15 companies take home GCN Best of FOSE awards

The winners of this year's Best of FOSE Awards, recognizing outstanding and innovative products on display at the show, include groundbreaking innovators.

Few agency CIOs walk the social media talk

While many agency CIOs advocate for open government and social media, contributing editor Sami Lais found that very few actually practice what they are preaching.

SAIC tackles process management at Transportation Command

Science Applications International Corp. will help the U.S. Transportation Command boost its business process management development capabilities under a newly awarded contract.

NIST to map road to digital record preservation

NIST is hosting the first of an important series of meetings next week as a first step toward developing a national road map to digital record preservation.

A practical way to spice things up for new contracting employees

Give high-school grads some of the routine work, so the specialists can engage their minds with bigger challenges.

British defense giant's purchase includes US entity

U.K.-based defense contractor Babcock International Group plc will purchase VT Group plc and its U.S.-based VT Group for $2 billion.

Social media likely coming to Vets health portal

Veterans Affairs officials plan to add social-media style tools to the portal veterans use to access health records, a VA officials said today at the 2010 FOSE conference.

IT plays critical role in health care reform

Health information technology and electronic health records (EHRs) underpin many of the provisions in the comprehensive health reform legislation passed by Congress and signed into law by the president.

DOD still struggling with best approach to social media

Jack Holt of the Defense Department's Defense Media Activity says a clear doctrine for social media use is needed.

Agencies walk a tightrope between cost savings and innovation

Civilian agencies and military services take different paths to making technology investment decisions.

Local police falling behind on cybercrime, former chief says

Bill Bratton, former chief of the Los Angeles and New York City police departments, said police departments have the knowledge, but lack the resources to attack cybercrime.

Valiant Angel ships out for Afghanistan

In less than two weeks troops in Afghanistan will receive a video system capable of moving massive amounts of still and video imagery gathered from unmanned aerial vehicles and other aircraft patrolling the mountainous country, reports Greg Grant at DOD Buzz.

Britain plans to take Gov 2.0 to the next level

Under a new proposal, every British citizen would get a personal Web site through which they learn what local services are available to them and do business with government.

WIT unveils Technology Leadership Award finalists

The Women in Technology organization has announced the finalists for the 11th Annual Women in Technology Leadership Awards, which honor leading female professionals in the Greater Washington, D.C., metropolitan area who have exemplified unique vision and talent in the technology industry during the previous year.

FCC claims a role in health IT policy

The Federal Communications Commission released its National Broadband Plan last week, and lo and behold, there was a big section that highlighted health information technology and telehealth applications.

Contractors' hiring options would get squeezed by new Labor rule

A trade organization for federal contractors is opposing a Labor Department proposed rule that would require new service contractors to offer jobs to some workers from the predecessor contract.

Harris dials up $100M radio upgrade project for Miami-Dade

Harris Corp. will upgrade public safety and public service communications for Miami-Dade County, Fla., as part of an improvement project that could be worth as much as $100 million.

How can we be at cyberwar if we don't know what it is?

Before plunging into a Cold-War style cyber arms race with our online enemies, the United States needs to decide just exactly what cyberwar is, who should fight it and how to do it.

Live from FOSE: Tweets from the show floor and conference sessions

Not at FOSE? Get an inside look at the technology, the conference sessions and the action on the floor by watching the Twitter talk. It's the next best thing to being there.

FBI slows down $451M IT modernization project

The FBI has put the brakes on key aspects of its massive computer overhaul project, at a cost of up to $30 million in overruns, to deal with design changes and technical problems.