Lockheed, Microsoft software helps responders brace for chaos

As simulation software improves, agencies are turning to the technology to improve training and save money.

  • By Doug Beizer

How-to discussions on Web 2.0 abound on GovLoop

GovLoop discussions about social media include topics such as ‘How to get more public involvement.’

  • By Doug Beizer

Facebook chat to follow State of the Union address

The Obama team will hold a live video discussion featuring top policy officials on the White House Facebook page after the State of the Union.

  • By Doug Beizer

Groundwork is laid to create a transparent government, official says

President Barack Obama’s steps to create a more open government need to be followed up with tangible results in 2010, Sunlight Foundation leader says.

  • By Doug Beizer

GOP lawmakers outnumber Democrats on Twitter

We hear that the Grand Old Party is winning the Twitter race on Capitol Hill.

  • By Doug Beizer

White House pushes technology for viewing State of the Union

The White House is making President Obama's first State of the Union address to Congress available in a variety of media.

  • By Doug Beizer

Godwin gets new gig at GSA

Beverly Godwin has been named GSA’s director of new media and citizen engagement.

  • By Doug Beizer

Agencies harness social media for Haiti relief efforts

Social media, satellite communications spring into action to help earthquake-devastated nation.

  • By Ben Bain, Alice Lipowicz, Matthew Weigelt and Doug Beizer

Symantec agrees to acquire Gideon Technologies

Symantec Corp. plans to acquire Gideon Technologies and provide the company’s automated IT security products to government customers.

  • By Doug Beizer

Social media provides new ways for agencies to listen

Organizations should use social media to broadcast messages and to listen to what the public has to say, an expert says at Consumer Electronics Show.

  • By Doug Beizer

White House seeks input on how to share government research

White House officials launched the final phase of a public forum designed to determine how to make data from federally funded research projects available to the public.

  • By Doug Beizer

GSA awards SmartBUY contracts for geospatial tools

A new purchase award through the GSA’s SmartBUY program will give federal, state and local government agencies access to a suite of geospatial software tools.

  • By Doug Beizer

Raytheon unit to advise Army on communications processes

A Raytheon unit will help develop a consortium for the Army to examine communication, information, and social and cognitive networks under a new contract.

  • By Doug Beizer

White House boosts social media apps

Applications built on social media platforms are effective ways to share government information, White House official says.

  • By Doug Beizer

CACI puts focus on clients, community and its expertise

CACI keeps focus on its customers and mission to weather tough economic times.

  • By Doug Beizer

Public or private, the cloud makes its business case

The Defense Department and Arlington County, Va., chose different paths to cloud computing.

  • By Doug Beizer

Cloud computing could pave way for open government

Federal agencies might need cloud computing as a way to meet new mandates to share information with the public, experts say. Meanwhile, the Defense Department falls in line with President Barack Obama's directive for open government.

  • By Amber Corrin and Doug Beizer

Open government policy calls for more data, Web sites

White House lays out new data transparancy mandates—with deadlines.

  • By Doug Beizer

General Dynamics to build more combat operations centers

General Dynamics Corp. will produce 24 combat operations centers for the Marine Corps under a $54 million contract modification.

  • By Doug Beizer

NASA chooses Diaz to lead IT consolidation project

Deborah Diaz will lead NASA’s $4 billion IT consolidation project, an official confirmed today.

  • By Doug Beizer
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