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DOD, Microsoft Agree To Landmark Enterprise Licensing Deal

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The Defense Department has awarded a first of its kind joint enterprise licensing agreement for Microsoft collaboration, mobility, productivity and security tools. Valued at $617 million, the three-year agreement will allow the Army, Air Force and the Defense Information Systems Agency to begin using the latest versions of the company’s products.

The agreement creates a single framework providing all three organizations with a single, standardized way to access new Microsoft technologies. The contract also supports top DOD IT goals for data center consolidation, collaboration, cybersecurity, mobility, cloud computing and big data, company officials said in a statement. Keep reading →

 /  Published January 4, 2013 at 4:33 PM

Best Of 2012: Big Data

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No doubt big data has been one of government’s big stories in the past year. Keep reading →

 /  Published December 21, 2012 at 7:00 AM

Best Of 2012: From Big Data To The Federal Budget

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As we reflected on our 2012 coverage, a few issues stood out as particularly pivotal in today’s government community. We’ve gathered the best of our Breaking Gov articles highlighting those hot topics.

Big data, the cloud and mobile technology were clearly at the forefront of federal minds in the past year as powerful and promising tools to reduce expenses, increase efficiency and improve services. Keep reading →

 /  Published December 20, 2012 at 7:00 AM

The District of Columbia Data Catalog And 311 Message Service

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If you were the mayor of the District of Columbia, how would you provide customer service? One major goal of the Gray Administration is to help the District government reach a gold standard of customer service delivery, exemplified by three key components:

  • Prompt and thorough response to constituent calls, written correspondence and requests for service
  • Professional and courteous treatment of constituents
  • Reliable entry points to government services
So the citizens of DC have the following online entry points:Request a Service, Customer Service, Office of Neighborhood Engagement, Ceremonial Greetings, and 311 Customer Satisfaction Survey

The top ten online services you can request are: Broken Meters, Residential Bulk Collection, Parking Enforcement, Tree Services, Illegal Dumping, Street and Alley Light Repair, Alley Cleaning, Residential Trash and Recycling, Street Sweeping, and Illegal Posters>

The featured services come with performance measures:

  • Sidewalk Repair: DDOT resolves sidewalk repair requests within 25 business days.
  • Broken Parking Meters: Single-space meters are fixed within 72 hours, multi-space within 24.
  • Streetlight Repairs: Expected date of completion depends upon the nature of the problem.
The Service Request Center Online allows one to: Keep reading →

 /  Published December 18, 2012 at 1:30 PM

Federal Contractors Split On Whether Sequestration Will Actually Happen

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With the sequestration deadline looming, government contractors are split on whether the pending sequestration budget cuts will occur.

According to survey findings released today by Market Connections, Inc., a leading government market research firm, 36% of government contractors believe sequestration is unlikely to happen, while 34% believe the budget cuts are somewhat likely. Keep reading →

 /  Published December 12, 2012 at 12:12 PM

How The Fiscal Cliff Will Impact Cyber Priorities in 2013

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My perspective on the outlook for cyber initiatives is quite different heading into the New Year than in past years.

While there are always budgetary uncertainties and looming cuts in government IT spending, this year, we face an unprecedented financial uncertainty as our nation stands on the edge of a fiscal cliff. That will impact not only the resources we have to invest in technology, but how people work and live. Keep reading →

 /  Published December 10, 2012 at 3:00 PM

Cisco’s Boldest Move Yet

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Cisco Chairman and Chief Executive John Chambers is expected to announce plans today for transitioning the networking giant into a company focused primarily on supplying data analysis systems and services to government and large businesses.

“The days of the boxes are over,” said Chambers in a just-published interview with The New York Times.

Cisco has successfully navigated numerous technology transitions with a steady strategy of acquisitions that have helped expand Cisco’s digital presence well beyond the router boxes that keep Internet traffic flowing.

Chambers, however, said that the global revolution in mobile devices and sensors, and the routing of massive volumes of data to centralized processing centers, is altering the landscape and the economic equations for leading technology companies, such as IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft and Oracle, as well as for Cisco.

“Transitions are happening at a faster pace than ever before,” he told The New York Times.

Chambers has been a relentless champion for helping large organizations harness information technology to work more effectively, including his own.

But the commoditization and consumerization of IT has put pressure on Cisco to reorganize for the next wave of technology demands. Chambers is betting much of that demand will come from finding smarter ways of capturing and analyzing the data that rides on much of the equipment Cisco originally produced and installed.

As part of that strategy, Cisco is reorganizing with the goal of concentrating on helping government and large businesses handle projects such as designing and managing systems to handle traffic or clean water across entire cities more efficiently.

He also layed out a vision for working with government officials and civil engineering companies to create networks of sensors and data analysis systems that would help organizations set up more efficient mining, manufacturing and distribution systems.

How successful Cisco will be in shifting to a software-driven business model remains more than a casual question in light of the turmoil that IBM endured, and more recently HP continues to face following its $11 billion purchase of Autonomy.

Chambers responds to those and other concerns in the article, saying Cisco’s talent, product and corporate connections give them closer access to the needs of their customers. Read the original article here. Keep reading →

 /  Published December 7, 2012 at 11:50 AM

10 Predictions For Government IT In 2013

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The relatively rapid adoption by government organizations of big data analytics, cloud computing social business and mobility is expected to propel the use of “smart strategies” in 2013, according to a leading research group.

IDG Government Insights, in its annual “Top 10 Predictions” for government information technology in 2013, predicted as a result that more than 40% of U.S. local governments will be in research and evaluation stage for “smart city” pilots/projects and 50% will begin implementation in 2013. Keep reading →

 /  Published December 5, 2012 at 11:30 AM

Predictive Technologies May Avert Potential Data Archiving Trainwreck

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Not since the Truman administration more than 60 years ago has a U.S. president decided to overhaul how the federal government manages its records.

But according to records management experts, newly emerging technologies will likely be needed in order for agencies to meet the president’s policy goals. Keep reading →

 /  Published December 3, 2012 at 7:00 AM

Identity Verification: From Credit Checks To Federal Agencies

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Large-scale software and database tools can help private firms and federal agencies verify identities and avoid fraud, even in this online age of fake personas and criminals who front companies online.

Although known as a consumer credit reporting agency, Equifax uses such tools to verify identities as a key part of the credit checking process. Rich Huffman, senior director of product management at Equifax explained the process at this week’s Government Information and Analytics Summit in Washington, D.C. Keep reading →

 /  Published November 30, 2012 at 11:30 AM
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