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Government use of IT

Article | 26/04/2011 Malaysia to open e-mail accounts for every adult by 2015
Malaysia plans to offer every adult in the country a free Web-based e-mail account to ensure that tax returns, court documents and other official noti...
Article | 21/04/2011 Microsoft's hosted apps earn federal certification
Microsoft said on Wednesday that its BPOS-Federal service has received an important certification that allows federal organizations to use the service...
Article | 14/04/2011 Google defends Apps for Government
Google went on the defensive on Wednesday, saying it never misled the U.S. government about Google Apps' compliance with an important security standar...
Article | 14/04/2011 Blog: Can Gov't Go from Open to Smart in Today's Economy?
For the last year or so governments have increased efforts to become more transparent by making information available about their agency decisions and...
Article | 13/04/2011 Lawmakers target 'wasteful' IT spending in gov't
The U.S. government needs to provide more transparency about its IT projects, and agency CIOs must be held accountable for failed projects, a U.S. sen...
Article | 13/04/2011 Google denies lying about Apps' certification
Google on Monday denied an allegation by rival Microsoft that it lied about an important government certification.
Article | 12/04/2011 US police increasingly peeping at e-mail, instant messages
Law enforcement organizations are making tens of thousands of requests for private electronic information from companies such as Sprint, Facebook and ...
Article | 5/04/2011 Appeals court knocks down Verizon net neutrality challenge
An appeals court Monday dismissed Verizon's challenge of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission's December net neutrality ruling, calling it prema...
Article | 1/04/2011 European Parliament bounces back from suspected cyber attack
The European Parliament has resumed normal e-mail service following a suspected cyber attack.
Article | 1/04/2011 Google is in talks with China to keep Maps online
Google says it is in talks with the Chinese government about its online map product, which could be penalized in China due to new state laws.
Article | 31/03/2011 NASA's Messenger grabs historic image of Mercury
This photo taken by the Messenger spacecraft from Mercury's orbit shows an area near the planet's south pole. (Image: NASA) NASA spacecraft Messenger ...
Article | 30/03/2011 Google Maps nears first deadline on China requirement
Google has yet to apply for the necessary state license to operate its online mapping service in China, putting another Google product in jeopardy as ...
Article | 30/03/2011 Group protests proposed cuts in e-gov't transparency efforts
A U.S. government budget for 2011 being considered in Congress would make huge cuts to the budget for President Barack Obama's transparency programs, ...
Article | 29/03/2011 Tech firm owner pleads guilty to E-Rate conspiracy
The former owner of an Illinois technology firm has pleaded guilty to providing bribes and kickbacks to school districts in exchange for networking co...
Article | 25/03/2011 Twitter won't be able to ignore China, co-founder says
Twitter Co-Founder Biz Stone thinks his company eventually will have to deal with China despite disagreements over censorship, but it has no plans to ...