Digital Government

FCC chairman talks about National Broadband Plan but says little

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski fielded questions about the National Broadband Plan at CES, but he was coy about specifics.

Digital Government

iPhone: Enterprise-worthy, perhaps, but secure enough for feds?

The latest iPhone operating system is more secure, but doubts linger about whether it can rival the BlackBerry for government-level real security.

Digital Government

Hands on with Army Go Mobile gear

The real potential of the Go Mobile program is in providing military personnel access to their AKO/DKO accounts wirelessly. The days of luggable laptops might be over soon, replaced in this case with smart phones that pack almost as much computing power.

Digital Government

Army's Go Mobile puts big computing power into soldiers' pockets

The Army is readying a mobile kit based on smart phones that will give soldiers access to the online resources of the Army Knowledge Online portal from anywhere in the world.

Digital Government

i4i rebuts ‘each and every’ Microsoft Word defense

Plaintiff i4i files a responding brief in the Microsoft Word dispute, rebutting Microsoft’s defenses.

Digital Government

How you can get Internet Explorer 8

Three ways to get an updated version of Microsoft’s browser, Internet Explorer 8.

People

Imagine a world without Word

If Microsoft is barred from selling Word, agencies would find alternative products and workarounds, observers say.

Modernization

Federal future cloudy for Microsoft Word

Agencies are wondering how a court's ruling banning Microsoft from selling Word will affect their procurement plans.

Modernization

Microsoft ordered to stop selling Word

Court rules that Microsoft stop selling flagship Word as a result of a patent dispute with Canadian company i4i.

People

Former Interior CIO Tipton to lead (ISC)2

Hord Tipton is the new executive director of the International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium, replacing Eddie Zeitler.

People

Budget agreement in Michigan averts 35,000 layoffs

State employees, including 1,700 in the IT Department, spent much of the weekend wondering if they should report to work today.