Virtual work environments offer collaborative advantages for the next-generation federal workforce.

Forensic center uses technology to stretch the reach of its training for members of the nation's justice community.

The Army Corps of Engineers seeks competitive sourcing excellence through an ambitious consolidation and business intelligence project.

As agencies converge communications over IP and adopt Power over Ethernet, IT shops have to focus on maintaining uptime and controlling heat.

With the IT Infrastructure Optimization Initiative, OMB strives to fine-tune a systems approach for needs that cross agency boundaries.

With a change management strategy, a nod to ITIL and a CMDB, an IT shop can improve performance.

Adobe Integrated Runtime offers new possibilities and concerns.

Knowing how fast a transaction occurs is irrelevant, if it fails to meet the programs' objectives. Solid metrics must incorporate the human factor.

Agencies plan for ways to use upcoming wireless standard to extend connections.

Can the government use an open e-collaborative to innovate on Internet time scales?

CIO for the National Weather Service

To secure data at rest, tune up your users' notebook protection measures.

Think of your teleworkers as drivers who need to obey the rules of your road if they want to keep their license to access data.

Take these steps to help avoid pitfalls when you relocate your data center.

Can fed-friendly software modules help agencies meet the EVM mandate? Possibly — but experts recommend that they also apply an enterprise strategy to monitoring earned value.

What penetration testing and vulnerability scans will and won't do, and how they might fit into your agency's security program.

How technology companies make sure employees always have security on the brain — and what their awareness and training efforts can teach agencies.

Government takes aim at a wireless future with HSPD-12 ID cards.

Using cell phones, text messages and a simple SQL Server database, the U.S. government wants to revolutionize the way health-care workers treat AIDS patients across Africa.

USB flash drives are fast and easy, but agencies find they need to set guidelines and enforce security measures before letting workers use them to transport data.