives to Remain Vibrant

State and municipal governments are examining how to leverage low-cost tools, technologies and services to help optimize internal facilities and asset management and keep pace with evolving constituent needs. Smart initiatives typically run on high-performance networks, using sensors, computers and other physical devices. The National...

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How to Deter, Detect and Protect Against Insider Threats

Wednesday, March 25, 2015 at 2:00pm

Insider threats are among the most costly and damaging risks federal agencies face today. However, most government entities still don’t fully understand how to identify and protect themselves against such threats. Attend this i360Gov educational webinar to hear from seasoned veteran computer forensics and intelligence officers...

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A Roadmap for E-Discovery Compliance

Without the right combination of tools and defendable, repeatable, internal processes in place, agencies tend to ‘overcollect’ information for e-discovery, and can end up incurring judicial sanctions, along with ballooning costs. By establishing scalable and agency-wide e-discovery processes, it’s possible to lower costs, and improve regulatory...

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Special Report: Anything as a Service

Government agencies are under pressure to keep costs under tight control while at the same time providing a high level of services to citizens and businesses. It’s a tall order for sure, but not impossible thanks to a host of “anything-as-a-service” offerings enabled by...

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Defense Organizations Strive for Software-Defined Operations

Virtualization mandates have spread as military organizations strive to comply with initiatives such as the Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative (FDCCI) and ‘Cloud First.’ Now defense and military organizations are migrating to cloud services, which rely on virtualized apps, servers and storage, as a way...