The Web-based game encourages young students to learn about ocean life.
Individual technology systems and their ability to integrate need to be tested before the 2010 census, government auditors say.
The team will identify possible risks to federal agencies that use the emerging technology and determine how to make it secure, a NIST official said.
Using handheld devices in the 2010 census will be limited, but devices are likely to be used heavily for the 2020 population count, former Census Bureau director also says.
Government agencies are launching special versions of their Web sites designed to load quickly on the small screens of mobile phones and other handheld devices.
House Committee chairmen calls for immediate work to solve data system problems with the upcoming 2010 census
Major IT programs survived and thrived in the final version of the stimulus bill set to go before the House and Senate later today.
Sens. Nelson and Collins are promoting an amendment that would cut $83 billion from the stimulus package, including reductions in major IT items.
Public safety organizations urge Congress to include provisions for first responder communications programs in the economic stimulus package.
The Senate Appropriations Committee's version of the economic stimulus package would spend $9 billion for broadband networks and $5 billion for health IT; the House panel's version has $6 billion for broadband and $20 billion for health IT.
Jay Besch is fairly new to telework, but his employer, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, has been at it for a quite a while.
Fifteen former Cabinet-level officials in the Bush administration are now working for companies that lobby their former agencies, according to a report from a government watchdog group.