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• Cybersecurity May Escape DoD Budget Cuts

  by Elizabeth Hyman on Tuesday, January 17, 2012

  Tags: public advocacy , mobility , IT Security , Strickling , DoD , Advocacy , Hyman , vanroekel , government IT

  A look at the week of January 17 in public advocacy for the IT channel:  This week, the Department of Defense announced that budget cuts would focus on troops rather than cyber technology.  Federal CIO Steven VanRoekel announced a new roadmap for government mobile technology purchases and use.  Some officials believe that increasing the ... Read More

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• Federal Agencies Report Concerns with Cloud Migration

  by Elizabeth Hyman on Tuesday, September 20, 2011

  Tags: NIH , visas , public advocacy , IT Security , healthcare IT , Veterans , DoD , Advocacy , Cloud , Hyman , Lofgren , IT Workforce , Tech Workforce , Cloud/SaaS , HIT

  A look at the week of September 19 in public advocacy for the IT channel: This week, agencies report doubts about the White House “cloud first” policy as cyberattacks continue to be a rising threat.  Government Health IT takes an in-depth look at the joint electronic health record (EHR) project that the Department of Defense ... Read More

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• Lieberman, Collins, Carper Seek Gold Standard in Cybersecurity

  by Elizabeth Hyman on Thursday, July 14, 2011

  Tags: ICANN , public advocacy , IT Security , terrorism , DoD , Advocacy , Carper , Hyman , TLD , government IT , Lieberman , crime , Collins

  A look at the week of July 12 in advocacy for the IT channel: The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) allowed Top Level Domain restrictions to sunset; this might create substantial cybersecurity problems. A new defense department program allows for the temporary exchange of public and private IT workers. The Senate Subcommittee ... Read More

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• Amazon's Trouble Raises Cloud Computing Doubts

  by Elizabeth Hyman on Wednesday, April 27, 2011

  Tags: healthcare IT , Veterans , DoD , Advocacy , Cloud , Green IT , Hyman , HealthIT , amazon , government IT , market research , Cloud/SaaS , Healthcare , VA

  A look at the week of April 25 in public advocacy for the IT channel
  
  This week, Amazon’s cloud computing malfunction raised questions about the security and reliability of the service.  The Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs plan to collaborate on a joint electronic health record. CompTIA released a new study examining the rise ... Read More

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• What Role Should DoD Take in Cybersecurity?

  by David Valdez on Friday, February 11, 2011

  Tags: public advocacy , IT Security , DoD , Advocacy , Valdez

  Does the Department of Defense have a role in the event of a major cyber attack on critical infrastructure?
  
  This is the question that Rep. Mac Thornberry, chair of the Subcommittee on Emerging Threat and Capabilities, raised.  Today, the Congressman convened a group of cybersecurity experts from academia, not-for-profits and the private sector to assess ... Read More

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